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(Message started by: Mark C on Apr 13^th, 2007, 5:57pm)

Title: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
Post by Mark C on Apr 13^th, 2007, 5:57pm

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?

PFDAN's
Mark

Title: Re: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
Post by ClusterChuck on Apr 13^th, 2007, 6:06pm

GREAT to see you back Mark!

Kirk just turned me onto Avast ... That is what I use now ...

Chuck

Title: Re: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
Post by Lobster on Apr 13^th, 2007, 6:16pm

Antivir
www.antivir.com

It is free.
You get one pop-up ad per day as it updates.

Title: Re: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
Post by Opus on Apr 13^th, 2007, 6:27pm

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 (http://avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html)

I see they even have a version that runs on Microsoft Windows.

Paul

Title: Re: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
Post by Rosybabe on Apr 13^th, 2007, 6:39pm

mine runs Symantec and so far so good..

Title: Re: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
Post by fubar on Apr 13^th, 2007, 6:59pm

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.

Title: Re: Hi yall....Anti-virus software question...poll
Post by Kirk on Apr 15^th, 2007, 2:02am

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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