im looking for a good antivirus program, ive been using nod32, but i wanted to know if there are any other good ones, i used norton, mcaffee, and f-secure
so what do you use?
what antivirus do you use?
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what antivirus do you use?
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glitch1501 - Posts: 2177
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I use AVG (from grisoft.com) and Trendmicro's HouseCall antivirus (which is an online service).
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inkhana - Posts: 3670
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Advice from avid PC gamer....
Personally, I don't use anti-virus software... A bunch of them... like Norton and Mcaffee suck up resource as much as XP in the background. Also, I'm not a fan of the software firewalls, either. In my opinion, the best protection is a stand-alone hardware firewall, like in the Net gear routers. A lot harder to hack or well less likely to be hacked. Also, a bit of caution is very helpful... such as not opening attachment in e-mail, clicking questionable links... etc. The basic, you know.
Personally, I don't use anti-virus software... A bunch of them... like Norton and Mcaffee suck up resource as much as XP in the background. Also, I'm not a fan of the software firewalls, either. In my opinion, the best protection is a stand-alone hardware firewall, like in the Net gear routers. A lot harder to hack or well less likely to be hacked. Also, a bit of caution is very helpful... such as not opening attachment in e-mail, clicking questionable links... etc. The basic, you know.
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Like Ink, I use AVG... when I use one (I think my current version is out of date now).
I don't run it in the background... frankly it can make ya a bit lazy ("oh, my AV software will keep me safe"), and they all suck up resources, which on an old clunker like this one is something I can't spare.
Being smart can keep you alot safter than just relying on software (remember Ink's recent problem... wasn't caught by any of the AV software, as it's slipped by most of them for the others with a similar problem).
I don't run it in the background... frankly it can make ya a bit lazy ("oh, my AV software will keep me safe"), and they all suck up resources, which on an old clunker like this one is something I can't spare.
Being smart can keep you alot safter than just relying on software (remember Ink's recent problem... wasn't caught by any of the AV software, as it's slipped by most of them for the others with a similar problem).
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Voice of experience here. Do not install McAfee VirusScan on the same OS as Apache, or Apache will not start up -- even if you uninstall VirusScan. I had to eventually reinstall Windows. (Leave it to me to do things the hard way. 
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i use norton, but i take it ou of the "msconfig", so it wont run on background... i use it when i think i need... but the best is, DO NOT OPEN E-MAILS FROM STRANGERS!!!
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"The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears,
and I have not been rebellious;
I have not drawn back. "Isaiah 50:5
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Macross - Posts: 69
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After an odd run in with some trojan virus that somehow got onto my computer whilst I was browsing about Gaia Online, I tend to keep my anti-virues (Norton) on while browsing sites. @_@
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I pretty much just use AVG since it's free and somewhat effective while not using up a whole bunch of storage space. I use to have Norton and well it worked fine but it utlized a lot activity and as a result frequently froze my old computer up.
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whats the difference between AVG 7.0 and AVG Free Edition?
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He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there, He is pleased even with their stumbles.
Healing hands of God have mercy on our unclean souls
once again. Jesus Christ, Light of the World, burning
bright within our hearts forever. Freedom means love
without condition, without beginning or an end. Here's
my heart, let it be forever Yours, only You can make
every new day seem so new.
Every New Day - On Distant Shores - Five Iron Frenzy
Nail pierced hands they run with blood
A splitting brow forced by the thorns
His face is writhing with the pain yet it's comforting to me
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glitch1501 - Posts: 2177
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I use Nortons.
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Gypsy - Posts: 4056
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>whats the difference between AVG 7.0 and AVG Free Edition?
I think one offers more features while the FE just scans and cleans viruses. Don't really remember for sure though.
I think one offers more features while the FE just scans and cleans viruses. Don't really remember for sure though.
BOOSTER: Hey, No.1! Where's my cake?!
SNIFIT 1: Booster, Sir! There's a 70% chance the object you're standing on is a cake.
BOOSTER: What? THIS thing's a cake?
You have the power to say anything you want, so why not say something positive?
