Best Anti Virus Software?
- Thread starter FunkyBears
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Many years of running it..
No virus.
That will do me jimmy.
Earl
I'll have to take that as a 'no' then ;-)
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I installed Avast earlier and when it expired, it started popping up "Threat Found" after every few minutes whereas AVG which is still active, doesn't detect a single threat. It seems like expired Antivirus are working well 
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If you use free versions then you have to accept that they will not be as good as the paid-for versions, e.g. how can AVG Free be as good as the product that AVG sells to people?
Many people swear by AVG Free but the virus infections that I clear up for people are generally due to either free antivirus installed (around 60%) and paid versions that are not updated or are lapsed (about 30%).
I'd recommend Kaspersky.
Hope this helps.
Many people swear by AVG Free but the virus infections that I clear up for people are generally due to either free antivirus installed (around 60%) and paid versions that are not updated or are lapsed (about 30%).
I'd recommend Kaspersky.
Hope this helps.
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No surprise there, as the free "Security" software (or an expired paid for version) is there for marketing purposes using FUD.
So plenty of "Threat found" with a gory looking flashing graphic, full screen so it interrupts what you were doing, and its purpose is to make you reach for your Credit Card.
Cynical ... moi?
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I personally use Kaspersky for a long time and i'm happy with it. I get evidence of its reliability time and again
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Clearly the last two work for kaspersky !! They obviously employ someone to search forums asking what is the best anti-virus and then create an account just to say kaspersky... bizarre!
You think they would employ someone who actually spoke english though
You think they would employ someone who actually spoke english though
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At the risk of stirring up a hornets' nest, can I say that in 5 years of using linux (and a little mac) I've never once had a virus, nor needed to install an anti-virus program.
Just sayin' ;p
Just sayin' ;p
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What are you saying? In 15 years of using Windows I have never had a virus.
Basically 95% of the global market use Windows so yes nearly all viruses are going to be Windows based. And the naivety of linux and mac users thinking they don't need AV programs because their OS 'can't get infected' is the reason why many of their computers go infected for long periods without them realising. As I said earlier a very high percentage of MACs are being used in the Botnet ring because users seem to think they can't get viruses and download everything and anything from torrents without caution.
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AVG is great and gets better and better, I have seen 4 computers in the last week that had viruses and also had McAfee full versions installed. Needless to say even the free version of AVG spotted the viruses pretty quickly.
Glad to see that some Mac users still believe that Macs are immune to viruses, still makes me smile
to think that the virus creators are all Mac fanboys and would never think of making something malicious for an Apple Mac!! Wake up people!
Even Apple are careful with their wording "Mac OS X doesnt get PC viruses" http://www.apple.com/macosx/security/
Notice it doesn't say "Mac OS X doesn't get ANY viruses"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTeSYmQS820&feature=player_embedded
So advising someone who wants some information about Anti Virus to buy a Mac is not really that valid or helpful, when you could just spend £30 on Anti Virus Vs spending £1000 on a Mac!!
Glad to see that some Mac users still believe that Macs are immune to viruses, still makes me smile
to think that the virus creators are all Mac fanboys and would never think of making something malicious for an Apple Mac!! Wake up people! Even Apple are careful with their wording "Mac OS X doesnt get PC viruses" http://www.apple.com/macosx/security/
Notice it doesn't say "Mac OS X doesn't get ANY viruses"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTeSYmQS820&feature=player_embedded
So advising someone who wants some information about Anti Virus to buy a Mac is not really that valid or helpful, when you could just spend £30 on Anti Virus Vs spending £1000 on a Mac!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TABhGdeGyM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQb_Q8WRL_g
They will do their best to give that impression they don't get viruses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQb_Q8WRL_g
They will do their best to give that impression they don't get viruses.
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I never said mac was immune to viruses, and that's certainly not my opinion.
My post was a bit of fun, despite being true. Interesting to see the replies so far weigh in heavy on mac, but no mention of linux so far.
Surely you all have opinions on this too?
My post was a bit of fun, despite being true. Interesting to see the replies so far weigh in heavy on mac, but no mention of linux so far.
Surely you all have opinions on this too?
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Linux in theory is a great OS but just lacks polish and full compatibility for the general home user. Everything will change soon though once Chrome OS is out though so will be interesting to see how it changes everything. I'm surprised MS haven't announced a rival as I predict it will be a huge success.
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A common opinion, but I've been using linux as my primary OS for five years now, and I can do everything I need to, including work, with no need for any microsoft products.
The user interface is very clean and friendly (although up until 2-3 years ago it was still playing catch up) and it's very light on resources compared to XP & Vista (I've not tried 7 yet).
Personally I don't think chrome is going to be that good, or even take off. Being reliant on the cloud for productivity is a recipe for frustration and thumb-twiddling in my opinion. It can't compete with the speed and security of a local filesystem. Of course, I may be proven wrong in due course.
You should take another look at (non chrome) linux, you might be surprised.
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I use Linux Ubuntu myself (on second drive) and studied system security at uni using it. I still feel it's not quite there. Sometimes you need some software only to find there are hundreds of free ones available for Windows and none for linux so you end up using Windows. That's not a Linux problem though more of a commercial problem.
The deal is with Chrome is that it's everything the silver surfer/ family need for the front room. 99% of home users only use the home laptop for surfing, email and docs. And with no actual drive to complicate things I predict it will be popular. It's not going to take over Windows as it's limited but will certainly dent sales of windows laptops.
The interesting part though is the fact it's open source and how some developers in the future will add to it and possibly give it further functionality.
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I have a software development company and an IT outsorcing operation, and as such we deal with some quite large companies that we have to make recommendations to. In my opinion these are the benefits and fallbacks of different anti virus software
AVG Free - You get what you pay for
AVG Paid - Not that great
McAfee - Good but the overhead on the PC/Laptop is immense, thus booting and useage is slow
Norton - As above
AVAST - Without doubt the best free anti virus software
kaspersky - Low overhead and our preferred choice for anti virus (within 5 years, over 60+ PC's, laptops and servers, nothing has ever got through)
Hope this helps....
AVG Free - You get what you pay for
AVG Paid - Not that great
McAfee - Good but the overhead on the PC/Laptop is immense, thus booting and useage is slow
Norton - As above
AVAST - Without doubt the best free anti virus software
kaspersky - Low overhead and our preferred choice for anti virus (within 5 years, over 60+ PC's, laptops and servers, nothing has ever got through)
Hope this helps....
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Have had very bad experience with AVG. Its the most pathetic piece of antivirus that uses your machine resources to a considerable extent. I remember, once AVG itself got infected and could not protect my machine or clean it.
I would highly recommend NOD32.. The best antivirus for Windows. It does not let even a single virus/trojan to enter my machine. Have been using it since almost last 5 years..
I would highly recommend NOD32.. The best antivirus for Windows. It does not let even a single virus/trojan to enter my machine. Have been using it since almost last 5 years..
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How can you possibly comment on any AV when you've used the same one for 5 years?
People just base their recommendations on that fact they've used a certain one for so many years and never got a virus so must be good!
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I've been using Avast free anti virus for just over a year. Not being pc/tech minded, I've no idea if its preventing any problems on my laptop but it seems to be ok. I've had Norton and Mcaphee in the past and they seemed to slow everything down. I'm now getting a pop up window saying my free Avast is expiring. Is it worth now buying a paid for version of Avast or stick with the free version?
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I'm also using Microsoft Security Essentials, for almost a year now and seems to be doing the job! Have used McAfee, Avast, AVG and Eset Nod32 in the past, all decent too.
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