Which Anti-virus/Security package is best (1 Viewer)

[Korn]

its not too bad...esp the latest one...the pop up blocker is a lil annoying but once its set right its good...it also tells u wen ur antivirus is out of date, switched off etc

The MS one doesnt expire but does it

 

[melsc]

lol i mean it tells u wen ur antivirus (ie my pc-cillin one) is out of date

 

[Korn]

lol i mean it tells u wen ur antivirus (ie my pc-cillin one) is out of date

oh, ok yeah, whats it exactly say

 

[Arvin Sloane]

i dont really trust ones that come off the net

And why is that buddy?

I use McAfee, that said.

 

[Korn]

And why is that buddy?

I use McAfee, that said.

Cause some of the ones off the net actually include viruses that the system wont detect

 

[sladehk]

well adaware doesn't and i believe so because millions of ppl use it

 

[Korn]

well adaware doesn't and i believe so because millions of ppl use it

Actually adaware can make ur pc crash, i know it can cause it has happened to me b4

 

[sladehk]

Well its never crashed for me. And it mite be some spyware "defending" itself with some crash procedure

 

[fatmuscle]

just use whatever you are comfortable with

 

[Korn]

just use whatever you are comfortable with

Well the reason this thread was created was to see if their was anything better than what iv got

 

[equiski]

Actually adaware can make ur pc crash, i know it can cause it has happened to me b4

The only times I have heard of Adaware causing major problems is when someone's computer has tonnes of ad/spyware before they install and run adaware. Then again, your situation may be different.

The next part is kinda relevant...

Norton Antivirus 2004 used to regulary hijack my running processes (usually explorer/iexplorer, or firefox) causing it to drain 100% of my CPU cycles until the computer was restarted. NAV also would cause quite a few illegal operations and such. This was happening when i first installed Windows XP / NAV etc and reinstalling didn't fix the problem. I uninstalled it around 6 months ago and my computer has been working great since. Running AntiVir has made me realise how bloated and resource hungry Norton is. I am yet to be infected by a virus, and my computer is much more responsive.

 

[sladehk]

that is a common program for many slower computers

 

[melsc]

Actually adaware can make ur pc crash, i know it can cause it has happened to me b4

are you sure that was the cause of the 'crash'. I find my computer only crashes 4 2 reasons - 1. A virus or 2. Hardware problem i.e 'burnt' hard-drive...computers can also crash when something vital is accidentally deleated or it is so full that it can't cope... Maybe one of ur vital files was infected and then adaware deleated it casuing your computer to crash...I dunno but whatever you do get your computer some form of virus/adware/spyware protection

 

[Korn]

are you sure that was the cause of the 'crash'. I find my computer only crashes 4 2 reasons - 1. A virus or 2. Hardware problem i.e 'burnt' hard-drive...computers can also crash when something vital is accidentally deleated or it is so full that it can't cope... Maybe one of ur vital files was infected and then adaware deleated it casuing your computer to crash...I dunno but whatever you do get your computer some form of virus/adware/spyware protection

It was adaware, i took it to a computer tech, who has like 30years experience and he got my computer running again, and said that adaware is notorius for doing this

 

[melsc]

No prob...just thought that was a bit weird ( i dont use that program so I dunno) - you're probably best of getting a well known program like Norton etc...I use PC-Cillin Internet Security, it has anti-virus, firewall, anti-spam, URL fliter, Private data protect etc... and you can have it scan for spyware when it scans 4 virus'... after i got a boot sector virus using norton...the tech guy suggested i buy this...its good and picks up virus even when u r downloading them

 

[Arvin Sloane]

Cause some of the ones off the net actually include viruses that the system wont detect

Got proof? I think they do as good job, if not better (with considering price, etc), then commercial products. I'm only using McAfee because it came with the computer.