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Started by Razgovory, July 28, 2012, 04:14:43 PM

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Razgovory

July 28, 2012, 04:14:43 PM
I was using Mcafee but I'm not renewing it as I am unsatisfied with it and it it's expensive.  For the meantime I'm going to use the free AVG.  If I were to spend money on a anti-virus program what should it be?  I'm thinking of getting the pay version of AVG.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Grey Fox

#1
July 28, 2012, 04:15:13 PM
Microsoft security essentials.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

DontSayBanana

#2
July 29, 2012, 08:01:06 AM
Seconded to MSE.
Experience bij!

Baron von Schtinkenbutt

#3
July 29, 2012, 09:51:45 AM
Thirding MSE, with ClamAV as an alternate.

Scipio

#4
August 07, 2012, 03:06:46 PM
MSE, backed up with Malwarebytes.
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Caliga

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August 07, 2012, 06:59:22 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 28, 2012, 04:14:43 PM
I was using Mcafee but I'm not renewing it as I am unsatisfied with it and it it's expensive.  For the meantime I'm going to use the free AVG.  If I were to spend money on a anti-virus program what should it be?  I'm thinking of getting the pay version of AVG.
Why do you need a payware antivirus program?
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Razgovory

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August 08, 2012, 11:15:51 AM
Apparently, I don't.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

#7
August 08, 2012, 11:17:44 AM
Yeah, MSE is pretty decent.
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Sophie Scholl

#8
August 08, 2012, 04:26:25 PM
I use, Avast! and have been pretty happy with it.  I'm sure it's crap compared to what more computer literate people use, but for someone sick and tired of the awfulness of Norton and McAfee, it's decent.
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Vricklund

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August 09, 2012, 03:01:10 AM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on August 08, 2012, 04:26:25 PM
I use, Avast! and have been pretty happy with it.  I'm sure it's crap compared to what more computer literate people use, but for someone sick and tired of the awfulness of Norton and McAfee, it's decent.
I use avast on half a dozen computers and it has never given me any problems. Works prefectly alright, haven't caught anything nasty since I installed it some 5 or 10 years ago. I considered making a switch when they updated from v6 to v7, the formerly clean an informative UI was replaced by alot of fluff and it became increasingly performace hungry. Still I couldn't find anything else that had a lighter footprint so I stuck to it. Best of all is that it never gives me any problem with the users. With the right settings it doesn't bother you unless it needs to.

frunk

#10
August 09, 2012, 10:24:35 AM
I've been pretty happy with Avast for the past few years as well.

Jacob

#11
September 27, 2012, 10:44:05 PM
Is Avast or ClamAV free?

I'm getting annoyed at AVG and am looking for an alternative.

garbon

#12
September 28, 2012, 07:40:08 AM
I believe just MSE and Clam are free.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#13
September 28, 2012, 07:40:24 AM
but maybe avast has a free version?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

sbr

#14
September 28, 2012, 10:44:04 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 28, 2012, 07:40:24 AM
but maybe avast has a free version?

Yep and it has been pretty good for me for the last couple of years.  I am thinking about changing over to MSE though.
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