Which antivirus software do you use?

 

Postby ECE » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:24 pm

Which one?
Are you satisfied?
Did you pay for it or download it for free?

Right now I have none so I'd appreciate some suggestions! :oops: :D
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Postby toni_pest » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:25 pm

I use avast! It's free and it does the job, at least I think it does. :)
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Postby ShayLaB » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:27 pm

avg

Free, works well...used by most of the geeky people I know.
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Postby josecharts » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:29 pm

I use Avira... I pay for it, not expensive and it's good.
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Postby Merci » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:37 pm

Anti what now? I use a macbook
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Postby HBIC » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:03 pm

toni_pest wrote:I use avast! It's free and it does the job, at least I think it does. :)
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Postby ECE » Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:09 pm

Merci wrote:Anti what now? I use a macbook
So y'all Macbookers don't need antivirus at all? How come that?
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I used to protect my laptop with F-Secure. IIRC I paid 40-50 Euros approximately for it. After a year or so it expired. Then I installed the 2012 trial version but it expired again few days ago.
Although it did do a great job I'm surely not willing to pay for any antivirus software anymore.
Some good recommendations I saw here, thanx! :D
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Postby CrazyCrazy » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:20 pm

Norton 360
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Postby ShayLaB » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:15 pm

ECE wrote:
Merci wrote:Anti what now? I use a macbook
So y'all Macbookers don't need antivirus at all? How come that?
...because he hasn't heard of flashback and probably won't until he discovers it on his Mac. In the meantime ignorance will be bliss.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ap ... saster.php
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Postby Noahh » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:18 pm

AVG Anti-Virus :wink:

It's free and works perfectly for me!
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Postby Shorty » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:19 pm

I use Norton 360 too :D It's great! I keep reading people saying it's crap, but I've been using it for like 4 years and I've never had a problem with it.

I've only had one virus since I got it, and Norton caught it in time and it did no damage.

And it's interesting cos when you buy it for the first time, you can put it on up to 4 computers! I'm on my Dad's one. But once the year subscription is up, you have to renew it and pay, but it's not that expensive.

This inspired me to check my subscription, but I still have 215 days left on it :lol:
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Postby JimJim » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:25 am

Avast! for me, I used the free version for years, but paid to upgrade this year because it wasn't that expensive.

I have a strong dislike for Norton after being forced to use it for years and it severely slowed our computer down.
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Postby Virgostar » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:26 am

toni_pest wrote:I use avast! It's free and it does the job, at least I think it does. :)
I attempted to go to a bad page (unbeknownst to me) several months ago and it stopped me, so it does do the job.
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Postby JSparksFan » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:27 am

*Looks at browser history*

I should probably get one... :-?
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Postby naughty » Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:24 am

KasperSky Internet Security 2012.
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Postby summer » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:46 pm

naughty wrote:KasperSky Internet Security 2012.
I want the same this year
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Postby ThaInfo1 » Fri May 04, 2012 7:51 am

AVG....been using it since my old computer got a virus about 7 years ago and been good since.

and it's free.

And it does check ups and stuff.
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Postby jio » Fri May 04, 2012 7:52 am

toni_pest wrote:I use avast! It's free and it does the job, at least I think it does. :)
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Postby Gagich » Fri May 04, 2012 1:13 pm

I use Microsoft Security Essential. :D

It`s completely free but I don`t think it is working properly... I probably have a hundred viruses... :lol:
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Postby Brad » Fri May 04, 2012 1:29 pm

jio wrote:
toni_pest wrote:I use avast! It's free and it does the job, at least I think it does. :)
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Postby CrazyCrazy » Fri May 04, 2012 1:58 pm

JSparksFan wrote:*Looks at browser history*

I should probably get one... :-?
YES! You must, to be safe, any computer with an internet connection is at risk, some viruses can cause serious damage!

My computer had completely been destroyed twice from them and it finally gave up a little while ago and blew up! :lol:
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Postby Titan3510 » Mon May 07, 2012 10:23 pm

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Postby Chun » Wed May 09, 2012 3:13 am

Avira free antivirus.
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Postby CrazyCrazy » Wed May 09, 2012 12:44 pm

Titan3510 wrote:Use this.

Microsoft Security Essentials
Yup, I reckon your computer is not safe with that s**t! :lol: :wink:
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Postby Tofayel » Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:50 pm

I am highly satisfied with Avast.
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