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    Anti Virus

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Fard, Feb 29, 2012.

  1. Fard

    Fard Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm looking for an antivirus that have a lot of bloat software in it. The price doesn't matter. It offers one of the best protections out there that won't take up so much space and slow down my computer or interfere with anything.
     
    Fard, Feb 29, 2012
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  2. s2odin

    s2odin Merrica!

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    You wan't it to have a lot of bloat software? But you don't want it to take up space or interfere with anything?

    First, did you look in this section right here: Security and Anti-Virus Software

    If not, I would look there first. Most of your posts are asking questions that have already been answered numerous time, but you never try to search for any answers. Please use the forum Search function next time, and try to do a slight bit of research first.
     
    s2odin, Feb 29, 2012
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    dummy27 Notebook Consultant

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    Microsoft Security Essentials
     
    dummy27, Feb 29, 2012
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  4. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, good luck with that. The best Anti-Virus out there is the one between your ears. Having said that, take a look through the 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' sub forum ^^^^up there^^^^
     
    olyteddy, Feb 29, 2012
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  5. Deks

    Deks Notebook Prophet

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    Your 'request' makes little sense.
    You are looking for software that has a lot of bloat in it (irregardless of the price) as long as it doesn't impact the computer in any way or takes up much space?
    The things you listed are incompatible with one another - unless you made a typo mistake in the initial post.

    Having said that, there are free solutions for you to consider:

    Avira, Avast, MSE or Panda (only pick 1) - all of them are free, light and don't impact the computer from a resource point of view.
    And from Internet Security Suites... I suppose you could consider Comodo (free) that offers a comprehensive firewall protection (which is not that different from the one in Windows, it's just a lot more pro-active in asking you which programs you want to prohibit making external connections).

    From paid solutions... I would recommend you consider Norton Internet Security Suite.

    I personally use MSE and Windows Firewall - haven't had issues with that setup.
     
    Deks, Mar 1, 2012
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    pwr1009 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The best protection is not the AV but how you use internet, what you download, and so on.

    Don't download crap and you should be fine!
     
    pwr1009, Mar 22, 2012
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    MSE does not ever updated automatically. I had installed MSE for 2 weeks, and did not update one ever did. Find the update in the morning, the windows update, but we found that the "optional". So do not install automatically, but you must install them manually.
     
    Bruce_99, Mar 23, 2012
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