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Old 09-26-2011, 02:13 PM   #1
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Well I have a question for all of you Zuneboarders...

Which Anti Virus Software do you think is best...

Options:

avast!

Windows Security Essentials

AVG

SUPERantivirus

Norton by Symantic

McAfee

Kaspersky

feel free to list anything I didn't cover
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Old 09-26-2011, 02:47 PM   #2
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nod32. All of those except maybe Avast suck.



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nod32. All of those except maybe Avast suck.
Exactly what I was gonna say.



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The dude working at Best Buy said Kaspersky was the best, so that's what I went with




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Kaspersky is alright I guess. Our school uses it. Everything else bogs your computer down (especially Norton). AVG free is okay for a free alternative, but AVG full is bad.



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Let me extend this question:

Which is the best FREE anti-virus software?



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Which is the best FREE anti-virus software?
The free one month trial of Nod32.
Then you buy it.






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Keep using nod32's 30 day trial over and over again. Free.



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Old 09-26-2011, 05:00 PM   #9
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nod32. All of those except maybe Avast suck.
Avast lets all kinds of things through.

I use a combo of Malwarebyte's Anti-malware free and AVG paid.



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Malware Bytes is ****. It kept trying to tell me that Skype and Chrome were bad.



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Old 09-26-2011, 05:38 PM   #11
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Common sense.



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Common sense.
I use a combination of this and MSE.



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I use a combination of this and MSE.
Same here.

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MBAM will give false positives on occasion, but that's because it's so powerful. Use a little common sense and you'll be fine.



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i've used kaspersky for quite a while and had no problems, however i'm fairly careful about what i download too (most of the time anyway). don't go for norton though, iy absolutely terrible




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Malware Bytes is ****. It kept trying to tell me that Skype and Chrome were bad.
I've noticed that some anti virus programs seem to get issues with google software.



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Old 09-26-2011, 08:10 PM   #17
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I use MSE, always worked for me, doesn't use too many system resources.



 
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Kaspersky is alright I guess. Our school uses it. Everything else bogs your computer down (especially Norton). AVG free is okay for a free alternative, but AVG full is bad.
Have you used Norton (360, Idk about the others) in the past two years? It doesn't bog down your system at all... Psh. If you're not very well versed in the internet It's perfect.

For myself, I use a combo of MSE and MWB. OH! And common sense.
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Not even using AV right now...



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