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matty h - 12/2/11 at 08:45 PM

My internet security program has nearly run out should I renew it all look elsewhere including the free one.The one I have now is kaspersky.
Thanks Matty

austin man - 12/2/11 at 08:50 PM

I run AVG (free) and have had no problems to speak of there are other free ones around

T66 - 12/2/11 at 08:53 PM

Ive moved on from avg which has become top heavy, to avast free


light on the systray apparently


http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

RichardK - 12/2/11 at 09:02 PM

Yeh, would recommend the Microsoft sec suite (free) or avast free both free for home use7
Cheers

Rich

britishtrident - 12/2/11 at 09:51 PM

If you must run Windows one of the paid for versions of Avria. http://www.avira.com/en/for-home don't bother with the free version the update servers get choked up with traffic.

But the real answer is Linux

SeaBass - 12/2/11 at 10:04 PM

Avast - free / minds it's own business until you need it, auto update like a charm / windows & a linux version for trident above.

Ninehigh - 12/2/11 at 10:18 PM

Just as a thought has anyone ever caught a virus? Notice how they come up with solutions to block these viruses rather quickly? I've already blocked windows updates on here and nothing's happened so far, I'm beginning to wonder if viruses are as big a threat as people make out

designer - 12/2/11 at 10:23 PM

Avast, no comparison.

Kwik - 12/2/11 at 10:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Just as a thought has anyone ever caught a virus? Notice how they come up with solutions to block these viruses rather quickly? I've already blocked windows updates on here and nothing's happened so far, I'm beginning to wonder if viruses are as big a threat as people make out


yes, its not nice,

im now on linux, so not realy in any danger of viruses as most are aimed at windows systems.

Ninehigh - 12/2/11 at 10:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Kwik
quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Just as a thought has anyone ever caught a virus? Notice how they come up with solutions to block these viruses rather quickly? I've already blocked windows updates on here and nothing's happened so far, I'm beginning to wonder if viruses are as big a threat as people make out


yes, its not nice,

im now on linux, so not realy in any danger of viruses as most are aimed at windows systems.


Who the hell writes these things? It's almost like a really intelligent version of the trogladytes round here who think it's really funny to throw stones at a half complete building...

"Hey I know what to do, let's write thousands of lines of code and let's f**k up a load of computers"

James - 12/2/11 at 11:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Just as a thought has anyone ever caught a virus? Notice how they come up with solutions to block these viruses rather quickly? I've already blocked windows updates on here and nothing's happened so far, I'm beginning to wonder if viruses are as big a threat as people make out



The hassle and trouble that got caused at work by the odd infection!!!

We're talking a major global telecommunications company and until we're really clamped down on people and got up to date we'd sometimes lose GBs and GBs of data on servers that infected users had access to.

Guess who's job it was to restore it all?!!!

So yes, people get infected and yes, they can be a right pain in the arse!

Cheers,
James

Ivan - 13/2/11 at 03:31 AM

I use Avast free on my desktop and Windows Security Suite on the laptop and as I am almost daily swapping files between them I reckon what the one doesn't catch the other will - so if ever one picks up a problem I start looking for the same problem on the other machine.

RoadkillUK - 13/2/11 at 11:49 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Just as a thought has anyone ever caught a virus? Notice how they come up with solutions to block these viruses rather quickly? I've already blocked windows updates on here and nothing's happened so far, I'm beginning to wonder if viruses are as big a threat as people make out


One of my PC's caught a virus once, it killed 2 more on the network. I could only repair one of them, the other 2 had to be reinstalled. (The one I repaired took me several hours to fix).

I then installed AV protection.

At the moment I have a 'faulty' PC upstairs, I removed most of the virus but it still tries to run several missing random programs on boot up.

matty h - 13/2/11 at 11:56 AM

Cheers guys plenty for me to look at without paying for one.

britishtrident - 13/2/11 at 12:19 PM

The difference between paid for security programs and free AV programs is the a paid for programs stops viruses before they get anywhere near your computer, free AV programs detect viruses once they are opened on your PC.

SeaBass - 16/2/11 at 06:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
The difference between paid for security programs and free AV programs is the a paid for programs stops viruses before they get anywhere near your computer, free AV programs detect viruses once they are opened on your PC.


IMHO that's twaddle.

[Edited on 16/2/11 by SeaBass]