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I'm looking for a good antivirus...

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Landon1, Sep 17, 2011.

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  1. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    It's very risky to use but.... ComboFix FTW~~!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1GtbPrJEA

    Or maybe Deepfreeze as well:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raYLv4Th5vI&feature=related

    Or if all else fails.... How about that good ol' Windows installer Disk to do a total system re-install? Err, no, Alright then ^^
     
    Cahos Rahne Veloza, Sep 18, 2011
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  2. Suiseiseki

    Suiseiseki Well-Known Member

    Microsoft Security Essentials is damn good and is free if you have a legit copy on Windows. I ran it for a while, then downloaded a couple more virus scanners to double check. Nothing bad on my system.
     
    Suiseiseki, Sep 18, 2011
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  3. Landon1

    Landon1 Well-Known Member

    Yes i know its good but my computer really can't run something that takes up half my memory to run it!
     
    Landon1, Sep 18, 2011
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    kaspersky is one of the best paid for AVs, and is also one of the cheapest. ESET NOD32 is the best paid for AV, while norton and mcafee are both utter shite.

    programs such as combofix are not antivirus programs, they are highly dangerous removal tools that should only be used if all else fails when you have a virus, and only if you know what you are doing or are under instruction by someone who does.
     
    Loonylion, Sep 18, 2011
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  5. Nitemare_ Plague

    Nitemare_ Plague Well-Known Member

    so whats AVG rated on the loonylion scale?
     
    Nitemare_ Plague, Sep 18, 2011
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  6. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    Roughly reliable bloatware.
    That it is, which is why for very nasty virus infections people should definitely ask for help/assistance on sites such as thebleepingcomputer or majorgeeks & not here. But oddly enough there are those who ask for assistance here simply because this is the only trust worthy site/forums they know of.
     
    Cahos Rahne Veloza, Sep 18, 2011
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  7. fabvini

    fabvini Well-Known Member

    I already lost a PC because of Avast. I recommend you use Avira Antivir Personal with Ad-Aware Free and Comodo Firewall, and finally Sandboxie.
     
    fabvini, Sep 19, 2011
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  8. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    But according to several folks, even loony himself, Avira's auto updater is broken so you have to manually download & install the necessary virus definitions & program components which is a bit of a hassle IMO.
     
    Cahos Rahne Veloza, Sep 19, 2011
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  9. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    It actually seems to be fixed now. There was a period when it was broken though
     
    Loonylion, Sep 19, 2011
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  10. Petey

    Petey Well-Known Member

    If you are a savvy internet browser like Littlekill or myself, you do not need AV software.
     
    Petey, Sep 19, 2011
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  11. insanecrazy07

    insanecrazy07 Well-Known Member

    Exactly.

    For those of you that like downloading viruses, there's software that prevents viruses from entering your system using a firewall, and a second line of defense by preventing it from making any changes to your system.

    But really, the best defense is to just not get a virus in the first place...
     
    insanecrazy07, Sep 19, 2011
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  12. jackwang

    jackwang Guest

    :-XWow, as a part BBS, to resume a tipsafter looking is contribution, is virtue!!!!!
     
    jackwang, Sep 19, 2011
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  13. Dtoner

    Dtoner New Member

    Trend micro titanium?
     
    Dtoner, Sep 22, 2011
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  14. Genya Arikado

    Genya Arikado Well-Known Member

    I use Microsoft Security Essentials.
     
    Genya Arikado, Sep 22, 2011
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  15. Jonez001

    Jonez001 Well-Known Member

    m2
     
    Jonez001, Sep 22, 2011
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  16. trev1

    trev1 Well-Known Member

    my crappy gateway actually has a factory reset and then i just use a disk image to fire the ol robot back up...also theres a cracked avast floating around which i been using ....now i get a big red stop sign message saying "you are using a pirated copy...blah blah blah.." BUT i can still update and it seems to be working...what should i do.....and i second spybot....the absolute best malware wiper..
     
    trev1, Sep 22, 2011
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  17. usernameladiesman217

    usernameladiesman217 Well-Known Member

    I use Microsoft essentials. I used Avast prior thought I'd give this a try.

    Never had issues with either.
     
    usernameladiesman217, Sep 23, 2011
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