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Kwon
Brunei Darussalam41 Posts
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Belial88
United States5217 Posts
It's kind of hard to judge what's a good AV or not. It kind of irks me when people say an AV is bad 'because I had a bunch of viruses'. The best AV won't stop every virus, and you need to update the definitions daily, if not hourly, as well as have peerblock, a firewall, and browser safety. There's a million reasons why you could've gotten a virus - you could've simply downloaded a file or installed a CD with something bad, so that your AV isn't scanning for it (ie you let it walk in), you could've not updated your definitions, and to say your system is good now could be because of a million reasons (your firewall is what's being good, windows updates, etc). When new viruses come out, no AV will stop it, so you just need to have an AV that updates regularly (which most do) and not be unlucky to catch it before you have the definitions for it. First, make sure the AV doesn't take up too much resources, some AV is worse than actually having a virus (norton, mcafee cough cough). You also should have multiple safety suites -firewall, peerblock, AV, malware scanner, windows updates, and smart computer use. You also shouldn't disable any features despite wanting to save PC resources, and put yourself at risk when you do so. Obviously everyone is going to disable parts of it, so you need to scan often and scan everything you download, and be smart about it and how you browse and use. It just really irks me that you'd post "it's bad I had to format my PC'. That could be million reasons, most probably your fault - be more descriptive please. Now I have no idea which AV to really use, I just know MSE and Avast are both really good and free, and that Windows Firewall and Malwarebytes are good too. You should have a peerblock if you download torrents, and be smart how you use your PC. You also can't realyl predict which one is the best, as it only takes a single virus to screw everything up,w hich just means they didn't update fast enough before your dumbass caught something. Just have *a* antivirus, a firewall, and scanner, and be judicious in your usage. I would recommend MSE or Avast since they are what most people use, but Kaspersky is great too. There are a lot of good ones. Just have one, and then be smart. I'd love it if someone could actually explain which is best, but how you use your PC should be first, not your AV. | ||
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cocosoft
Sweden1068 Posts
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Kwon
Brunei Darussalam41 Posts
Also, the virus prevents me from turning on the windows security and preventing me from doing a system restore. So I had no choice but to format. But the virus is kinda the shop's fault maybe now that I think of it, when I purchase my desktop, pirated stuff are already installed on it. Don't ask why, its common in my country :l And I take back what I said about MSE, wasn't really thinking earlier. and I'm hurt that you called me a dumbass, I know how to take care of my PC, I was just not lucky at that time :< | ||
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JetGillLee
Australia43 Posts
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henbobble
England51 Posts
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celious
United States195 Posts
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eight.BiT
United States240 Posts
On April 24 2011 00:03 JetGillLee wrote: Nod32 is good apparently.. Just be careful. eset nod32 is insane, i tried it for a while and it was good. trying to uninstall it was sure a fight though. | ||
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synapse
China13814 Posts
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Belial88
United States5217 Posts
@Belial88 When I scanned with MSE, it didn't detect any viruses. Also, the virus prevents me from turning on the windows security and preventing me from doing a system restore. So I had no choice but to format. But the virus is kinda the shop's fault maybe now that I think of it, when I purchase my desktop, pirated stuff are already installed on it. Don't ask why, its common in my country :l And I take back what I said about MSE, wasn't really thinking earlier. and I'm hurt that you called me a dumbass, I know how to take care of my PC, I was just not lucky at that time :< Sorry, just got a little heated. I don't think that at all, I was moreso saying that about anyone who caught a virus like that  I heard AVG was pretty bad. As long as you have one I think you're pretty good though, all they do is lower the chance of getting a virus in the rare chance you get one because you're doing something sketchy. | ||
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UrASofty
Canada772 Posts
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Hokay
United States738 Posts
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Belial88
United States5217 Posts
doesn't matter what anti virus you get, all of them are pretty much the same. just make sure u have malwarebytes. I don't like how malwarebytes doesn't do autoscans. So I have a quick question since I used Avast and willing to try something different (had PC issues 'around' the time I used it, I don't think it was the problem but now that I reinstalled windows I'm willing to try something else). I have pirated/activated w7, how do I use MSE? Or is there no issue with using MSE with pirated? | ||
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Legatus Lanius
2135 Posts
On April 24 2011 22:08 Belial88 wrote: I don't like how malwarebytes doesn't do autoscans. So I have a quick question since I used Avast and willing to try something different (had PC issues 'around' the time I used it, I don't think it was the problem but now that I reinstalled windows I'm willing to try something else). I have pirated/activated w7, how do I use MSE? Or is there no issue with using MSE with pirated? ahem, my *friend* has a pirated/activated windows 7, and he just downloaded it straight from the microsoft website. works/updates fine i guess it might depend on the loader youve got though | ||
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Belial88
United States5217 Posts
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Legatus Lanius
2135 Posts
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schreddertt
Germany102 Posts
Oh, I also used G-Data once, super safe but resource hungry like hell. | ||
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arctia
61 Posts
Avast and Avira - both amazing, better detection rate than MSE, but overall more resource used NOD32 - the paid version is really really good, not sure about the free/trial Kaspersky - detects everything, more likely to run into false positives. Way too much resource usage though, and somewhat intrusive Norton - the newest version is really good in terms of protection. But it installs itself in so many parts of your system, it's an absolute pain to uninstall Comodo - it will block EVERYTHING. Takes a lot of customization to get it the way you want If you ask me, MSE + Common sense is the way to go. After three years, I finally managed to install common sense for my parents. No more problems. | ||
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OddBone
United States25 Posts
Use Microsoft Secuirety Essentials, has a 98% detection rate. AVAST! is very good too. Both free. | ||
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Gryffes
United Kingdom763 Posts
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