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    What are your must have programs for your alienware 18?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by jtravapd8578, Feb 23, 2015.

  1. jtravapd8578

    jtravapd8578 Notebook Consultant

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    Last night , i formatted my system and am starting over. On another post guys helped me out by giving me the names of spyware, antivirus , adware ect software. I tried every single on of them and it they could not get the virus.

    I used to use Avast antivirus and the premium version of .malwarebytes. I used both of them because it seemed to me that every other antivirus programs would slow everything down, making boot time take longer ect.


    Can you guys please list what spyware, virus, adware ect. program or programs you are using for your alienware 18?
     
    jtravapd8578, Feb 23, 2015
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  2. Spartan@HIDevolution

    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    Here is my software:

    System Imaging: Macrium Reflect 6 Home

    Antivirus: Emsisoft Anti-Malware because it includes its own antivirus engine + Bitdefender's antivirus engine + behavioral blocker to stop any 0 day exploits + blocking of malicious websites + detection of PUPs (Potentially unwanted programs that are not necessarily classified as a virus but do a lot of harm to your system)

    Browser: Firefox 36 + Classic Theme Restorer + LastPass + AdBlock Plus + IETAB + YouTube Flash Video Player

    Defrag program: Perfect Disk 13 Pro

    Download Manager: Internet Download Manager

    Torrent Client: qBittorrent (don't even dare to install uTorrent unless you want to immediately infect your system with viruses. I even tried buying the Pro version and it still had the same crapware of the free version so I had it refunded)

    VPN: Private Internet Access

    Junk Files Cleaner: CCleaner Portable Edition

    Registry Cleaner: CCleaner Portable Edition (the only registry cleaner that won't destroy your system as it only finds safe invalid reg keys to delete not false ones)

    Uninstaller: Revo Uninstaller Pro

    PDF Viewer and Editio: PDF-XChange PRO

    Video Player: MPC-HC + SVP ( Smooth Video Project) to play videos @ 60 FPS for super smooth videos with no jerkiness

    DVD/CD Burning: Nero Platinum Suite 2015

    FTP Client: FlashFXP

    Compression: WinRAR
     
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  3. Qing Dao

    Qing Dao Notebook Deity

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    Steam.
     
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    pathfindercod Notebook Virtuoso

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    I put malwarebytes Pro on all my clients machines.. Great tool and saves me a lot of headache..
     
    pathfindercod, Feb 27, 2015
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