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Wots ur Fav Anti Vuirs software ?
mines Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 atm i lvoe it so far :P
kristoficus
07-07-06, 21:27
Not too wise to post your security software on an open forum... each AV has it's own weaknesses, so there could be malicious people out there watching and would know what your \"PC's\" weak points are.
However, i use NOD32 on my laptop and McAfee on my Desktop (wont say which versions...).
EDIT: phpBB forums are easy to get into for an experienced hacker.
avg, doesnt lag your system as much as mcaffe or norton!!!!!!
I use AVG because it's free!!
kristoficus
08-07-06, 13:33
AVG overall is probably \"one of the best\"...It's free and yet still manages to rival those at the top (which cost).
Freudianslip
08-07-06, 16:21
AVG for me.
Runs on my linux boxes too :-)
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im a NOD32 user - use it on 5 machines at home =) its fast on laptop, my gaming machine and 2 moderately quick servers, has very small footprint in memory, has high detection rates(best tested, but cant rem who did the tests) also it has updates very very often, mine checks every 1 hour, and more often than not it has an update... does spyware too :)
Cant complain :roll:
DrunkDwarf
10-07-06, 13:26
AVG here too... disappointed you never included it on the poll...
Avast
Can't go wrong with pirates
Lovefist233
14-07-06, 16:43
AVG for mee too, looks like its popular.
norton antivirus is more harmful than most virus' ive seen
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Grisoft AVG Free Edition.
I've tried F-Prot in 2004/2005 which seemed ok. Low on resources but the interface wasn't very good. I also tried Kaspersky and it seemed to pick up a lot of things but I've read that it's the kind of anti virus software that's too protective. It either posted false reports or malware which I have seperate programs for.
AVG seems to get very good scores, if not the best for 'In the Wild' viruses. Can't complain. Great user interface, rock bottom resources (including Windows 98 users, older computers in general)
Avast is supposed to be popular but used to take up a lot of resources and hang my current Windows 98 machine when I tried it in 2005. On an XP build, there shouldn't be problems though, but for 98 users, you really are hard pressed to find an anti virus solution that won't affect your pc's performance, speed-wise and stability-wise. That's where AVG comes in.
There's no point in buying the full version of AVG. You get technical support and advanced scheduling utilities but I don't think most people need that! 10/10
A person who uses Norton or Mcafee has lost all respect from me.
the freckle puny
02-10-06, 20:18
F-Aecure on my desktop and AVG on my laptop
The Architect
02-10-06, 21:28
a.n.t.i.v.i.r.u.s? What's that...? ;-)
I don't run any on my machine, slows it down. Common Sense is my antivirus. I use an online virus scanner every couple of months to check but I've never had a virus since I stopped having a virus scanner!
I also wont run a software firewall, they are just a pain in the ***. My router works just fine as a hardware firewall and on the rare occasions I have to dial up I just turn on windows firewall. I have to have two machines in the office cos my new powerful machine has firewall issues so have to use my old crummy machine when accessing certain servers :(
My home machine runs sweet :lol:
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