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03-03-2009, 08:59 AM #1Senior Member ELITE MEMBER
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Virus and Spyware Protection
What kind of virus and spyware protection do you guys use for your computer. My friend uses 'Stop Sign' virus and spyware and says it is good. It costs him about 20 dollars every three months or 50 dollars a year. I don't mind spending a little cash if the service is good. I want to hear opinions of you guys about this service.
Please discuss."If you think you are too small to make a difference
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03-03-2009, 09:10 AM #2Senior Member ELITE MEMBER
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03-03-2009, 11:28 AM #3Registered User
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antivirus kaspersky Is very good. It won anti virus of the year award and its easy to use.
Originally Posted by chobby192
Nod32 Is also very good, however it is a little harder to use for anti virus newbies.
All of the other anti virus softwares in my opinon are junk or atleast 99% of them.
Matt
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03-03-2009, 11:41 AM #4happy sumo ELITE MEMBER
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i use ESET NOD32.
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03-03-2009, 12:28 PM #5I'm CEO, Bitch! ADMINISTRATOR
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currently I am using Avast! and it is great, and free.
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Well, I would have to say for a free one it is the best by far. Originally Posted by Prince
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Avast, Kaspersky are my top favorites.
I've tried: Norton, Mcaffee, Zone Alarm, Adaware, All these little ad-ware removal tools.
Also I suggest getting a registry cleaner - best one I've found is @ CleanMyPC Registry Cleaner - Official Site of CleanMyPC Registry CleanerIm not a drug dealer, im a street pharmacist!
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I have been using Avast! for a couple years, its free and works well, picks up trojans from various shyte webpages too.
Not too super worried about spyware anymore (horrible on the internet though), but I use Adaware. Microsoft Antispyware worked pretty well when I used that as well, but if I am getting serious I use several programs, Hijack This as well as a few others - to inspect startup environment etc.Motivation Bench form Charles Poliquin When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao-Tzu
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03-04-2009, 09:00 AM #9Dookie
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Same here. I use this on my business comps. Originally Posted by PreMier
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I use AVG free edition
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Thanks for the reply, everyone. You guys made it easier for me to make a decision.
"If you think you are too small to make a difference
you have never spent the night with a mosquito."
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03-04-2009, 03:33 PM #12Bohemian Extraordinaire ELITE MEMBER
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I rarely use one unless I suspect something is odd or after a session of DL'ing a bunch of torrents. I like to use msinfo32 and scan through to see if any hidden crap is in there, I also look through my registry too....it's something we were taught in the Navy and I still like to do it. I still use the easy tools but it's good to keep in practice.....I actually found a keylogger on a friends laptop that his vscan and spyware didn't find this way......
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