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Mark C
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Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
« on: Apr 13th, 2007, 5:57pm » |
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Hi crew.....sorry I been gone...lost my ISP for a while.
I have been shopping for some AV software after canning Norton for being just too bloated and ineffective, I will not go into great detail except Norton, Mcaffee (sic?) and AVG all seem to suck now a days. I have tried some others.....so Clusterheads.....what are repelling online viri with now adays?
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Re: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
« Reply #1 on: Apr 13th, 2007, 6:06pm » |
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GREAT to see you back Mark!
Kirk just turned me onto Avast ... That is what I use now ...
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Re: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
« Reply #2 on: Apr 13th, 2007, 6:16pm » |
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Antivir www.antivir.com
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Re: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
« Reply #3 on: Apr 13th, 2007, 6:27pm » |
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I don't run any, so far I have not found the need.
But for those that think they need one, I would steer them to Avast.com
I see they even have a version that runs on Microsoft Windows.
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Re: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
« Reply #4 on: Apr 13th, 2007, 6:39pm » |
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mine runs Symantec and so far so good..
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Re: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
« Reply #5 on: Apr 13th, 2007, 6:59pm » |
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I am a security guy by occupation, and I have found that anti virus software is generally a complete waste of time, regardless of the operating system.
If you want to be safe(r), you should put a decent firewall in place. A real firewall, not just software on your system.
Most good wireless routers or DSL gateways have this built-in, but you can build one very cheaply with an ancient PC and IPCop (free) and it's really not that hard. Once in place, the virii issue never comes up. I uninstall antivirus everywhere I go. It's a complete waste of money and computer resources.
But that's just my opinion.
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Re: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
« Reply #6 on: Apr 15th, 2007, 2:02am » |
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I've been running Linux for the last ten years, and BSD for several years before that. So far no virii. YMMV
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