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Post by Urumii-Previously ThePresident on Apr 9, 2008 10:40:56 GMT -5
I was looking for a good antivirus, one that won't eat up my memery (not mentioning any names... ahem Norton) and that will do a fairly good job of protecting.
I always thought Norton and McAfee were the best, so i was expecting to have to sacrifice something to get the less intrusive AV. But upon some research, Norton is bottom of the line, McAfee is in the middle.
After that research I found out the BitDefender and Kaspersky are the best out there right now. I'm probably gonna get Kaspersky 7.0 unless someone has a better idea.
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RedRock
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Post by RedRock on Apr 9, 2008 11:21:20 GMT -5
Whatever you get, just make sure you totally turn off your old antivirus stuff before you install and activate the new stuff. I had NAV and then my employer put in McAfee (I paid for the former, the latter is free, hence my employer's interest in pushing it on all employees, most of whom can barely use their pc's, let alone buy and install software for it), and the two apps then proceeded to fight each other for control of my pc, and the result was extremely loooooooooong processing times for simple thingsk, and even freezes and crashes. Finally, after one restart too many, I had to just disable NAV and then uninstall it and live with McAfee; I was unable to disable McAfee instead. Before that, I never had any problems with NAV (actually, Symmantec Utilities) and memory usage. No viruses, either way.
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Post by Urumii-Previously ThePresident on Apr 9, 2008 11:38:50 GMT -5
The only AV I should have is the stock AV that comes with Vista, if there even is one. I think they just have a windows defender thing. UPS should deliver my laptop in the next few hours, and the AV is the first thing I'm getting.
The computer I'm on now has NAV, and it needs to be rebooted every day or so because it slowly uses more and more memory until its using so much it takes forever to get anything done. My other computers had NAV too, cuz we got a 3 computer license, and they have all had the same issue. So I personally would advise against NAV. I have no objections to McAfee though. I just prefer top of the line to keep my computer running smooth for a long time.
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Post by daffy_duck on Apr 9, 2008 12:11:13 GMT -5
i use avg 7.5 internet security it works very well, we have it on all 3 computers,go to there web site and have a look at all they offer.
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Post by Urumii-Previously ThePresident on Apr 9, 2008 12:17:59 GMT -5
NO. I WILL NOT BE CORRUPTED BY THE DUCK!!!! lol, I'll check it out.
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Death's Shadow
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Post by Death's Shadow on Apr 9, 2008 13:46:40 GMT -5
I use Defender Pro. It is put out by Kaspersky and is affordable. It comes with bundled tools there is a 5 tool version and a 15 tool version. I have never had a virus yet while running it, and it eats very little memory.
You can pick it up cheap at wal mart.
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Post by Garp {eng} on Apr 9, 2008 14:02:17 GMT -5
Well I use Avast, along with the Vista defender and firewall, have no problems and unlike bloatware Norton and co it does not eat up my system resouces :-)
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Post by vinsanity on Apr 9, 2008 15:35:53 GMT -5
I too use AVG 7.5. I have tried Norton's, McCafee, and others. IMHO you can't beat AVG.
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Post by Lamron on Apr 9, 2008 22:07:27 GMT -5
Avast all the way! Plus StopZilla for popups, trojans, etc.
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