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Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 569 Joined: 23 Jun 2008     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1049 Joined: 20 May 2009    | McAfee, comes as part of my net subscription. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 386 Joined: 28 Oct 2009    |
Especially if they have firewalls integrated. I once tried running Avast and AVG at the same time... the firewalls clashed and I couldn't get ANY network access until I removed Avast. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 197 Joined: 13 Apr 2009    |
Agree with you 'bout Panda. But...have you tired Norton 2010? If it uses too many resources it's a problem with your PC. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 61 Joined: 31 Oct 2009    |
I have never heard 2 AV programs causing problems. Anyone else have this problem with running two. Even if they are on seperate days? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1204 Joined: 4 Dec 2008   |
Acer aspire x1700 3gb ram, 280gbHDD and 2.7 ghz processor Anyways, enough boasting. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1759 Joined: 17 Jun 2009     | I use Kaspersky, it works pretty well. Although it has an annoying habit of mistaking some of my games for keylogggers; fortunately it doesn't actually do anything about 'em other then pop up a warning. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 108 Joined: 11 Sep 2009    | Avast ye mateys! As you can tell, I use Avast! It's very good and free :) |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 527 Joined: 4 Jun 2008    | Avast! does its job, updates itself periodically and tries to stay out of your way. |
Muckraker  Posts: 324 Joined: 14 Apr 2009   | Avast, it's the best! |
Copy Clerk Posts: 61 Joined: 31 Oct 2009 |
Does the same thing for me. Also noticed that even when it finds something "BAD" that is all it does. Pops up the Oh we found this message and you accually have to go in and remove it yourself. Other than one or two games it is pretty consistant though. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1772 Joined: 1 May 2008     | I use AVG free, have done for a few years now. The only time I've ever got a virus was the time my cousin received and opened one of these stupid MSN viruses (the "OMG! I found this picture, is that really you?? @@@@@@@@._____.com" ones). It slaved my computer and used an old unused version of Norton to spam-email people until I pulled the internet connection. AVG scanned it, deleted it and it's been fine since. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 534 Joined: 6 Apr 2009     |
once in my life i had norton and AVG running at the same time. the thing that happened was that at some point i got a virus. AVG detected it and put it in it's vault. But both antivirus was configure to scan every repertory, even system and hide ones. so, the next day norton scanned found a virus... in AVG vault. it moved it to it's own vault, but AVG didnt let Norton delete something in it's vault, so the virus was only copy in norton's vault. and then the next day ? AVG scanned, found a virus in... Norton vault, copy it to it's own, but norton was pissed of that AVG didnt let it delete the virus in it's vault, so it did the same for AVG. But then, Norton scanned again, and this time there was 2 virus in the avg's vault, that was copy to norton's vault, then AVG found 3 virus in norton's vault, etc. after a week or so, there was hundreds of virus in each vaults. and for the record, i now use ESET nod 32. it doesnt cost much, but my home computer and my laptop have access to my job network by VPN, so they must be secured. |
Beat Writer Posts: 197 Joined: 13 Apr 2009 | Also, Avast 5 will be very, very good. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3310 Joined: 10 Oct 2008  |
I use AVG Internet Security 2009 and I have scanned with Malwarebytes before. I have no viruses, trojans, or malware at all ever. If Norton uses less system resources that is a miracle of technology as Norton has always been the most system heavy AV of any and all of them. I also heavily disagree with you about anything Microsoft puts out for AV. They are huge resource hogs. I have done computer support as a job and Microsoft Security Essentials always slows systems way down even if they have a good amount of RAM and a hefty processor. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 802 Joined: 15 Apr 2009    | AVG is good I guess, although I could see over 100 viruses in the Windows folder on my computer (they were literally strings of random characters with things like SP%M, H@CK, v*r*s and random stuff like that in them. Who the hell names their virus virus?) and AVG said my computer was clean... |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 620 Joined: 31 Jul 2008   | A combination of AVG Free and common sense have kept my computer free of viruses, and I've never had any problems. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1285 Joined: 5 Feb 2009    | AVAST! Antivirus. Works great and keeps my computer Virus-free. |
Beat Writer Posts: 197 Joined: 13 Apr 2009 |
That's a fair enough critiscism on some systems, but in any case I would reccomend using avira, as it is very, very good. At least until Avast 5 is released. I'm using A-Squared at the moment, it's very good, but it does kill my ping in games. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 548 Joined: 16 Aug 2008  |
I had it, i thought it was really good. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 624 Joined: 31 Dec 2008 | Avast! antivirus is the bees knees. I also use adaware and spybot (the two work together). |
Copy Clerk Posts: 61 Joined: 31 Oct 2009 |
You HAD it. Is the reason you got rid of it purly monitary or were you having problems? |
Beat Writer Posts: 197 Joined: 13 Apr 2009 |
Kaspersky is one of the best out there, and has a very good firewall. If you're willing to pay for AV protection it is very good. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3310 Joined: 10 Oct 2008 |
Never heard of Avira so I can't comment on it. I never used Avast but I have heard it is good. I have never heard of A-Squared either so again no comment. Another one that is great and very light on system resources if Trend Micro. It is also very cheap for the official full version. |
Beat Writer Posts: 197 Joined: 13 Apr 2009 |
In all of the tests I've seen Trend Micro has done badly. I'm gonna go read a review :P |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1715 Joined: 1 Nov 2007   | My suggestion for anyone who has computer resources that need a good using for nothing grab you some norton or McAffee. Frankly I went for ages without one, if anyone DOES steal my identity they are in for a rude surprise when they can't use it for shit (They'd end up owing money ;p). However just in general I grab Avast or AVG just to shut up windows. I have enough frequent backups of my important stuff and I don't do anything stupid so I doubt I'll be getting a Virus anytime soon (haven't since I first started using computers). |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 548 Joined: 16 Aug 2008 |
Nah we got a better computer. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 128 Joined: 1 Nov 2009 | i dont realy know much about anti virus programs, my dad also uses this laptop and he put norton anti virus on it and it seems to do the job |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2068 Joined: 11 Jan 2009   | Am i the only one here who uses F-sprot anti-virus? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1362 Joined: 25 Feb 2009     | I've tried AVG Free, nod32, Mcafee 9, Avira none has actually satisfied me, ive seen them work worse or better from computer to computer so i dont have a definitive choice. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 893 Joined: 20 Jul 2009  |
Same, not had a problem. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3310 Joined: 10 Oct 2008 |
I never go by the reviews. I go by my real world experience. I did support for a number of years. When I scanned a customers system with Malwarebytes(removed after use) as a courtesy and they had Trend Micro the systems never really had any infections. But that is just my anecdotal 2 cents adjusted for inflation. For everyone who has any free program I would suggest backing it up with this program. It too is also free and is really good at getting infections off of your system. Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/ No I am not a shill for the program. I just think it is really great. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1290 Joined: 24 Apr 2008  | AVG free, with the occasional spybot scan. No problems. |
Muckraker  Posts: 329 Joined: 29 Mar 2008 | Spyware Terminator |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2165 Joined: 20 May 2009 | I think I have norton, but I don't really keep up with that stuff. |
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If you ever get a virus there's a really good chance they'll both go after it and have a messy little fight.
But I guess if it works for you then keep doing it. Just be wary, two AV's at one time can cause unexpected problems...