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polobunnyAug 5th 2009 11:35PM
A-V-I-R-A.
Nuff said.
(I'm dead serious, that's not my kind of post but any antivirus comparatives will tell you Avira is in the lead for free antivirus solutions even taking on the "big dogs" such as Norton. Better than Avast and AVG, too. I'd say on par with Kaspersky, and much less resource intensive.)
You make your own conclusions, but as long as Avira Personal Edition is around I don't plan on paying for an antivirus.
Regarding anti-phishing protection and the likes... if that's a problem for you what you need isn't an antivirus but basic knowledge on web safety.
Don't know this mail author? Delete.
Link to a file? Don't download it.
Ads? Never click them.
Porn? Sounds silly, but just buy a freaking 1 year subscription for $30.00. on whatever website. You're nearly sure not to get infected. Searching for "hot naked girls" on google is a surefire way to find unreliable/compromised websites.
It's dead simple, but from all the years I've worked as a computer tech it's stuff you see daily. It's much better losing another of those email with a funny video from your great aunt spending most of her retirement getting used to computers by deleting an email you doubt of than getting your passwords, PINs or personal information stolen.
For some reason (don't ask me why), people lose whatever small part of logic they have when they surf the internet.
MysteriusAug 6th 2009 1:34AM
And for those that complain about Avira's nagging popup during updates, it's simple to disable using these instructions:
http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm
I also set the daily scheduled update to "invisible" (no window comes up, not even minimized). Just "Start AntiVir" > Administration > Scheduler > right-click on "Daily Update" and select "Edit job" > click "Next" until you reach "Display mode" and select "Invisible".
That's
MysteriusAug 6th 2009 1:39AM
Hmm, DownloadSquad cut off my comment somehow.
I said that this one-time post-installation configuration can be done in less than 10 minutes, a good trade-off for a lifetime of strong virus/malware protection.
And that Microsoft Security Essentials is a close second right now, especially for 64-bit support, my only fear being that it might become too popular, by market or mandate, and become familiar to attackers.
bill cant fartAug 6th 2009 10:26AM
I thought you said "nuff said".