the best antivirus

SkeeteRX7 · Post by **SkeeteRX7** » 01 Jun 2006, 03:52

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition, always auto-installs updates and takes up very little space.

Ragotech · Post by **Ragotech** » 03 Jul 2006, 07:44

NOD 32 do that too and its size is 8 MB.

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » 03 Jul 2006, 15:28

I use SPYSHERRIF lolololol... JK don't use it ppl. Its a virus itself.

RazoR_MKD · Post by **RazoR_MKD** » 05 Jul 2006, 11:31

Naah,kaspersky is the best

Ragotech · Post by **Ragotech** » 06 Jul 2006, 15:54

try to use also Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 it has all but little slower.

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » 03 Sep 2006, 22:45

Well, I just got the CA eTrust Internet security Suite, and it's firewall is PWNAGE!!!!

All those banner ads are replaced with nothing, and I really get no popups.

*Best day of my... eh, month!*

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 03 Sep 2006, 22:59

I use McAffe. Since I have Comcast I get it for free. It does a very decent job of checking viruses. I've had no troubles with it so far.

Post by **YaelDjiel** » 03 Sep 2006, 23:28

Stereo wrote:All those banner ads are replaced with nothing, and I really get no popups.

i get the same thing just with firefox+adblock :/

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » 04 Sep 2006, 06:11

Well I always use Firefox and Thunderbird. >_<

Ragotech · Post by **Ragotech** » 13 Sep 2006, 13:18

now beside my NOD 32 i from time to time go do a free scan from Symantec which scans all my hard and MacAfee scans the drive C only.

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 13 Sep 2006, 21:19

mjdude23 wrote:I use "Spy Sweeper" I went to walmart and it took care of my p*rn virus

It wasnt a virus then, Spy Sweeper only removes spyware which is different from a virus. I use NOD32, I've had it for about 2 days now so I can't really say if it's good or not.

peterfaj · Post by **peterfaj** » 01 Nov 2006, 20:32

I use free version of avast antivirus. It's got an on-access protection, it scans all new files, amazing how there's almost no loss of ram. It's only weakness are spywares (at least I've got problems, not anymore though). It's got free program and virus database updates and it's translated to many languages (even Slovene

).

Jmac- · Post by **Jmac-** » 04 Nov 2006, 07:58

I use Kaspersky Internet Security ... I love how it screams when it finds a virus ...

Jana · Post by **Jana** » 04 Nov 2006, 10:15

i use kaspersky anti-virus.

BrontoX · Post by **BrontoX** » 04 Nov 2006, 10:28

McAfee for me

marshman · Post by **marshman** » 21 Nov 2006, 11:13

Well i originally had Panda antivirus. don't know why, it doesn't even sound like it could do the job. Anyway, had some trouble with it and after 3 weeks of it and Panda support couldn't fix it, i ditched them for Norton.

Norton was great, no viruses or anything but i did notice it was a drain on my computers performance. Still i had it for a couple of years and no trouble. I got curious however, after reading thread after thread, article after article, on how Norton was using too much of my PC performance.

So i switched to NOD32 after a friend had done the same. So far, touch wood, no viruses and it's easy to use. But the big improvement is my performance. I have 1gb ram and with Norton plus my other spyware programs running, i was using 390-430mb ram without even having anythig else like internet/games or whatever. Now i'm down at 230mb ram and even have extra spyware programs running at start up.

Programs i use to help me fight the bad stuff.

All running.
NOD32 antivirus
Windows defender
Spywareguard
Spywareblaster
Trend Micro anti-spyware
Adawre se Proffessional

On my sytem and scan with occasionally.
Spybot search and destroy
Superantispyware
Spysweeper
EwidoSysclean standalone scanner
Hijackthis (great tool if you know how to use it)

General clean up.
Ccleaner
Regcleaner

You can't have enough imo!

Plus, stay away from the p0rn sites!

Post by **GT3x24x7** » 21 Nov 2006, 12:36

Jeez, ^ paranoid or what? I use AVG Free, MS AntiSpyware and Spybot S&D for any actual removal work.

marshman · Post by **marshman** » 21 Nov 2006, 13:44

GT3x24x7 wrote:Jeez, ^ paranoid or what? I use AVG Free, MS AntiSpyware and Spybot S&D for any actual removal work.

Nope, i just spend half my time cleaning up other peoples PCs that aren't protected, and realise how much work is involved in sorting an infected system out. Once a PC becomes infected, and your anti virus/spyware programs didn't notice the intruder, your system becomes a whole lot worse.

I spent last night sorting out my bro-in laws laptop. Took about 4 hours to clean it up, which was pretty lucky considering he had 35 trojans and 17 viruses, (not the worst i've had to deal with). Some of the stuff these viruses get up to is crazy, even stopping great programs such as Adawre, Spybot, Hijackthis and more, inoperable. The guys who make the viruses, know which programs we use, and counteract them by making their program block ours.

I could probably get ten Hijackthis logs from people off here, who think they are protected, and over half would probably have some nasty malware/spyware/virus/browser "helper"/search assistant etc on their system that none of their programs were detecting.

Prevention is better than the cure!

BTW mate, when you say MS antispyware do you mean the microsoft one? That now is Windows Defender, download and upgrade from the Microsoft site if you haven't already. Also, as you are using the free AVG program, which is pretty good (for nothing) i'd recommend an occasional online scan using such sites as symantec.

marshman · Post by **marshman** » 21 Nov 2006, 13:45

Stereo wrote:I use SPYSHERRIF lolololol... JK don't use it ppl. Its a virus itself.

pmsl! I only just saw that one mate. Nearly got a bite out of me too.

bashderq · Post by **bashderq** » 21 Nov 2006, 14:09

marshman wrote:I could probably get ten Hijackthis logs from people off here

Are you a moderator or a HJT team member on bleepingcomputer.com?

marshman · Post by **marshman** » 21 Nov 2006, 14:55

bashderq wrote:
marshman wrote:I could probably get ten Hijackthis logs from people off here
Are you a moderator or a HJT team member on bleepingcomputer.com?

No mate, neither am i on any other forum. Also i don't claim to be as knowledgeable as those guys, who do a great job. I just have learnt some useful stuff, via those guys, and help out family and friends when i can.

Jmac- · Post by **Jmac-** » 24 Nov 2006, 04:59

The new Zone Alarm 7.0 is going to have Kaspersky Anti-Virus instead of eTrust ...

Finally, an internet security suite that does everything well ...