ot-Which anti-virus program?

[dphins]

Which anti-virus program do you use and how much is the subscription? Norton is 39.99 a year, is there anything cheaper and better?

 

[JxMetal]

i use kaspersky, but thats $60

 

[JxMetal]

get this

http://www.buy.com/prod/ca-anti-virus-plus-ca-anti-spyware-2008/q/loc/105/205690321.html

 

[fazgood]

This is FREE and pretty highly rated. Been using it at home for years and it is a lot less of a CPU load than McAfee

Better is kind of subjective as all are good but some are better at one thing than the other.

Making sure its updated, running several spyware protection programs, using a good firewall and not opening attachments are as important as antivirus.


http://free.grisoft.com/

Faz

Check here for a lot of otehr free programs that are free and do not have spyware included.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm

 

[latazyo]

I use norton on the PC and it hogs a lot of resources

 

[frenchie]

i use norton, for anti spy, antivirus, firewall, mail protection, buts its free protection suite that comes with att dsl.

 

[Markk96]

I have been really impressed with Bit Defender.

 

[superfirefly]

I second AVG. Great program. Use it at home. Much less CPU usage than norton, bit defender or McCafee. Plus it is free.

 

[MperRluvR]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11068620#post11068620 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fazgood
This is FREE and pretty highly rated. Been using it at home for years and it is a lot less of a CPU load than McAfee

Better is kind of subjective as all are good but some are better at one thing than the other.

Making sure its updated, running several spyware protection programs, using a good firewall and not opening attachments are as important as antivirus.


http://free.grisoft.com/

Faz

Check here for a lot of otehr free programs that are free and do not have spyware included.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm

agreed. the updates are manual but easy to implement and it lets you know when you need to update. virus scan is manual. FREE IS KEY

 

[Willy315]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11071844#post11071844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MperRluvR
agreed. the updates are manual but easy to implement and it lets you know when you need to update. virus scan is manual. FREE IS KEY

Ive used avg for years no problems at all. You can set up automatic updating and automatic scans

 

[VSpeck]

I agree w/ the avg it is a great program. also trend-micro pc-cillin is a good simple program it cost around $50 a year for 3 computer subscription so if you have multiple computers in the house its good

 

[zt444a]

I use Norton, and also run spy sweeper. What one doesn't get the other usually does...

If you have ever had a virus, a few bucks a year is a small price to pay.

 

[MayoBoy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11071844#post11071844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MperRluvR
agreed. the updates are manual but easy to implement and it lets you know when you need to update. virus scan is manual. FREE IS KEY

Go into the scheduler - you can schedule both updates and scans to run automatically.

It's a great program. I have it running on all 4 computers at home and run it along with Spybot Search and Destroy.

 

[MperRluvR]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11071874#post11071874 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Indy1
Ive used avg for years no problems at all. You can set up automatic updating and automatic scans

i'm talking about the free edition

 

[MayoBoy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11074310#post11074310 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MperRluvR
i'm talking about the free edition

That's the only one I use - it does auto update and scheduling.

 

[sheepdog43]

Another vote for AVG free.

I have probably 300 customers/systems in the area now using it.
No problems.

 

[Reggae Fish]

I dig avg also. I run Symantec Client Security at work which is only ok in my opinion, and would never pay for Nortons. AVG won't do it all but for home use, it's great

 

[Reggae Fish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11071153#post11071153 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Markk96
I have been really impressed with Bit Defender.

Free edition???

 

[dphins]

So what does everyone using avg use for spam?

 

[superfirefly]

I use spybot and ad-aware. They are not automatic but I just run a scan every couple of weeks and they work great. I use hijackthis from time to time but if you do not know what you are doing you can goof things up with that program.