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Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:00 pm
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Forum H4xor
Joined: 08 Dec 2004
Posts: 2504
Location: NJ
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You guys have any suggestion on best free anti-virus software, and no Norton .
Also Chips which one are you using, cuz I remember you mentioning a good one on the server. |
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:53 pm
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Forum Newbie
Joined: 06 Jun 2007
Posts: 47
Location: australia
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i use spybot - search and destroy, its free and yeah works.... |
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:23 pm
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Forum H4xor
Joined: 07 Feb 2005
Posts: 3150
Location: Houston
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That's for spyware though, not virus. I use AVG Free for virus, and it works pretty well. |
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:19 pm
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Forum Trolls
Joined: 26 Apr 2007
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Location: FL
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:46 pm
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Forum H4xor
Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Posts: 1848
Location: Boston
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If you have Comcast like I do you may be able to get McAfee for free like I did. I know they were giving it to their customers a while back, but im not sure if it is still going on.
Free stuff that i have used is Ewideo and AVG, but i think they are one and the same now. |
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:46 pm
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Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
Posts: 6505
Location: New Jersey
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I'm using AVG these days...just switched over several months back. I was a long time Norton user...I've never had problems with it that I've read others have had. If you tweak it right, it'll treat you fine and is a good product. I just got tired of paying for updates every year.
That said, what you need depends on your online habits. If you file share, troll newsgroups and visit crack sights all the time, you'll need strong, well configured anti virus software if you do that kind of surfing.
I use AVG on 4 machines on a home network with windows firewall. I use that because I have a firewall on my router as well. Together, they are fine for our online needs. |
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Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:40 pm
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Forum H4xor
Joined: 08 Dec 2004
Posts: 2504
Location: NJ
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what about internet security? i am at the moment using only AVG Anti Virus, how well do you think AVG Internet Security Functions? |
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Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:56 pm
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Forum Soldier
Joined: 26 Sep 2005
Posts: 288
Location: Land of Beer and Hockey Sticks
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I know nothing of avg security, but their antivirus program that is for free is excellent. Perhaps you wonder why its free then? The only difference I have been able to find is that the updates come later than the paid version (by days) and you can't use the scheduling feature with all its functions. Frankly, these things are trivial to me anyway.
As for norton, its horrendous. Slow, bloated software, that doesn't work half the time (in my experience on my own desktop). I've heard great things about Norton Corporate from work though, they say its nothing like the version available to home end users. |
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