EntropySink
Technical & Scientific => Software => Topic started by: Steve on August 31, 2012, 11:21:07 AM
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Who is the go to for Antivirus protection these days? Been a long time since I had to care.
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Microsoft Security Essentials and maybe Avast.
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AVG
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AVG
That used to be my answer but reviews turn me off now
Microsoft Security Essentials and maybe Avast.
MSE is integrated into 8
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What do the reviews say? I haven't had issues. MSE missed something once and I found Avast to be annoying and a POS (also missed something).
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Just that it has become unreliable in the last few years and tends to "flake out" more than others. I do recall disliking the last version I ran, but anyones guess as to which one that was.
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still running NOD at home.
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I haven't used an antivirus program for like 2 years.
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Just whatever default stuff Win7 has on it.
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I think I'll let Win8 do it's thing and see if there are any issues.
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What do the reviews say? I haven't had issues. MSE missed something once and I found Avast to be annoying and a POS (also missed something).
Benny! They all miss things. No way any AV is going to catch everything. That isn't even realistic. C'mon.
I used AVG for years and found that it caused issues (years ago). So I moved to ESET NOD32 (pay) stuck with that until I tested MSSE for a year or two on the wife's machine. I have since switched and am very pleased.
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Just whatever default stuff Win7 has on it.
Meaning none.
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I might go back to MSSE. AVG can be annoying and a resource hog sometimes.
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Just whatever default stuff Win7 has on it.
Meaning none.
:rofl2:
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Just whatever default stuff Win7 has on it.
Meaning none.
Pretty much.
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I might go back to MSSE. AVG can be annoying and a resource hog sometimes.
That is still an issue eh? Good to know.
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I'm pretty sure AVG was screwing up my mom's computer majorly. Uninstalled for now and going with Windows Defender and hoping she doesn't click on any bad links.
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I'm just using Microsoft...
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Avast has been pretty solid for me.
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I'm running MSE now. We'll see how that goes.
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I'm on the W8 setup and still no issues.
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still running NOD at home.
A few days ago I bought a license for NOD and installed it for peace of mind, because the W8 security kept advising me to add an independant AV software. NOD and Windows 8 do not get along well. It caused a few lock ups, made it impossible to login using my pin (had to use password) and it was just a mess. I contacted NOD and asked for a partial refund. I did not ask for a full refund because Windows 8 is brand new but they offered to just do a full refund.
Might give Avast a try.
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They don't have MSE ready for 8?
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they probably do, I haven't looked. I thought it was on here, but the thing on here covers everything but antivirus.
Looking now they don't list 8 on the MSE site, just up to 7. I'm downloading the version for 7 (64 bit) to try because everything for 7 works fine.
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MSE says I don't need it. But yet WD keeps advising me to install antivirus software....
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Avast is working perfect and cleaned out some minor issues. Went ahead and purchased it.