EPTI'm looking for the best most secure anti virus period. I had a very scary experience with a virus the other day and I've been looking for a good one, and I don't mind paying to keep my rig running smoothly. I just want to know what you all think is the best AV.
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Incursus
United States415 Posts
I'm looking for the best most secure anti virus period. I had a very scary experience with a virus the other day and I've been looking for a good one, and I don't mind paying to keep my rig running smoothly. I just want to know what you all think is the best AV. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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sur_reaL
Canada278 Posts
I tend to not go for norton or mcafee as they're just too bloated imo. | ||
cerka
United States39 Posts
MBAM is a great anti-malware tool if you need that as well. | ||
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crazeman
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BobGayman
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Incursus
United States415 Posts
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Euronyme
Sweden3804 Posts
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LuckstYle
Germany181 Posts
lmao | ||
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smaugswe
Sweden121 Posts
But my quess would be like some kind of anti virus maybe AVG? And get some tools like Hijack this it would help alot  | ||
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EscPlan9
United States2777 Posts
AVG, Avira, Avast, Microsoft Security Essentials.... any of those should do you fine. | ||
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Imerej
Canada291 Posts
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judytuna
United States217 Posts
So instead I'm just careful about what I click on and I scan often. For browsing: - Firefox with adblock plus: http://adblockplus.org/en/ it's easy to set up - and, if you're super-paranoid or just want to be really safe, use http://noscript.net/ to make sure nothing gets run on your computer without your explicit permission. I used to use this but found that I was getting annoyed by having to manually give permission to everything, so I stopped. I would still recommend it though, lol. Scanning and removing viruses: - You don't even have to download and install a program for trendmicro's housecall thingy -- it installs something via your browser and scans your computer. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ - malwarebytes has been effective for me in finding and removing bad stuff: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php I work at a PC gaming cafe and used to care for the computers there, and I ran those frequently. They work! Anyway, just my opinion. You'll probably get a lot of people telling you that not having an anti-virus program running all the time is bad, but it's been working ok for me personally at home (mostly safe browsing i think). Good luck! | ||
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Filter
Canada620 Posts
Norton offers a free trial online as well, the free trial will harrass you a bit to purchase the full version but other than that it's great. | ||
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Almin
United States583 Posts
http://usa.kaspersky.com/products-services/home-computer-security/anti-virus I'm extremely satisfied with them. They don't block anything without asking you & block everything that is 100% certain to be bad. | ||
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writer22816
United States5775 Posts
Avira is just annoying sometimes with its false positives. So ultimately I ended up going with no antivirus. | ||
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Kamate
Romania580 Posts
But please, for a nooob's sake, let me know why and how Microsoft Security Essentials is good? I know I am getting old, but for me, years before, was a contradiction in terms.; Thank you | ||
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Fiercegore
United States294 Posts
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FeiLing
Germany428 Posts
Now you eliminate all that take too much resources. Now you eliminate all that cost money or have stupid ad popups. Now only MSE is left. And on top it's the only one that integrates into your OS directly, MS probably knows how Windows works better than the other guys :D | ||
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kiy0
Portugal593 Posts
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