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| Thread ID: 54745 | 2005-02-21 04:25:00 | Good AV program? | Zygar (29) | Press F1 |
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| 326985 | 2005-02-21 04:25:00 | Hey all. Somehow, despite running AVG Free 7 and a firewall, and using firefox, viruses inexplicably make their way onto my computer. One virus in particular actually, "Java/Openstream" whatever that is (it was in my Java cache folder). I'm not sure if it's malicious or if it's just one of those ones that sit around not doing anything, but either way I do not trust it at all. Anyway, AVG seems to have some kind of "auto protect" like protection, that stops you from executing viruses, but it doesn't seem to stop them from getting onto my damn computer. I have an old copy of Norton 2002 which doesn't like this computer, it disables random bits of itself like auto protect and refuses to turn back on (not a virus, this was on a clean format) and I don't like PC-Cillin which I got with my motherboard. What's a good AV program which will stop viruses getting onto my PC completely? I'm leaning towards a newer version of Norton, because I know it has autoprotect (which has stopped multiple viruses loading themselves onto my computer before) and a decent liveupdate tool, should I go with that? My only beef with the newer versions is that they're all bloated, I'm a gamer and don't want crap slowing down my PC or boot times. (power on scanning = annoying if you're sensible enough not to get a boot sector virus, but I could never turn the damn feature off.) So yeah. Any suggestions for a good antivirus proggie? Thanks. |
Zygar (29) | ||
| 326986 | 2005-02-21 04:46:00 | Hi Zygar There was a recent review of a range of AV products that you may wish to check out. PC anti-virus 2005 (www.transceiver.co.uk). They are not necessarily free though. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 326987 | 2005-02-21 04:50:00 | I don't really mind whether they're free or not. Protection > Price. | Zygar (29) | ||
| 326988 | 2005-02-21 06:58:00 | the only way to syop getting them onto your pc is to not download/copy any data onto your pc ie don't use internet or cd's/floopys etc. stopping them from doing anything and deleteing them is about the best you can do. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 326989 | 2005-02-21 07:41:00 | I use avast on all the comps I upgrade that don't have an up to date av. It has a lot less impact on performance than nortons and a simpler interface than avg. Good AV at zero cost. |
the highlander (245) | ||
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