[Need] New Antivirus in Software http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r12391879 en Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:45:51 EDT Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:45:51 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12422701 SirXILE :
said by C0deZer0 See Profile:

Because every software AOL has touched has gone to $h*t soon after.

And I refuse to do business with any company that will do business for AOL.
I agree. I faithfully use Norton Antivirus. Used to be a Grisoft AntiVirus (Free Version) fan. I have also used BitDefender too. Norton does the virus scanning jobs for me, though I wouldn't mind trying another program.
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You are using BitDefender 8 you said?
Glad you've found something you like. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12420332 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:15:04 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12420286 NightLinks : blah blah blah! what does aol have to do with mcafee? when mcafee is own by another company!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12420286 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:10:30 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12418840 C0deZer0 :
said by NightLinks See Profile:

you're like those that refuse to use microsoft products!
Have you ever tried to support an AOL user? Have you?

Until you've had to deal with that kinda support call, I wouldn't talk. We're talking the same kinda people that can afford a $12k workstation and yet can't figure out the difference between clicking a program icon and clicking the text to rename the icon.

I've had to deal with AOL with version 5 when I was living in another person's home... it was their ISP, and they were paying for it, and I had no choice at the time. The highlight of my disgust with AOL came in the form of the fact that the thing purposely deleted critical system files not soon after spending nearly four hours reformatting the thing because it was just that slow.
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VIA sux 3K club GameCube online]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12418840 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:14:45 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12418244 NightLinks :
said by C0deZer0 See Profile:


Because every software AOL has touched has gone to $h*t soon after.

And I refuse to do business with any company that will do business for AOL.
you're like those that refuse to use microsoft products!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12418244 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:08:09 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12417598 fire100 : I too also highly recommend Avast Antivirus

It's completely free for home use, if it doesn't do the job you are looking for, you are not out of anything.

It updates on all of my pc's almost daily!
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»www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
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I do not trust FireFox. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12417009 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:06:51 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12416683 anwgo153 : Norton has never done me wrong]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12416683 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:27:41 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12408347 C0deZer0 : Because every software AOL has touched has gone to $h*t soon after.

And I refuse to do business with any company that will do business for AOL.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12408347 Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:51:23 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12408278 NightLinks : I don't see what mcafee has to do with AOL and you not wanting to use it because aol is giving it away for free and you having to pay for it?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12408278 Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:43:17 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12403044 C0deZer0 : Well, for what it's worth, I managed to get BitDefender 8, which seems to also include a crapload of extra protection software, including a firewall and an anti-registry-changing thing (reminded me of spybot's system-settings protection).

So far it's proving to have a crapload of features and replacing a lot of the stuff I usually would have downloaded. :o Me likey! :D
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VIA sux 3K club GameCube online]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12403044 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:10:46 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12401804 cocothebean : I used to use Mcafee (mc a fee) till I discovered that it didn't like windows (95 - 98) all the time.
I then switched to Norton 2003, which I like a lot.
But I do not like the newer version of Norton.
So I'll be going with AVG as soon as my norton expires.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12401804 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:35:32 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12401436 mjmsr : I used to be a McAfee diehard....until I bought Avast.....

Try it, they have a free version!

Mike]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12401436 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:47:06 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12401060 Sat_Man : CZ try these out. I use them and they work great together, not too bad for free. I also run NAV and AVG usually catches things first.

AVG »free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/4

AntiVir »www.free-av.com/index.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12401060 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:54:59 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12394677 illJazz : Check this out: »A/V Top 10

Might help.
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said by jmn1207 See Profile:

The only thing I despise about McAfee is how to pronounce it properly. Mc Af ee or Mc af ee.
Don't be hating ;)
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It might not be like a ton of bank records or something, but I consider my data important enough to at least want to have something to protect it.
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VIA sux 3K club GameCube online]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12394245 Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:09:26 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12393979 jmn1207 : C0deZer0,

You ever had a virus? In the last 10 years? The last virus I had was the keypress virus that I got from an Earl Weaver Baseball game's 5 1/4" floppy disk that was purchased, new, at Egghead Software. I was able to fix it manually without too much trouble. How about you? Are continuously attacked by virii? Do you consider yourself to be lucky that you had McAfee to save you form a malicious attack?

If the data you have is not considered as precious as the soul-corrupting One Ring, don't sweat it. Get something that is cheap and familiar. It will do the job, trust me. If you are attempting to secure a network for a business, then you might wish to look elsewhere for your security protection than basically an entertainment forum.

My Op only. Don't be hating. :) ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12393979 Sat, 15 Jan 2005 18:35:48 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12393780 fegul :
said by C0deZer0 See Profile:

said by jfgnet See Profile:

Have you looked at this »PC-Cillin suite - free after rebates
But is it any good?

See, if there was another review like that one that did that "testPC/antivirus shootout", it wouldn't be this hard for me to decide... but I haven't seen anything like that since I already went to McAfee. :(
PC-cillin was voted in PCworld (last month) the best security suite out of Mcafee and Norton. I've used it before, and it is pretty comprehensive. Scans for spyware too.
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That's my 2cents.
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said by jfgnet See Profile:

Have you looked at this »PC-Cillin suite - free after rebates
But is it any good?

See, if there was another review like that one that did that "testPC/antivirus shootout", it wouldn't be this hard for me to decide... but I haven't seen anything like that since I already went to McAfee. :(
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VIA sux 3K club GameCube online]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12391990 Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:22:08 EDT Re: [Need] New Antivirus http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12391905 lilhurricane : Hiya C0de :)

The Security Forum ran a poll not too long ago:

»[Poll]: What AV software Do you use?

There's a bunch of A/V programs listed and the reasons why people like them.

I, personally use McAfee, have for years. Find it works for me just fine.
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A year and a half ago I had found this one "antivirus" roundup that did scans with several antivirus programs, and among them, McAfee was one of the ones that seemed to be the most sensitive, being one of the ones to find the most real viruses on this test machine that I actually heard of.

Well, unfortunately I haven't seen anything like that since, and now I really need for something that can be very powerful for scanning viruses, without lagging my machine up too much.

Why do I want to switch from McAfee badly?

Because they're using it. I refuse to do business with any company that will do business with AOL. So I need your help guys... and I don't know where to begin looking. :(
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VIA sux 3K club GameCube online]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12391879 Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:06:07 EDT