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    virus scanners and spyware

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by aleicgrant, Sep 4, 2008.

  1. aleicgrant

    aleicgrant Notebook Evangelist

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    what do you guys use to protect yourself

    looking for software recommendations

    thanks
     
    aleicgrant, Sep 4, 2008
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  2. AndrewM

    AndrewM Notebook Guru

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    Avast all the way. Fantastic AND free for home use - Never once had a problem in 4 years. My past experienced included AVG which always had problems with updating or modules crashing randomly, and Norton is way too bloated for my liking.
     
    AndrewM, Sep 4, 2008
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    gramps28 Notebook Guru

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    Kaspersky is what I use on my laptop and desktop.Never
    had a problem.
     
    gramps28, Sep 4, 2008
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  4. Ahkhira

    Ahkhira Notebook Guru

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    While many may disagree with me, I use AVG free edition. No problems at all! (And no more crappy McAfee!)
     
    Ahkhira, Sep 4, 2008
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  5. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    i use AVG 8.0 FREE Edition for ANTI-VIRUS

    but it looks like A-squared has a virus scanner that also functions as anti-spyware too... i guess i'll have to give it a try soon!

    i have used the A-squared products for spyware protection and removal for a few years now.... but since getting my DSL installed,, my ISP (at&t) gives me ONE free installation of thier internet security suite... i've not checked to see what product it is based on,,,, but i know it works great... it even prevented me from downloading a ZIP file that contained an un-infected MBR (i guess since many virus files infect the MBR the software didn't want me downloading that MBR file)... i've had maybe 2 other false positive reports,,, but i'd much rather have false positive reports than have a software that lets too much slip thru...

    so i have to give props to the AT&T Internet Security Suite.
     
    bigozone, Sep 4, 2008
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  6. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Kaspersky Internet Security Suite is good.
     
    bigspin, Sep 5, 2008
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