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| The best free AV? |
| Avira AntiVir |
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24% |
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18% |
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13% |
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| Other - see my post! |
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5% |
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| BitDefender |
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5% |
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| Microsoft Security Essentials |
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32% |
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Horrordee
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 Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 22:34 Post subject: Best Free AntiVirus |
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Hi,
All of the anti-virus releases on Usenet contain viruses, or don't work properly (as far as I could find).
Having just got mega let down by AVG (got a fucking nasty virus which it let me run), I'm now on the hunt for something better.
Just wondered what your opinions on AV were? I've just been trying Avast but since installing the machine has frozen / crashed 4 times .... so now going to try Avira AntiVir... which i've read is the best free AV / Anti-spyware!
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 22:39 Post subject: |
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Well my vote goes for Avast, it's never given me any issues and works flawlessly - as well as being incredibly light on resources. However! Turns out Microsoft's Security Essentials is getting rave reviews right now - and is completely free too.
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 22:41 Post subject: |
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none, they are all a crap
get yourself eset 4 with unlimited trial trick
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 22:43 Post subject: |
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Horrordee
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 22:51 Post subject: |
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Will it work with xp? Cause sometimes avira is pretty... annoying? It's getting better though..
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LeoNatan
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Horrordee
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 23:09 Post subject: |
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Just tried installing it on my XP laptop, and it tells me I need to validate my copy. Apparently my warez XP copy isn't genuine. Shame, I tried running the WGA updater and it didn't work.
Anyway, I will try it on Vista upstairs.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 23:12 Post subject: |
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Hmmmm  Didn't think about that, yeah, it's a problem with XP. But there might be a solution with WGA cracks - not sure about that. With Vista/7 all cracks are virtually genuine, so shouldn't be a problem there. 
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Horrordee
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 23:16 Post subject: |
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I'll install Avira on this XP laptop then!
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 23:58 Post subject: |
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M$
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Lutzifer
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| Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2009 00:09 Post subject: |
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it s not free and its rather shitty without the firewall. And i have had KIS running for ages now (legit, paid for) and it s not what it used to be.
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Lutzifer
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| Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2009 00:15 Post subject: |
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and the Microsoft essentials thing: does it also have a better firewall included or would one need something like commodo installed anyhow?
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2009 00:18 Post subject: |
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The Vista/7 firewall is quite advanced actually, so an additional firewall is not really needed. XPSP2 one is bad, but they really did good with Vista (and subsequently with 7). Also, because it is done at an operating system level, it is much faster than third-party apps. But with XP you don't really have a choice.
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Lutzifer
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| Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2009 00:24 Post subject: |
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yeah, i know. I m going to switch soon to w7, if all goes as planned (read: all the programs i need will work with it). So it s good to know that i wont have to be too concerned about av and firewall for it, thanx leo =)
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2009 00:25 Post subject: |
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Cheers!
Before switching completely, you can use the W7's installer to split the drive and create a new partition, then you can dual-boot (or if you have another hdd, even better and easier).
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_SiN_
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| Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2009 08:34 Post subject: |
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Woah, woah, woah! As a user of NOD32 since like 5 years now, and a satisfied one at that - what is this shit i'm hearing about M$ Security Essentials? Is it really that good?
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Horrordee
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| Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2009 11:09 Post subject: |
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Well I got MS SE running on Vista and it seems fine...
Went with AVIR on the XP Laptop!
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2009 11:57 Post subject: |
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| _SiN_ wrote: | | Woah, woah, woah! As a user of NOD32 since like 5 years now, and a satisfied one at that - what is this shit i'm hearing about M$ Security Essentials? Is it really that good? |
Yep, it detects more stuff than NOD32 and is also faster.  |
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_SiN_
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2009 12:25 Post subject: |
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Well, to be honest, NOD32 was turning into more and more bloated. The last great version was, what, 2.5? Then with every release it got slower and slower.  So MSE is a nice replacement.
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_SiN_
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| Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2009 16:10 Post subject: |
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is there any articles on the awesome of MS?
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Cohen
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| Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2009 16:33 Post subject: |
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Avira or MSE. For example AVG Freeware version doesn't protect you from rootkits at all.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2009 16:41 Post subject: |
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@Sabin
In before someone says
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comparing security percentages does not equal same security 
when it comes to macs vs pcs... percentage mean shit really...
im not bashing your results but you can't really look at mac security and then look for pc more scure... and call it pc is more secure because the pc is more protected and the os has better security... that's just silly |
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