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anti-virus software
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:49 am
by elgato
whats the best one? obviously the cheaper the better, or free if possible?
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:34 am
by boomnoise
AVG Free Edition will do you the job been using it for years without a problem.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:46 pm
by khz
AVG is prob the best free, if you want to pay NOD32 is the best.
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:05 pm
by thoughtbombing
Kaspersky is the best period.
You can find it through the usual channels, and the reg code will either come through email, or through the usual channels

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:58 pm
by ballinmundson
The best I have used is NOD32, it has never let me down, updates regularly, and uses very little in the way of system resources. If you use a torrent site, you can find a perpetual trial version (which is identical to the full retail version), mine currently has 16715384 days left for me to decide if I like it or not
Alternatively you could use Avast, for a completely legal, free AV.
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:21 pm
by vonboyage
boomnoise wrote:AVG Free Edition will do you the job been using it for years without a problem
Boom "
noise" the way, ee does.
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:22 pm
by digital
Vonboyage wrote:boomnoise wrote:AVG Free Edition will do you the job been using it for years without a problem
Boom "
noise" the way, ee does.
I was gonna say exactly the same thing, literally.
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:57 am
by teknics
if u can find a copy of norton corporate edition, that'll be the best one to go for.
install the workstation version and away u go....uses minimal memory.
if there was a way of sending it i would...got a cracked copy....yay free updates for life

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:32 am
by furiouz
khz wrote:if you want to pay NOD32 is the best.
yepp.
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:37 pm
by ashley
amen, updates every morning also
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:26 pm
by skrewface
Norton is a joke, let alone it hogs yer RAM sticks
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:55 pm
by kins83
All about AVG
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:22 pm
by teknics
skrewface wrote:Norton is a joke, let alone it hogs yer RAM sticks
totaly agree with u mate...but if u use the corporate edition it uses absolute minimal ram. obviously it would be easier to get avg----hard to get coprorate edition.
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:21 am
by LEQ
I tried AVG and it didn't do anything for me even though I knew where a virus was located ,which was bloody annoying. Bullguard is the one, free 2 month trial with all the stuff you get with the paid for version, and the live support help fixed my prob in a matter of mins.
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:07 am
by elgato
think im gonna go with AVG, all the IT guys at work recommended that too
thanks to everyone for the advice

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:57 pm
by guerillaeye
BUMP for the BullGuard.. they pulled me outta some bad-boy pron problems... haha.
all about the avg.. little to no ram usage and the antivirus database is stored online, so it keeps valuable hd space for more important things... real good for a highspeed user.. and best of all, ITS FREE!
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:22 pm
by djshiva
i had bullguard completely fry a puter because it couldn't play well with other progs.
avg is great for a free prog. used it for years, but it failed to stop a very nasty virus that norton corporate nailed on another puter.
norton corporate has been on most of my computers since that nasty virus, and while i have had to fight off a few nasty buggers, it, in conjunction with ewido (which is now run by lavasoft, the adaware people) have kept things fairly solid.
what i am looking for is a decent software firewall. i have sygate pro (not updatable anymore cuz it got sold), don't want zone alarm, and have tried a few others that were so complex to figure out i just couldn't get on the net at all. i use a router/hardware firewall, and sygate works pretty well, but i am curious as to what others are using.
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:01 pm
by jahtao
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:59 pm
by m9918868
sapphic_beats wrote:what i am looking for is a decent software firewall. i have sygate pro (not updatable anymore cuz it got sold), don't want zone alarm, and have tried a few others that were so complex to figure out i just couldn't get on the net at all. i use a router/hardware firewall, and sygate works pretty well, but i am curious as to what others are using.
Look 'n' Stop.
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:25 pm
by sek [espionage]
I got this sick one called OS X.
sorry I had to..
