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Best Anti-Virus to buy
Replies: 13 — Last Post Aug. 30, 2008 3:25am by Dannay
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I'm going to buy an Anti  Virus program for my laptop and I was just wondering what one would be the best. There is Nortan Anti Virus on it now, and I hate it.

Also, if you know where I could download a good one for free that would be great!!

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NOD32 or Kaspersky.
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Windows defender?
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As long as you don't get Norton, McAfee, or F-Secure you'll be good.

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Quote: from xJosex at 9:50 pm on Aug. 27, 2008
Windows defender?
Lol, your a comedian.

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Try the AVG free version. I've been using it for the last year or so, and I liked it enough to buy a one-year subscription. It's fairly cheap too, but I don't remember exactly how much I paid.

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mcafee sucks

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Absolutely not to:

-Windows Defender (should come with it, don't use it, disable it!)
-Norton (I know you said it, but really, it is a virus in itself)
-McAfee (crap crap crap crap...)

I highly suggest:

-ZoneAlarm Antivirus or ZoneAlarm Security Suite.

It has kept my computer clean for many years.  

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Quote: from Ethryx at 9:50 pm on Aug. 27, 2008
Quote: from xJosex at 9:50 pm on Aug. 27, 2008
Windows defender?
Lol, your a comedian.

Why?

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Arr, get ye boxen Avast! Anti-Virus.

I use it on my computer, and I love it.

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Avast! It's legally free, dude, and it's awesome.

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( Rebecca li )


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I've been using McAfee on my desktop for a few years and I've loved it. Never had a problem with it. I just don't know how it got on there. I think the military was giving it out for service memebers and my dad got it...
I'll check out some of the otherone you guys have mentioned. Thanks a lot!!

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Windows Live OneCare is a really good one. A full range of virus protection, spyware protection, file backup, automatic full tune ups, it is my favorite.

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Quote: from xJosex at 2:53 am on Aug. 28, 2008
Quote: from Ethryx at 9:50 pm on Aug. 27, 2008
Quote: from xJosex at 9:50 pm on Aug. 27, 2008
Windows defender?
Lol, your a comedian.
 

Why?


Windows defender isn't an anti virus program, it's an anti-spyware program which can help prevent and removes spyware

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well the one i would suggest you hate so not that one lol :)

Well at this moment i have AVG installed and it seems good except that it did not find this virus, and i had to scan the file with avast to get rid of it.

I have also noticed that AVG when scanning.. there is no quick scan which is annoying, and on normal scan it like lags my computer so i have to put it on slow scan which uses less resources.. ( i have a pentium D processor.. it's the one before duocore was like made.. its two chips stuck together or something.. ) so if you have duo core that shouldn't really matter..

I also like that AVG has toolbar which has a link scanner which if you search on google it will tell you if the site is safe or not!

Post edited at 9:51 am on Aug. 30, 2008 by Dannay

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