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Last Login: 2/20/2007 3:08:47 AM
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| | kaspersky here, good on resources like avg |
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Last Login: 12/14/2007 12:06:19 PM
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| I use and have installed Grisoft's free AVG on every PC I've either built or serviced in the last few years, to my knowledge non has ever been infected with a virus other than one dippy person who despite my advice to the contrary removed AVG and installed Norton instead, it took less than 2 weeks for her system to grind to a halt, blasted Norton back where it came from eveything happy smiley again.
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Last Login: 8/22/2008 10:02:32 AM
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| Does the free AVG offer scheduled scans, and automatic updates? If so I may switch over, but pc-cillin does offer a nice spyware/virus combo scan.
AMD64 X2 5200+ 2.60GHz | 3GB DDR 667 | RAID 0 SATA3.0 WD Caviars 320GB total | Foxconn MCP61VM2MA-RS2H Geforce 6100 nforce400 chipset | Vista Ultimate x86
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Group: Forum Members
Last Login: 3/18/2007 11:53:56 AM
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| | Yea I use AVG, free, efficient, fast, and of course, free (I like that) I also use spybot, adaware, and spywaredefender...
Vista Home Premium x86
1gb RAM w/ 256 Ati Raedon 1150 Graphics (Inegrated)
DVD Rom/CD Burner
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Last Login: 3/30/2007 2:54:43 AM
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| | I'm using Kaspersky. Although I had some issues with the instalation, works great now (6.0.2.614). |
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Vista Newbie
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Last Login: 4/15/2008 10:17:01 PM
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| I am trying out bitdefender 10 and have to say it's one of the best programs I used. Although it will cost me about 60 bucks it's really nice. The setup was really fast and they go though a step by step guide for setup of your firewall and stuff. You can scan a whole bunch of things (deep scan, rootkey scan, memory scan) and they are pretty fast (I have 160GB with 50 full) took about an hour and a half. Compared to kaspersky which took 9 hours!!!! antispam works well but I don't use it much. Antispyware is great and caught a couple I didn't know i had. It updates easily enough and of course has some pretty cool options. Parental controls if you need them. Ram usage is nothing when program is idle and same for C.P.U usage. When doing a full scan memory jumps about 4% and C.P.U usage jumps around a little (normal) but I would recommend it to anyone. Plus it works extremely nicly with vista and doesn't care much about UAC and other things like Kaspersky and Zonealarm beta. Overall it's a great program and does everything I need it to do. It's got a cost of 50 bucks but seems worth it to me.
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Vista Beginner
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Last Login: 4/28/2007 5:14:18 AM
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| | I have tried them all (well most of them) over the last 10 years. Norton is good at what it does but in the past hasn't been very efficient at it(system hungry) but symantic are trying to improve in this area. NOD and Kaspersky are 2 others that have always been very highly rated and are efficient at what they do. Although I moved away from Kazpersky after version 6 as it started to feel a bit bloated. Windows One Care has been knocked recently and if what is being said is true then it is not to be trusted for the moment (read this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6418965.stm) AntiVir, Mcafee and etrust have all been poor performers for me (I have picked up virus while using all of them) AVG is another that caused me problems but has supposed to have gotten alot better. Stay well clear of AntiVir!! I currently use AVAST and have done so on both 32 and 64bit editions of Vista it is free and is probably the only free one I would truly recommend. Don't think for a minute that you are safe without Antivirus on Vista. That has been proven this week with the discovery of the first vulnerability in Vista. I can ensure you that NO operating system is completely secure and it is only a matter of time before more vulnerabilities are found and code writers find ways around Vista's security features. People that use Apple and Linux systems beleive they have systems that are invulnerable to attack, they are extremly arrogant and short sighted to believe this. You would be to if you thought Windows was invulnerable too!!! Only when windows users are minority on the scale of linux will the attacks stop.
If you ask me a question and I dont know the answer, I'm gonna tell you that I don't know! But I know how to find the answer and I will find the answer! -: Will Smith - The Pusuit of Happiness. |
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Vista Beginner
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Last Login: 6/5/2008 7:58:15 PM
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