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TaKYoN · **Posted:** Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:40 pm **Post subject:** Anti virus

OK guys, what AV you use and why?

I feel a change is needed as AVG free edition is getting old now and will soon not be supported.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:58 pm **Post subject:**

I'm pretty satisfied with BitDefender Professional, recomended by Spud. There are a few silly flaws in it, but it's detection is pretty good, so I guess that's all that matters. It's not as 'lite' as AVG, nor not as heavy as Norton.

Karhu · **Posted:** Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:05 pm **Post subject:**

I still use AVG but heres some I?v used also with no problems.. AVG has just been the best... and just the v6 discontinues... they have new free AV ready to be released...

AntiVir lite and OK.
Avast nice looking, has some advanced features like P2P scanning etc... OK AV also...

...but I?m still holding on to AVG

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:10 pm **Post subject:**

I just grabbed a copy of AVG 7, so far so good.

I have noted your other recommendations tho cos AVG 7 tends to get disabled pretty quick.

sparhawk · **Posted:** Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:30 pm **Post subject:**

Symantec Anti Virus Corporate edition
ed2k: symantec.antivirus.corporate.v9.0.1.1000.client.rar [22.34 Mb] [Stats]

Karhu · **Posted:** Fri Nov 05, 2004 6:03 pm **Post subject:**

why use bloated and cracked AV wich calls home on every update... when you can get more lighter AV for free...

d0c · **Posted:** Fri Nov 05, 2004 6:34 pm **Post subject:**

mcafee the best there is.... norton is a cpu eating crap!!!

here is the newest one...

McAfee.VirusScan.Home.Edition.v9.0.Retail-ROR.ShareConnector.zip

Yaznaki · **Posted:** Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:39 pm **Post subject:**

sparhawk wrote:

Symantec Anti Virus Corporate edition
ed2k: symantec.antivirus.corporate.v9.0.1.1000.client.rar [22.34 Mb] [Stats]

I agree.. silent and stays in the background....no system hog......no false positives yet other than Ad-Aware

ThEdEaDLiVe · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:30 am **Post subject:**

Yaznaki wrote:

sparhawk wrote:

Symantec Anti Virus Corporate edition
ed2k: symantec.antivirus.corporate.v9.0.1.1000.client.rar [22.34 Mb] [Stats]

I agree.. silent and stays in the background....no system hog......no false positives yet other than Ad-Aware

That's also the one i use. Haven't had a problem with it on either one of my computers since i started using the corporate edition a few years ago.

drpoopypantz · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:30 am **Post subject:**

I like Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise.

Silent and stays in the background as long as you disable a lot of the options. You can just Scan On-Demand and it's good.

No false positives from Ad-Aware either.

I never used Symantec though, so....I guess whatever tickles your pickle.

Blu_Vein_Throbber · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:18 am **Post subject:**

Panda Titanium

Better than Norton & Mcafee. AVG free is ok.

dont know where you are, but can buy nearly all of the avs for a little of nothing in the US on the net. Froogle which ever and choose where you want to buy it. Most websites will have each listed multiple times under multiple prices, just have to look.

These sites sale the copies that are suppose to be given to new computer purchasers. They are real and they have the one year av updates. I bought 2 copies of Panda Titanium for $8 plus a couple more for shipping

warre · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 11:09 am **Post subject:**

I'm also using panda and sygate pro as firewall
That's why i gonna try bitdefender as AV and firewall, it whas also recommended to me

Bassline · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:14 pm **Post subject:**

hsve been using Panda titanium but recently found a torrent for Kapersky (which i heard is v.good) so am installing that on second PC to test and if i like it i'll throw it on this PC aswell

http://66.90.75.92/suprnova//torrents/2 ... 56.torrent

http://66.90.75.92/suprnova//torrents/2 ... al.torrent

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:33 pm **Post subject:**

that's shit software imo. I've tried to use it many times but its really poorly made and uses so much resources and is very, very slow.

I'd recommend against Kapersky, even if it does win these so called tests. I'm using Bitdefender Pro.

Bassline · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:36 pm **Post subject:**

spudthedestroyer wrote:

that's shit software imo. I've tried to use it many times but its really poorly made and uses so much resources and is very, very slow.

I'd recommend against Kapersky, even if it does win these so called tests. I'm using Bitdefender Pro.

and elsewhere i've read bitdefender was poor :lol:

but yeah i'm doing a system scan and it does seem slow :roll:

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:02 pm **Post subject:**

well i'd rate it as unusably slow, and unusably unstable

I think its meant for pcs you don't intend to use.
Bitdefender is better than Norton, pc-cillin, and AV and those are the only ones I'd really bother with... they do the job without too much trouble.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:13 pm **Post subject:**

I've been hearing good things about NOD.

killingjokezzz · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:42 pm **Post subject:**

Kaspersky is supposed to be good, but it screwed my 2 PCs - one of which was a brand new, clean Laptop - NOD32 for me now.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 2:44 pm **Post subject:**

killingjokezzz wrote:

Kaspersky is supposed to be good, but it screwed my 2 PCs - one of which was a brand new, clean Laptop -

Would be my criticism too. Sure, it can find stuff, but not without destroying the system first :lol:

Bassline · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:28 pm **Post subject:**

got NOD32 and bitdefender 8 now just for the hell of it :roll:

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