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[donut]

Avast 4.8 >http://www.avast.com/eng/what-is-new-in-avast-4-8.html

I just got rid of a Spript Worm,took me two weeks repairing a sys.recovery to get formatted again. Really looking forward to new FOTRS. Installed AVAST 4.8

Recomended: I got rid of Adaware-Spybot-& -McAfee/Norton. Copy,& paste link-Let me know what you-all think:up: :down: Please ! Donut



Anti-spyware built-in

Certified by West Coast Labs Checkmark certification process, avast! antivirus 4.8 now comes with anti-spyware capability built in to the scan engine.
avast! antivirus 4.8 now offers even more protection for your valuable data and programs, all in one download.
Anti-rootkit built-in

Another key feature of avast! antivirus 4.8 is the inclusion of anti-rootkit technology, based upon the class-leading GMER technology, and now built-in to the scan engine as standard.
Rootkits are programs that install on your system, while keeping themselves, their processes, services and registry keys hidden, to stay invisible. They represent a substantial security risk on home and company networks and standalone machines, and are usually notoriously difficult to find and remove.
avast! antivirus 4.8 has full live-system anti-rootkit protection. No boot disks required, it's all built-in and working with one install.
Strong self-protection

A significant security feature has also been added to avast! itself. avast! antivirus 4.8 now includes strong self-protection, to prevent malware from turning avast! protection off.
This key enhacement helps to add that extra layer of protection to protecting your data and programs with the multi-award winning avast! antivirus technology.

[XabbaRus]

I have it and it is very good and unintrusive.

I jacked ZoneAlarm and got this. I use the XP firewall as I only visit a few sites and shut most of my ports.....

[donut]

200lbs. No.I just resemble an ass-hole sometimes.Quaint,but not pretty !:huh:

[longam]

Been using Avast for a few now, its a great product. I actually dropped AVG for it.

[Thomen]

We use AVG Free Edition on our computers here in the house. So far it we never had any problems.

But, yea. Avast sounds interesting. :up:

[Reece]

Avira works for me!:yep:
Edit: Oh yes it's free!!

[bert8for3]

This is good to know some AV options 'cause IIRC update support for AVG7.5 ends at the end of the year. I've tried AVG8 but it uses considerably more sys resources.

[mengle]

AVAST is good and its free :rock:

[Thomen]

AVAST is good and its free :rock:

Care to provide a link to the free versions? :up:

Please feel free to take advantage of our try before you buy offer. Most of our downloads work for sixty days from the first installation even without providing a serial number.

Thats all that it says on the download page.

[mengle]

AVAST is good and its free :rock:

Care to provide a link to the free versions? :up:

Please feel free to take advantage of our try before you buy offer. Most of our downloads work for sixty days from the first installation even without providing a serial number.

Thats all that it says on the download page.

here you go. http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

[Thomen]

AVAST is good and its free :rock:
Care to provide a link to the free versions? :up:

Please feel free to take advantage of our try before you buy offer. Most of our downloads work for sixty days from the first installation even without providing a serial number.
Thats all that it says on the download page.
here you go. http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Sweetness. Thank you very much! :up:

[CaptainHaplo]

I am personally partial to what used to be known as AVP (AntiVirus toolkit Pro) - its know known as Kaspersky Antivirus. However - its NOT free.

It is however very low in resource requirements - has a better capture rate than any other sftw on the market, has HOURLY updates (24/7) for new viruses (if you want it to update that often) and yes that means they release new definitions hourly. On average - a new threat is neutralized within 3 hours. In addition, its very customizable, rootkit and spyware effective, can do thread behavior monitoring and keeps an eye on registry edits as well.

Overall - its a really nice package. But like norton your doing a yearly subscription.

I have a machine I will try avast on - see what I think. Thanks for the heads up on it.

[FIREWALL]

Thx Matey :up:

[peterloo]

Uses avast! free. Guess it is better than AVG or Avira (though some people may have different view towards this)

I guess the best defense against virus is to stay alert and be cautious, rather than a good AV software. Of course, a good AV software is necessary, but being cautious is far more important.

Avast! is updated often and I think it is not a stripped down version of commercial counterparts

[peterloo]

I just leave spybot and Ad aware here. They won't use much resources anyway

[CaptainHaplo]

Peterloo - neither of those are antivirus software - they are anti-spyware only. You need a antivirus package as well.

[FIREWALL]

Had AVG 8.0 Installed Avast. Works great and is Kool too ! :yep:

Thx again :up:

[CaptainHaplo]

Well granted I haven't used it yet - and I don't have a controlled lab to really test - but Donut seems to have a PC infection(just wanted to be clear here - don't want the fella after me) and he was using avast. Now I will give it a fair shot - but that bit of info seems to bode ill for the product.

[kiwi_2005]

Ive been using Avasti for about 2 months pretty much works nicely, I'm sure the free antiviruses work much better than the pay to use ones.:hmm:

What ive tried in the past:

Nortons 360 - Built from the ground up, annoying when gaming though.
Esnet Nod32 - low resources, very good scanner.
McAfee - System Hogger

Then started going for the free ones available

AVG - felt like it wasn't doing its job just an icon sitting on the taskbar
Comodo - very good scanner but was abit buggy back then.
And now Avasti. So far so good.

[Task Force]

yea, ive noticed that Mcafee is a system hogger.:yep: (my FPS shouldnt be so low, I have a E8400 and a 8800gts 640 mb version and I have lag.)

[Zachstar]

I use AVG but overall I think it is high time people stopped "Depending" on Virus and Spyware detection to protect them from the ills of the net.

Responsible browsing is the theme of this age. Surfing is almost guaranteed to get you a virus.

[Task Force]

yea, I Pretty much stick to subsim, and I sometimes venture to youtube.:yep: thats pretty much it.

[kiwi_2005]

Im all over the internet so i need an antivirus/firewall :D. Having said that i havn't had a virus for years. Anyways it shouldn't stop you from surfing, im paying for the internet im going to get the most out of it. :yep:

[bert8for3]

Not to plug any one product, but I'm liking Avast. Just put it on to replace the old AVG7.5. Nice gui, fast, seems not bad at all on sys resources.

[CaptainHaplo]

I still havent gotten around to trying it - but I will. Seriously though - if any of you are looking to purchase an a/v software package - Kaspersky's is the way to go. Has a higher detection rate than any other, updates faster than anyone else, and is not a system hog.

For those of us who have had a hand in IT one way or the other over the years - K has proven to be safe and reliable. Still - free is better than having to pay for it!