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What do you use for antivirus?

 
Anonymous Coward
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05/04/2014 10:34 AM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
Used to do that, use my gaming rig for online, then realized that it wasn't possible to keep it clean and still run games.

Switched to Linux for online and haven't had to format the game rig ever since.
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05/04/2014 10:37 AM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
I use Comodo too. hf
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05/04/2014 10:37 AM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
Norton appears, in my experience, to be the best at actually detecting new threats, however, it also appears to be the most resource hungry.

I've not seen many machines infected that are using avast (Smaller user base I guess), however, AVG is notoriously crap.

Microsoft security essentials isn't too bad, although i've seen machines infected while running this too.

The best way to remove infections I find is using the free version of malwarebytes. I've not tried the paid version but if I was seriously considering a decent antivirus subscription, this is the one I would go for.

Failing that hitmanpro.
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05/04/2014 10:52 AM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
Simpletons.

Just use Linux nd be done with all this trivial nonsense.
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05/04/2014 10:53 AM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
Used to do that, use my gaming rig for online, then realized that it wasn't possible to keep it clean and still run games.

Switched to Linux for online and haven't had to format the game rig ever since.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 57692986


Did you have to rebuild your rig when you went linux? My little bro sent me a link about it that showed a crazy setup was needed for gaming on linux. It was a steam link if that helps.

Or maybe it was a HUGE hard drive needed and i use SSD for everything so it skeered me away.

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05/04/2014 10:59 AM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
My subscription to Norton has run out and i didnt want to buy another if i didnt have to. Ive tried AVG in the past but for some reason i remember not liking it. I need something that wont run crap in the background since my PC is also my gaming rig.

So... What do you use?
 Quoting: Evil Mechanic




Malwarebytes, it's free and works. Adaware also free. advast also free. Webroot is not to bad if you feel you must pay for something. I also run a commodo firewall which helps keep out the bugs and is free. You can dl that at cnet.com. If you have windows 7 and up it comes with windows defender which is crap, but it's antivirus.
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05/04/2014 11:09 AM

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I use webroot. [link to www.webroot.com]
I also run Malwarebyte [link to www.malwarebytes.org (secure)]
and ccleaner. [link to www.piriform.com (secure)]
regularly.
I game with this machine as well as surf the web. Does not slow down from the webroot, and the malwarebytes and ccleaner run fairly fast.
The webroot is a paid software package. But the Malwarebytes and CCleaner are available for free.
Perspective is everything.

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05/04/2014 11:13 AM
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05/04/2014 11:28 AM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
For humans, Selenium. The best form of Selenium as an antiviral/anticancer is Se-Methyl L-Selenocysteine. This according Dr. Richard Passwater PHD, the Godfather of Selenium research.
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05/04/2014 11:31 AM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
Avira is the best of all.
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
Bitdefender Total Security. Paid antivirus.

It does everything.
 Quoting: ThesonofhendriX


Same here, works for me.
Better and FASTER than Norton and a lot of others
If you think a thread is important enough for others to read, go to page one and click on the green pin!!!
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05/04/2014 11:33 AM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
My subscription to Norton has run out and i didnt want to buy another if i didnt have to. Ive tried AVG in the past but for some reason i remember not liking it. I need something that wont run crap in the background since my PC is also my gaming rig.

So... What do you use?
 Quoting: Evil Mechanic


COMODO Internet Security is the best free one I've ever used, and I've tried them all.

Download it from here;

[link to www.comodo.com (secure)]
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05/04/2014 11:33 AM
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So... What do you use?
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My brain and common sense.
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05/04/2014 11:33 AM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
Dump that carp and install Linux.
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05/04/2014 11:35 AM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
COMODO. Anti-virus as well as their firewall. Stops the shit dead in it's tracks. Also, no-script and Ghostery as an add-on.
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COMODO is a CIA front company.
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
My subscription to Norton has run out and i didnt want to buy another if i didnt have to. Ive tried AVG in the past but for some reason i remember not liking it. I need something that wont run crap in the background since my PC is also my gaming rig.

So... What do you use?
 Quoting: Evil Mechanic


COMODO Internet Security is the best free one I've ever used, and I've tried them all.

Download it from here;

[link to www.comodo.com (secure)]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 57691111


There is a reason for that. COMODO is CIA!
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
Dump that carp and install Linux.
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Junk
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05/04/2014 11:38 AM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
Avast. It's great.

[link to www.avast.com]
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:this1:
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05/04/2014 11:44 AM

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Kaspersky
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05/04/2014 11:58 AM
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ESET Smart Security
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05/04/2014 12:05 PM
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sorry..but i just had to continue the theme of antivirus
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05/04/2014 12:07 PM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
My subscription to Norton has run out and i didnt want to buy another if i didnt have to. Ive tried AVG in the past but for some reason i remember not liking it. I need something that wont run crap in the background since my PC is also my gaming rig.

So... What do you use?
 Quoting: Evil Mechanic


Malwarebytes is easily the best protection I have ever had and updates automatically
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05/04/2014 12:25 PM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
Avast. It's great.

[link to www.avast.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 56000432


But it runs in the background like a crazy mofo. I really don't recommend if you don't want your computer slowing down during critical play time.
 Quoting: BunBun


Damn. You're the first person to say that about it. Could it have been something else eating up resources? I was really hoping this was the one for me.
 Quoting: Evil Mechanic


you need to turn off the Cloud feature so it doesn't constantly run updates in the background
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05/04/2014 12:30 PM
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Re: What do you use for antivirus?
Use linux operating system.

No need for antivirus software and a faster pc.

Result!





GLP