- Frank Capra
(in response to an interview question "Do you have a pet peeve having to do with this biz?")
People who write below their abilities in order to crank out tons of books and make a buck. Especially Christian authors who do that. Outsiders judge us for it, and make fun of us for it, and it makes Jesus look bad. We of all artists on earth should be the most concerned with doing our best possible work at all times. We of all people should write with all our hearts, as if writing for the Lord and not for men.
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inkhana - Posts: 3670
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I use to use Pand
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I'm leaving CAA perminantly. i've wanted to do this for a long time but I've never gathered the courage to let go.
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Fsiphskilm - Posts: 3853
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i am now using f-prot it is very cool, one of the better ones imo
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He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there, He is pleased even with their stumbles.
Healing hands of God have mercy on our unclean souls
once again. Jesus Christ, Light of the World, burning
bright within our hearts forever. Freedom means love
without condition, without beginning or an end. Here's
my heart, let it be forever Yours, only You can make
every new day seem so new.
Every New Day - On Distant Shores - Five Iron Frenzy
Nail pierced hands they run with blood
A splitting brow forced by the thorns
His face is writhing with the pain yet it's comforting to me
Passion - Kutless
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glitch1501 - Posts: 2177
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I use Norton...It saved my new laptop the other day 
!! It stopped a virus !!! Also for spy-ware (i know this is a anti-virus topic), I use SpyBot. It's very effective. It found and deleted a trojan that my Norton didnt find. So paired up these two are kick butt
!! It stopped a virus !!! Also for spy-ware (i know this is a anti-virus topic), I use SpyBot. It's very effective. It found and deleted a trojan that my Norton didnt find. So paired up these two are kick butt -"How do we prove we exist...maybe we don't exist."
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Savior_Sora - Posts: 356
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i also use spybot, and i use spyware blaster with it
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He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there, He is pleased even with their stumbles.
Healing hands of God have mercy on our unclean souls
once again. Jesus Christ, Light of the World, burning
bright within our hearts forever. Freedom means love
without condition, without beginning or an end. Here's
my heart, let it be forever Yours, only You can make
every new day seem so new.
Every New Day - On Distant Shores - Five Iron Frenzy
Nail pierced hands they run with blood
A splitting brow forced by the thorns
His face is writhing with the pain yet it's comforting to me
Passion - Kutless
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glitch1501 - Posts: 2177
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I dont use any, because I dont want to. But if a suspect a virus I download something or use some virus remover i all ready have... Norton, mcafee or some other more unknown tools...
We in our foolishness thought we were wise
He played the fool and He opened our eyes
We in our weakness believed we were strong
He became helpless to show we were wrong
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He played the fool and He opened our eyes
We in our weakness believed we were strong
He became helpless to show we were wrong
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ThaKladd - Posts: 355
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Ever heard of a virus for Linux? Me neither. I don't bother, although our network does have a hardware firewall. And spyware, I don't need to worry about that either. On my vmware Windows box (which runs in Linux), however, it doesn't even have networking...no internet browsing, no downloading...just Macromedia.
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Master Kenzo - Posts: 591
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actually master kenzo, there are viruses for linux, the scanner i have right now also has a linux version, granted, there is only like 450 viruses for linux compared to the 5000000000000000000000000 for windows
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He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there, He is pleased even with their stumbles.
Healing hands of God have mercy on our unclean souls
once again. Jesus Christ, Light of the World, burning
bright within our hearts forever. Freedom means love
without condition, without beginning or an end. Here's
my heart, let it be forever Yours, only You can make
every new day seem so new.
Every New Day - On Distant Shores - Five Iron Frenzy
Nail pierced hands they run with blood
A splitting brow forced by the thorns
His face is writhing with the pain yet it's comforting to me
Passion - Kutless
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glitch1501 - Posts: 2177
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there is only like 450 viruses for linux compared to the 5000000000000000000000000 for windows
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AVG Free saved my computer a few times.....where Norton dropped the ball more often than i care to count.....
as far as spyware.....Adaware 6 has always worked well for me (as long as you update often)
as far as spyware.....Adaware 6 has always worked well for me (as long as you update often)
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