I think, in general, the free ones like AVG, are just as good, if not better, than the mainstream expensive anti virus softwares.
Are you a virus?
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I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure.
I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure.
I love Eset Nod32. When I uninstalled Norton and put in Nod32, it picked up 5 viruses I had instantly. Hah. Shows what the guys at Norton know. 
Funny you should say that.axia777 said:
A buddy of mine installed an free trial antivirus program once. The next day he apparently had over 200 viren[sub](yes, that's the correct plural of virus)[/sub], and a week later over a hundred thousand. The AV program kept telling him that to get rid of them he had to upgrade to the paid version. The program could not be uninstalled. In the end he had to reformat the drive, and reinstall the OS...
Moral of the story: Make sure it's legit before you install it.
OT: I use Avast!, and it works without affecting performance.
I use Norton 360. Got it with my laptop so I didn't wish to waste a free year.
It expires in 16 days. I quite like it though, haven't had a single virus yet. It's not slow either. I figure people are bitching about previous versions of Norton, are people who follow the bandwagon, or download a lot of dangerous crap.
I think I'll get Avast! next.
It expires in 16 days. I quite like it though, haven't had a single virus yet. It's not slow either. I figure people are bitching about previous versions of Norton, are people who follow the bandwagon, or download a lot of dangerous crap.
I think I'll get Avast! next.
I won't laugh. Nortan is actually helpful, unlike Norton, which slows down your computer and eats up more RAM than a 23 GB game.Armored Prayer said:
First I had Norton, it was weak and annoying. Then I had Kaspersky, it was strong but obstructive. Now I have NOD32 - it sees no evil, hears no evil but destroys all evil
edit: and yes, AVG is your second best bet if you want a free one, my mate has it, haven't heard him complain.
edit: and yes, AVG is your second best bet if you want a free one, my mate has it, haven't heard him complain.
I use Avast for a few reasons.
1. It has a rootkit scanner
2. It's less in your face about the whole "upgrade now!!!" thing
3. It's more customizable. (AVG only allows Daily, Weekly or No scheduled scans. Avast! lets me do whatever I want)
1. It has a rootkit scanner
2. It's less in your face about the whole "upgrade now!!!" thing
3. It's more customizable. (AVG only allows Daily, Weekly or No scheduled scans. Avast! lets me do whatever I want)
AVG Free (make sure you check the website for new major releases regularly, I know a lot of people who ignored the pop-ups and ended up getting infected badly) and SpyBot S&D is a very nice program but you need to know what you're doing to get the best out of it. It's not very automated.