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05-31-08, 04:51 PM | #16 | |
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Did someone not say earlier that AVG 8.0 wasn't free Obviously not....must have been my poor hearing You a Dutchman!! ? We're still debating if your human
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06-02-08, 04:44 PM | #17 | |
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06-02-08, 09:41 PM | #18 |
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I use Avira, another free one. It seems to work, but how do you know eh? Anyway my PC hasn't become bogged down with infections over the last 18 months, so i guess it's ok.
I wouldn't know how to go about deciding which free a/v suite is better
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06-03-08, 12:02 AM | #19 | |
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I don't know what Ccleaner is, & I used to use spybot but never found anything with it yet I have with the others. @ Jim, I will send a PM. @ joegrundman, I tried this at the same time as AVG, found 2 virus's with AVG but Avira found nothing so I ditched it, I hope Avast works ok!
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06-03-08, 01:52 AM | #20 |
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I no longer use free anti-viruses software but when i did i tried a few, and found Comodo the best, even their firewall is free.
http://antivirus.comodo.com/ I recently changed to "ESET Smart Security" - Nod32, antispyware & Firewall AIO package, which is brilliant. |
06-06-08, 07:23 AM | #21 |
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Always been an AVG User. My dad managed to make the paid version FREE!! Found out he used the 7.5 serial to put onto the 8.0. But that never worked with mine
I use: HijackThis AVG 8.0 Spybot (yes, I like many lines of defence against spywares HijackThis is actually intended for people who knows their computer's processes but for me, it was easy to pick out things that aren't supposed to be in there then I nuked them in safe mode) the standard Microsoft Firewall. Thinking of installing a third party firewall because a spyware (continously being nuked) keeps shutting off my firewalls at startups.
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06-06-08, 08:23 AM | #22 |
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Shouln't be posting 'making paid versions free' if I were you
AVG v8.0 is free. If your after a decent free firewall I'd suggest you try Sygate Personal Firewall: http://www.download.com/Sygate-Perso...dlPid=10637565
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06-06-08, 09:05 AM | #23 |
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I reinstalled Avast 4.8(.1201) a couple days ago. I guess we'll see if I get any more BSODs. One of the updates (actually introduced in 4.8.1195) is they improved the stability of the aswSP.sys kernel driver. This is the file that was always mentioned in the BSODs.
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06-06-08, 09:30 AM | #24 |
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If AVG don't work, this isn't the end of the world, I would recommend Avast! or Avira.
This is my config (quite a common one) Zonealarm + Avira Personal Classic + Spybot + Adaware The key to the prevention of viruses and worms is a good net surfing habit, NOT a antivirus software with 100% detection rate. Actually, most antivirus softwares nowadays are already very good and capable in detecting most, if not all threats. It's like commanding a sub. Even if you get a Type 212, but you drive it fast, you still expose your position. However, if you drive a modest Type 206 but tries hard to keep your acrostic signiture low, you can still get a good amount of stealth
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06-06-08, 11:19 AM | #25 |
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When it comes to AV products, there are two things I look for:
1. How does it do against potential threats that has no virus sig in its database yet (Any product works fine against known threats, it's the new ones that are potentially most damaging and might potentially find away around your AV package). 2. How small of system resources does it take, and if it takes a lot of resources, can i turn off the crap I don't need to make it normal again? The best place to look at this kind of data is the following independent testing site: http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/index -S |
06-06-08, 02:08 PM | #26 | |
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06-06-08, 08:53 PM | #27 |
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Well jim, after trying a few antivirus programs I'm really peeved, AVG was the best, Avast runs this "Virus" in the background called ashServ, damn thing keeps popping up asking if I want to update, and if I set to Auto it disrupts downloads & they drop out!
Oh for a simple program that has nothing running in the background just a simple exe to check and kill a virus if present or found, I like my own firewall & don't want any other crap running, is there such a program any more, why do they all have to come and install a ton of crap in the background! Oh wel, I'll try Avira again, btw, uninstalling avast causes some connection problems at startup, I have ghosted and installed & uninstalled twice & happens both times. Edit: Found this site & seems that AVG 8 may be free: http://free.grisoft.com/ Nope! That just comes up with the same errorr as the first post!
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06-06-08, 09:46 PM | #28 | |
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Also when you try installing 7.5 choose the custom install and disable the "install boot scanner" this checks your pc before it install avg. Disable it might work for your problem. |
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06-07-08, 01:41 AM | #29 |
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I had AVG 7.5, was great, but when I tried to update the defs it said that 7.5 was no longer supported!
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06-07-08, 04:33 AM | #30 |
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I'll put up an installer pack for AVG v8.0.100 when I get home.
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