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February 18, 2013 at 3:21 am #2171711
Looking for a new anti-virus software
Lockedby mclydon · about 11 years, 2 months ago
Would like to know what is one of the best anti-virus software for my desktop that does not cost a fortune.
Thank you.
Mary C. Lydon
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February 18, 2013 at 3:21 am #2902053
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by mclydon · about 11 years, 2 months ago
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February 18, 2013 at 3:58 am #2902052
take your pick of any of these free versions
by purpleskys · about 11 years, 2 months ago
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Avast free for home http://www.avast.com/en-ca/free-antivirus-download
AVG free http://free.avg.com/ca-en/free-antivirus-download
Avira http://free.avg.com/ca-en/free-antivirus-download
Bitdefender http://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html
There are others out there, but that’s four I know best.
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February 18, 2013 at 5:57 pm #2427764
Top Security Suites
by dmiles · about 11 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Looking for a new anti-virus software
PC World just did an article in there March Issue for Top Security Suite
1) F-Secure expensive
2) Norton Internet Security
3) Trend Micro Titanium
4) Bit Defender
5) Kaspersky
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February 18, 2013 at 9:03 pm #2427760
Comodo Internet Security
by sabrinas-e160e · about 11 years, 2 months ago
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I would suggest you to go with Comodo Internet Security! This has many features enabled in a single software, For details about it you can visit here ..
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February 19, 2013 at 7:56 am #2427741
Looking for a new anti-virus software
by frankgifford · about 11 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Looking for a new anti-virus software
If you are using Windows, virtually any version, then Microsoft Security Essentials is the way to go. It is free, easy on system resources, and quite good!
If you are using Linux, then you probably do not need anything:-)
Good Luck
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February 19, 2013 at 9:27 am #2427732
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by robo_dev · about 11 years, 2 months ago
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A lot depends on the user. If the user ‘behaves’ then Microsoft Security Essentials works well…I use that on lots of PCs and have had good luck with it. Works without breaking, and uses little processing power.
If the user is, to be polite, not so well behaved, then you need the whole big security suite.
The major difference is that a ‘suite’ typically will have a personal firewall. This is critical to catch the occasional virus or malware that is undetected by a a signature-based scanner. Windows firewall does not block outgoing traffic, but a a third-party personal firewall product will..so when a virus tries to ‘phone-home’ the personal firewall should alert you.
Suites tend to have all sorts of other features, such as anti-phishing, anti-malware…some even do content filtering.
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February 19, 2013 at 12:36 pm #2427720
Microsoft Security Essentials
by Anonymous · about 11 years, 2 months ago
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I am using Microsoft Security Essentials along with Spybot Search and Destroy, both are free and you can download them from ninite.com. You can also find other options there and useful software you may want to use.
SSD is a spyware remover, so don’t worry about having two antivirus running on the PC, because SSD is not. -
February 19, 2013 at 2:57 pm #2427711
Trend Micro Worry Free Business Security
by ramonramirezg · about 11 years, 2 months ago
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I like pretty much Trend Micro Titanium, been with Trend Micro for as long as 8 years and always detected malware and stuff…
you can try with free solutions like Security Essentials and recently, I??ve tried Fortinet Lite which was a surprise since I never imagined that it could work as nice it is working for me right now.
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February 20, 2013 at 1:03 am #2427677
Another vote for comodo
by madsmaddad · about 11 years, 1 month ago
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My Vipre AV is just expiring, and they want
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February 20, 2013 at 1:32 am #2427675
Yeah, but …
by stupid username2012 · about 11 years, 1 month ago
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Easy to use, nice and light on resources, works for me …
All nice, but how can we know whether they do the job? It’s like buying car insurance … we all look for the lowest price, but it’s only when we come to claim that we find out what we really bought. Ditto backing up your data … it’s only when you try to restore that you find out whether you’ve been wasting your time.
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February 26, 2013 at 2:34 am #2427430
Unthreat
by sarahmsarah · about 11 years, 1 month ago
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I recommend you try Unthreat Antivirus, it’s surprisingly light on the system and seems to find all the threats on my computer without slowing it down. It’s a free antivirus and doesn’t have any of those annoying popups.
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