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Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:09:57

KulliK357

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Join Date: Oct 2007

If it's going to be payed for what is the absolute best you can get.
(say norton and be killed)

I just can't stand to leave a field blank.
I still have twitter

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Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:10:59

weaksauce

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26/M/DFW, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2008

i use avg and spybot.

when i have an opinion it is just that ,an opinion

Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:11:46

plebian_angel

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34/F/Paradise minus one, Wisconsin
Join Date: Apr 2008

I use AVG also.

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Plebs

Maxi

Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:11:53

Nora17

General
250 points

25/F/West Midlands, United Kingdom
Join Date: Feb 2009

I got Avast of the net thats good and also Norton

My Forum
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Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:13:39

jonnythan

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Avira or F-Secure, probably.

But I wouldn't bother paying.... especially if I was 15 and "paying" probably meant "pirating."

Get BitDefender v10 Free Edition (or Avira's free scanner, but be sure to find the registry edit to disable the popup ads) and Spybot Search & Destroy. Enable the Windows Firewall and forget about the rest.

Edited: February 25, 2009 @ 17:14

Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:15:36

SparklyKatie

Munchkin

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23/F/, United Kingdom
Join Date: Jan 2009

I use Kaspersky, never had a problem, it doesn't take 99% of the CPU to run and it's cheap

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. Friedrich Nietzsche

I'm an agnostic Jehovah's Witness. I knock on people's doors, but I'm not sure why.

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Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:17:45

kentoo

Minister
14631 points

61/M/Salmon Arm, Canada
Join Date: Jun 2008

They all miss some of the nasties it appears Avira misses the least

link [mtc.sri.com]

Intent is the measure of heart

Edited: February 25, 2009 @ 17:18

Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:25:51

brokendownangel

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jonnythan said:

Avira or F-Secure, probably.

But I wouldn't bother paying.... especially if I was 15 and "paying" probably meant "pirating."

Get BitDefender v10 Free Edition (or Avira's free scanner, but be sure to find the registry edit to disable the popup ads) and Spybot Search & Destroy. Enable the Windows Firewall and forget about the rest.

So, if one didn't install ANY additional virus programs and only enabled the windows firewall...would she be totally stupid? My nephew told me not to enable the preloaded virus program, that the windows firewall is all I needed.

Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:31:41

plebian_angel

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brokendownangel said:

So, if one didn't install ANY additional virus programs and only enabled the windows firewall...would she be totally stupid? My nephew told me not to enable the preloaded virus program, that the windows firewall is all I needed.

I don't even trust the windows firewall and use the one that came with AVG. Wow. Your nephew is dead wrong.

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Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:32:49

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jonnythan

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That would be akin to saying "your car has brakes, you don't need that seat belt or air bag."

Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:46:24

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thunderstick

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Join Date: Jun 2008

I have spyware doctor and norton antivirus! but ever since I put spyware doctor on it stops everything until it has finished whatever it's doing, it's a CPU mugger!

now...kaspersky! that's something to look forward to then.

Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:47:16

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brokendownangel

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plebian_angel said:

I don't even trust the windows firewall and use the one that came with AVG. Wow. Your nephew is dead wrong.

Not surprising to hear, his parents have spent an incredible amount of money on his IT education, yet it's difficult to have any confidence in what he does or tells me to. He's a bit of an airhead.

In his defense the packaged virus program on my laptop was Norton. I think I'll look around and buy something today, and install it tonight. Thanks.

Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:48:57

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jonnythan

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brokendownangel said:

Not surprising to hear, his parents have spent an incredible amount of money on his IT education, yet it's difficult to have any confidence in what he does or tells me to. He's a bit of an airhead.

In his defense the packaged virus program on my laptop was Norton. I think I'll look around and buy something today, and install it tonight. Thanks.

That's not a good plan either. It's actually one of the worst decisions you can make.

I strongly encourage you not to "look around and buy something today."

Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:51:23

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KulliK357

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Im not talking about myself, this is for my grandad, he wants to have his laptop for years (some hope) and i told him i'd find out what to get for him, he does intend to pay he has avg free right now but he already god a slight problem,(nothing i couldnt sort with system resore)

I just can't stand to leave a field blank.
I still have twitter

Feb 25, 2009 @ 17:52:58

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jonnythan

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Join Date: Aug 2005

If he has AVG, don't bother changing it. Nothing out there will be significantly better for him.

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