Your Fridge's Worst Nightmare
I'm at college right now on my laptop, and in order to get my own static IP address on the wireless network, I'm required to have up-to-date virus protection on my computer. I tried to pass by with AVG, but that didn't fly so well. Either way, it looks like I need to go purchase something suitable. Which program do you guys use/prefer? Thanks.
Originally Posted by dakidski
Old Country Doctor
nod32 if you're looking into buying
just make sure you stay the hell away from norton-branded software, all that'll do is offer mediocre virus protection while using 300 megs of system memory to stay resident
vvv he said he already had avg but the res wouldn't give him a static ip with it
Last edited by cka; 29 Aug 2006 at 11:50 PM.
Unashamed Sink Urinator.
QFT. It spends more time making sure its constantly running and notifing you of that fact all the while its swiss cheese like in its protection.
Get AVG Free, its free, and it works without launching 250 aps in your system tray.
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master of the dark hado
Kaspersky, it is by far the best Anti Virus program I've ever used. Been using it now for around 6 - 7 years and I've never gotten a virus.
ESPer
Anyone have some advice on removing Norton AV from one's system?
I got AVG last year and no longer have a need for Norton, yet Norton is perniciously difficult to remove from my hard drive.
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"Jesus christ you are still THE WORST." -FirstBlood
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Third recommendation for Kaspersky.
Your Fridge's Worst Nightmare
Thanks for the reccomendations guys. I'm using NOD32 right now, but I might switch to Kaspersky after my trial expires depending on how much it costs. I haven't had a virus in years though, I just need the software so I won't "give the [internet] network a virus" or something.
Removing Norton is annoying. For the most part, you much open it up and tell it to disable itself, then shut it down. Then, ctrl+alt+del and close the remaining Norton processes that are still open, THEN uninstall the program. Reboot system, then look for norton remnants to get rid of (like LiveUpdate still being on the system even though you've removed all other Norton software.)
So much ****ing semen.
NOD and Avast get my votes. it would be nice to have programs that could find virii before theyre widespread.
heres an inteesting read. http://redtape.msnbc.com/2006/08/consumer_report.html
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