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Best free PC Antivirus software

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by stirgo1212, Mar 19, 2010.

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  1. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    All suites are resource hogs compared to standalone programs, thats one of the reasons I dont like them. The other main reason is security. If someone manages to compromise one, you don't want to give them a back door into the rest.
     
    Loonylion, Apr 7, 2010
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  2. theunderling

    theunderling Well-Known Member

    LOL Loony,Ive been using computers since Windows 3.1.I used to run my own computer repair business so I do know quite a bit.But Im noticing people are chipping in with advice,and the topic ends up going backwards,which gets on my nerves.So Im not going to contribute any more to any security advice.I may just have a laugh with a few of my pals instead-or you or Seph can just delete this account.
     
    theunderling, Apr 7, 2010
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  3. Omega_2

    Omega_2 Strings Cat

    Account deletion = no primary RomU DL account.
     
    Omega_2, Apr 7, 2010
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Funnily enough, so have I. I still have a windows 3.1 machine in fact.
     
    Loonylion, Apr 8, 2010
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  5. Omega_2

    Omega_2 Strings Cat

    I miss Win 3.1 and the kickass Jetfight game that was on my SCSI drive ;-;
     
    Omega_2, Apr 8, 2010
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  6. MegaPrick

    MegaPrick Member

    Well do you think that qualifies you to condemn Norton Antivirus
    and besides the best windows version in my opinion was Windows 95
     
    MegaPrick, Apr 8, 2010
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  7. Omega_2

    Omega_2 Strings Cat

    Screw antivirus, it's time for "OS talk with RomUlation!" XD
     
    Omega_2, Apr 8, 2010
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  8. theunderling

    theunderling Well-Known Member

    Yeah Norton is fabulous.Im away to drive to PC World to nail that offer of it for £22.99.Ill soon find out if I pay them,or they pay me,as it didnt say which in the advert LOL.
     
    theunderling, Apr 8, 2010
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  9. narutosupernova

    narutosupernova Active Member

    just try Avira
     
    narutosupernova, Apr 8, 2010
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  10. stirgo1212

    stirgo1212 Well-Known Member

    Win95 0wns and its a shame that i now have win7 as my retro win95 PC crashed.
    And i got avast now
     
    stirgo1212, Apr 8, 2010
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  11. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    win95 was awful, general protection fault every few minutes. the best of the 9x series had to be 98SE.
     
    Loonylion, Apr 8, 2010
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  12. MegaPrick

    MegaPrick Member

    Disgusting Windows 98SE sucked balls
     
    MegaPrick, Apr 8, 2010
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  13. Omega_2

    Omega_2 Strings Cat

    Ah, randomly deleting files out of the System folder while running, good times :}
     
    Omega_2, Apr 9, 2010
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  14. stirgo1212

    stirgo1212 Well-Known Member

    i liked 95 so there.
     
    stirgo1212, Apr 9, 2010
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  15. 01philip01

    01philip01 Active Member

    just buy a anti virus lol,
    my dad brought home a flyer and it had mcafee antivirus 6 bucks.
    i got kaspersky internet security on 3 pc's.
    its way better then norton, but i wish it didnt tell me if i download something say it thinks its a virus
     
    01philip01, Apr 20, 2010
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  16. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    mcafee isnt very good either.
     
    Loonylion, Apr 20, 2010
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  17. Omega_2

    Omega_2 Strings Cat

    norton thinks everything is a virus >_>
     
    Omega_2, Apr 20, 2010
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  18. mikeac

    mikeac Well-Known Member

    Avast Antivirus w/ COMODO firewall is the best combo in the world, if you're alright with slow virus scans. AVG is okay... lots of false positives. Kapersky is pretty good.

    Norton 2010 isn't bad, it doesn't suck as much as 2006-2009. It's still a resource hog though, and thinks everything is trying to hack my computer. I told my parents to trash it, but then they got 2010 for free.
     
    mikeac, Apr 21, 2010
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  19. Omega_2

    Omega_2 Strings Cat

    norton = evil
    As for Avast, isn't there a reset to defaults button anywhere? Not sure why, but it seems to be trying to scan everything often, as my pc is slowing down a bit when I copy or move anything XD
     
    Omega_2, Apr 21, 2010
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  20. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    everything except actual virii.
     
    Loonylion, Apr 21, 2010
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