by Princess Daisy Boo 24 Replies latest jw friends
I have had McAfee Virus protection on this crappy computer of mine for the last year, which has now expired. Some people have told me to use the free software available online as virus protection - I am a bit sceptical... Does anyone do this? Is it safe?
Any comments appreciated!!!
PDB
I don't use virus 'protection' as I think most of it is a con (doesn't really protect you) and it has a huge impact on your machine performance (disk IO).
See: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000803.html
Basic steps like not opening attachments and running dodgy software, peer-to-peer file sharing and such like is better protection IMO.
Personally I've seen and have used free Anti-virus software and I've always returned back to Norton anti-virus
it just seems to be written with a little more strength and power to it.
If you go to your local computer store and ask for a OEM version of Norton Anti-virus 2008 its only 20 bucks and gives a valid year of updates
20 bucks for a year of solid security seems to be worth it.
I found that it doesn't drag down your system if your computer is recent, unlike it used to years ago.
I actually use NAV 2008 and Spy-ware doctor at the same time with no problems, and I feel well protected.
Just my 2 cents.
I've not run anti virus in.... lol ever. Keep your router locked down. Dont click on stupid shyte. Keep all your critical updates done. Thats about all you really need.
I should also add that I'm a big down loader of free movies and music off torrent sites so its a good idea
to be running a good anti-virus program.
I'm a big down loader of free movies and music off torrent sites so its a good idea
Yes that would fall under the heading of stupid shyte.
I've always returned back to Norton anti-virus
I changed to "windows live" its annoying and I hate it. I've always liked Norton,,, I'm too worried about having problems with my computers...getting hacked even though
I have firewall, routers etc ..yes over kill but whats a girl to do...
you know like all that important crap you save on it..lol..ha ha ha
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I use AVAST
i had avg but then the thing went buggy and kept leaving a fat popup on my screen and would jam my puter up while i was doing its everlasting download and scan,i would also keep getting messages from my windows security telling me it was out of date, when i found that i wasnt authorised to turn off its pop up in my services/processes in task maager i flushed it off.
ive swapped over to pc tools antivirus also free which doesnt seem to cause as many glitches
I use Avast right now as it's the only one I found that runs on 64-bit Vista. I would recommend AVG though it takes far less memory to run. I found Norton to be overpriced crap that didn't even catch things the freeware did and ate a lot more memory.
