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| Thread ID: 69412 | 2006-05-31 11:36:00 | Which anti-virus do you use? | MTLance (6768) | Press F1 |
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| 459516 | 2006-06-02 02:42:00 | I use it along with Comodo Personal Firewall, which is a good firewall for a freebie. And this firewall is definitely free. No annoying nags to tell u its going to run out, and once u get the activation code, it and the updates are free for life. I've used most of the other AV programs, most of them were either too big, full of bloatware, cut me off, or detected viruses that didn't exist. I have never heard of Comodo before, but having looked at their website, it certainly looks impressive. Has anybody else out there used Comodo's products? If so, what is the opinion? |
Miami Steve (2128) | ||
| 459517 | 2006-06-02 03:20:00 | Its a pretty recent program Steve . That's why most people haven't heard of it . An update just came out for it today actually . I tried Comodo AV, but it crashed too much . When using Poptray, So, I replaced it with Avast . BUT the guys at Comodo know this, and may have released an update for the AV, to fix this prob . There is also a forum, and it looks like they respond to queries pretty quickly . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 459518 | 2006-06-02 05:01:00 | Just maybe the architecture of Linux is better than the other OS? now i'm no programming expert, but perhaps the variation between different distros makes it harder to create a virus that wont affect just one. also, perhaps, the viruses cant spread without also having to affect windows machines, as linux to linux transfers cant be as common windows to windows or windows to mac. as for games, linux is a pain, but i suppose without all the ram being occupied by windows, games may run faster. once you get them to run (can be tricky, if anyone can get battlefield 1942 and/or bf2 to work, tell me) and why kill a free OS, perhaps virus writers are just fighting the machine (windows). then again, why write viruses in the first place? |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 459519 | 2006-06-02 06:00:00 | If Norton really sucks then I should continue to use McAfee? McAfee did detect my computer old files with viruses like Flash Get.exe Aplication. Maybe I should stop buying Norton for good. You guys got a point there that Norton is not really good and McAfee is still better than Norton I knew it a long time but never tried McAfee until this year. McAfee virus scan takes ages but much more better than Norton no objections I guess. Plus I'm quiting Norton System Works this year. Does anyone know a program the works like Norton? I mean like Norton Go Back and System Cache file cleaner and if you recommend me some of the program that needs to be purchased I don't mind paying it except I works better than other program like Norton Go Back. |
MTLance (6768) | ||
| 459520 | 2006-06-02 06:26:00 | Use something like ccleaner (http://www . ccleaner . com) to clean up the temp files etc . Its free . If you havent noticed MTLance, there are a lot of posts in here about Symantec / Norton whatever it is . Its a memory hog, if u havent got a lot of ram, and it can slow a system down . I used to use it, it wasnt too bad, and I didnt notice the slowdown, since it worked fine with 1 GB . . I also used to use Zonealarm, but I've noticed a big difference not having it now . On the other PC here, it took at least 1 min for XP to load . With Zonealarm installed . I'm now using this Comodo Firewall . Which has not only sped booting XP up, its reduced it back to 20-30 mins, before the other PC gets into Windows . The annoying thing about both of these, was both used to shut of their proxy services . And when this happened, you could connect, but you couldnt surf on the net . Until you restarted these services . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 459521 | 2006-06-02 06:31:00 | Oops 20-30 mins should be 20-30 secs :rolleyes: | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 459522 | 2006-06-02 06:32:00 | now i'm no programming expert, but perhaps the variation between different distros makes it harder to create a virus that wont affect just one.Also not an expert, but I would say that different Linux distributions would be similar enough to write single viruses for. However, like Mac OS X, Linux is based on Unix and that's one of the reasons it is considered a more secure operating system. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 459523 | 2006-06-02 07:40:00 | There aren't much software programmed for Linux, many software does not support it I wonder if Linux supports most of my downloaded files which is for Windows use. Chaning one OS to another is not easy. | MTLance (6768) | ||
| 459524 | 2006-06-02 07:52:00 | Simply put, if you have to ask "what is Linux", then it's likely not suitable for you. It's a totally different OS, using a different architecture and has little in common with Windows. Its very much comparable to a DIY environment (Do It Yourself). As for your "downloaded files" we would have no idea as we don't simply know what a "downloaded file" is, in your case. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 459525 | 2006-06-02 08:19:00 | Thanks godfather. :) I wonder which OS is better? Windows Vista or Linux? Hard.My home PC's are all Windows.:( I have many Microsoft games wonder if it is going to work on Linux or not, but on the safe side pay more to get yourself protected. I know windows is expensive especially spyware, viruses, and etc. need protection. I also bought many softwares for windows not linux. It is so hard. | MTLance (6768) | ||
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