10/10/2009, 10:07 AM
for some reason this post got me paranoid about my lack of antivirus on my laptop, it's a clean install of 7 so i hadn't got around to it yet
10/10/2009, 10:07 AM
10/10/2009, 10:56 AM
I can get you the one I use if you want it... :-\
Many people are paranoid when it comes to antis for some reason. I assume that you're smart enough to know what is and isn't poo poo though.
Many people are paranoid when it comes to antis for some reason. I assume that you're smart enough to know what is and isn't poo poo though.
10/10/2009, 11:01 AM
i went with norton as my antivirus and mcaffee as my backup antivirus system, i went with the least bloated programs
10/10/2009, 11:08 AM
Lawl? Those are like the MOST bloated...They're both poo poo IMO....And if you run two antis at the same time you can say bye to your Registry.
10/10/2009, 11:14 AM
Ah...Hard to tell.... :p
10/10/2009, 11:56 AM
Joomla12 Wrote:Many people are paranoid when it comes to antis for some reason. I assume that you're smart enough to know what is and isn't poo poo though.
haha.
I found it worthwhile doing my Security course, I think its something, even if it was briefly, that most computer users should learn about cause there are still waaaaaaay too many n00bs out there and you only need to know so much to be aware of what's out there. And consumer awareness not to install Norton or McAfee software :P
10/10/2009, 12:14 PM
My point exactly...
10/10/2009, 12:49 PM
I use a combo. Adaware PRO, spybot search and destroy, AVG, and uniblue spyeraser. I just prefer to be on the safe side. If one of them finds at least 2 threats, then I run the others too, to see if anything was overlooked. Also, the spybot S&D forums is full of people willing to help you get rid of anything your computer might have caught. I had a nasty browser hijacker that would open a new window every 20 minutes or so, and whenever I'd get home it would have opened about 20 windows. If you didn't get rid of every trace of the little bastard, it would reform in your registry upon reboot. The guys at the forum helped me get rid of it, which was greatly appreciated since I new pretty much nothing AT ALL about computers, and they were even able to dumb it down enough for me.
10/10/2009, 12:58 PM
The thing about antis is that they share just about the same Registry and every time you run one, they overwrite or change the settings of another. This causes your computer to go haywire...Be careful with this if you plan on running more than one at a time...