What antivirus do you use?

Started by PatJamma October 10th, 2009 12:50 PM
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Tell us what anti-virus you use and why.

I use one called "avast!" imo it is the safest anti-virus there is because when a site contains viruses a window pops up and it literally says "Cation virus threat detected!" (yes my anti-virsus talks to me) and in that window there is an "abort conection button" you hit that button and bam! you are off that page pretty dang fast. Plus it scans folders when you open them (i learned that a few weeks ago when I opened a folder I hadnt opened in a while). It also scan your computer when your not using it (like when the screen saver comes on it scans) and ever sence I got avast! I havent got a virus.
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Well I use Microsoft Security essentials in my windows Virtual machines, while I have a NOD32 subscription active for my main Windows partition.
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ever sence I got avast! I havent got a virus.
Unless you are going on sites you shouldn't be and downloading inappropriate stuff you wont be getting any viruses.

I use Avira Antivir. Been using it for a while now and I don't seem to have gotten any viruses.

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Unless you are going on sites you shouldn't be and downloading inappropriate stuff you wont be getting any viruses.

I use Avira Antivir. Been using it for a while now and I don't seem to have gotten any viruses.

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I have the Free version of Avira Amtiviris.
It's pretty nice, I wonder how well the actual Premium version of it is like.
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I usually use NOD32 but for the moment I'm trying out MSE to see how reliable it is. Though I haven't really done anything to get a virus as of yet. But I'm thinking of going back to NOD32 tomorrow since I don't like the loooooooooonnnnggg wait for MSE to search, download and install updates

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Until yesterday (when my Avast! trial expired), I had Microsoft Security Essentials, AVG Free, Avast!, and Avira Antivirus all running on my machine. Oddly enough, not a single instance happened where any of the four conflicted. All four got along just fine. Maybe that's the benefit of all of the antivirus programs being free: they're not programmed to hunt down other antivirus programs and attack them.
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This thread's been posted in the past month, so I don't see why there's another version of it.
It seems to have disappeared. Or maybe my memory is just funky these days; I could have sworn there was another AV thread.

As for me, I use Avast! home edition. Good stuff. There's not really much to say, I mean it's just another anti-virus; better than a lot, plus it's free.
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This thread's been posted in the past month, so I don't see why there's another version of it.

As for me, I use Avast! home edition. Good stuff. There's not really much to say, I mean it's just another anti-virus; better than a lot, plus it's free.
hmm didnt know that and woot! a fellow avast user!
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I'm using Application Virus Gratis... in other words AVG...
The 8.5 Free version... I know someone can said that it's kinda useless but it's enough good I gotta say
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I've got currently avast! 4.8 Professional edition and Avira AntiVirus running together. I'm thinking of trying MSE once I have some spare time.

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Norton Antivirus. It came with my laptop and I just have to renew it every year. It works well enough, but I still wish it didn't hog so much of my system resources, though :/

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This thread's been posted in the past month, so I don't see why there's another version of it.

As for me, I use Avast! home edition. Good stuff. There's not really much to say, I mean it's just another anti-virus; better than a lot, plus it's free.
Shows how much I pay attention to comp & tech :P guess I better merge them.

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I don't use a anti-virus. Using Firefox, Ad-Block, and No-Script, ashampoo firewall alongside common-sense is way more than enough.

But if I feel my pc may be infected, I use Trend Micro Sysclean.

It's an on-demand scanner, only downside is you need to install updates manually.

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I use Microsoft Essentials currently since AVG kept blocking some perfectly safe software.
I've got currently avast! 4.8 Professional edition and Avira AntiVirus running together. I'm thinking of trying MSE once I have some spare time.
It is recommended not to use two antivirus software together.

Norton Antivirus. It came with my laptop and I just have to renew it every year. It works well enough, but I still wish it didn't hog so much of my system resources, though :/
Why don't you uninstall it and get one that doesn't hog your resources.
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I use Norton, mainly because that's what came with my comp. I'm thinking about getting rid of it though, because for some reason the definition updates don't work... which probably isn't a good thing.

I have so many layers of protection, though, that the worst I've ever had to deal with is a tracking cookie or two.

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to those of you who use AVG i would recomend getting rid of it! my moms computer had it and its scans kept getting interupted by something (i dont remember why) and the day it finally did a complete scan it said that some of her files that the computer needs to be able to run were viruses! I looked it up and AVG does that with a lot of files that seem like viruses but really are not
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I use Norton, mainly because that's what came with my comp. I'm thinking about getting rid of it though, because for some reason the definition updates don't work... which probably isn't a good thing.

I have so many layers of protection, though, that the worst I've ever had to deal with is a tracking cookie or two.

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I use Avast.