leftylogan
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Post by leftylogan on Feb 9, 2011 0:10:15 GMT -5
What do you guys use to protect your computer from viruses and malware?
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grunt
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Post by grunt on Feb 9, 2011 0:19:57 GMT -5
Microsoft Security Essentials. I used to use AVG but it is getting to be a bit of a pain. I usually don't like anything to do with Billy Gates outfit, but MSE works well, and is free, which covers the two main things I ask in software.
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stratcat
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Post by stratcat on Feb 9, 2011 0:23:32 GMT -5
Hey, Lefty.
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall
AVG Anti-Virus Free
For spyware-both free:
Ad-Aware Free
Spybot - Search and Destroy
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Post by joseph on Feb 9, 2011 0:56:06 GMT -5
Linux, running the Ubuntu operating system, Firefox as a web browser, and Thunderbird as an email client.
Linux, running Tomato (how's that for on-topic?) firmware as a firewall between the Internet and my home network.
Clam AntiVirus and Spamassassin filtering mail received by my FreeBSD Unix mail server.
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Post by dld on Feb 9, 2011 5:01:39 GMT -5
AVG Anti-Virus Free
For spyware
Ad-Aware Free
Malwarebytes
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Post by blane on Feb 9, 2011 6:04:25 GMT -5
We have Comcast....and with it comes Norton....enough said, top rated...so far....
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jcm05
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Post by jcm05 on Feb 9, 2011 7:01:20 GMT -5
Norton is terrible. Talk about resource hogs. So is mcafee. I use AVG Free primarily on all of my machines. Works perfectly.
U get that W7 problem fixed?
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Tom Akers
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Post by Tom Akers on Feb 9, 2011 15:30:56 GMT -5
Norton is terrible. Talk about resource hogs. So is mcafee. I use AVG Free primarily on all of my machines. Works perfectly. I agree wholeheartedly. I have used AVG free for years with zero problems. Much better than Norton(which I have used) or McAfee(ditto). AVG will catch stuff Norton can't touch. JMO, Tom |
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jcm05
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Post by jcm05 on Feb 9, 2011 15:40:26 GMT -5
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Post by deanriowa on Feb 9, 2011 15:44:02 GMT -5
I agree with stratcat,
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leftylogan
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Post by leftylogan on Feb 9, 2011 20:44:56 GMT -5
I'm still working on the problem John
We use AVG Free and Malwarebytes but i'm still having stuff get through. I'll look into some of these other ones, Thanks guys.
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Post by blane on Feb 9, 2011 21:39:12 GMT -5
Thata funny pic there John! ;D But check out this site... anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/And heres another one... www.all-internet-security.com/top_10_antivirus_software.htmlNorton is still rated pretty well.... Some of our best Computer Techs at my company use this... And they are sent to training school every 6 months... I understand, we can do this all day and night....and by the time you read this....Something else will be better than what we all have.... We just had 1 year with Kaspersky....Its now Expired, so our ISP has the new 2011 Norton....(included in my monthly bill) Good to keep up with this, and thanks for the helpful reads... |
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Post by willyswoodpile on Feb 9, 2011 21:42:10 GMT -5
What do you guys use to protect your computer from viruses and malware? After years of paying for McAfee our computer expert across the street canceled our account and we now use COMODO, downloadable for free. |
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Post by blane on Feb 9, 2011 22:01:59 GMT -5
see?
and the many versions, will continue to change and be improved....
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w8in4dave
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Post by w8in4dave on Feb 10, 2011 15:39:41 GMT -5
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