Anti-VirusPost Date: 2018-05-03 |
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Newbie Joined: 18 Apr 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 12 |
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Topic: Anti-Virus Posted: 03 May 2018 at 10:32am |
What Anti virus do you guys all use?
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Tidgxor
DS ELITE The Kokopelli kid Joined: 17 Sep 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13000 |
Quote Reply Posted: 03 May 2018 at 11:19am |
I've been using Avast's free edition for several years. I think ESET is pretty popular on the forum though.
Edited by Tidgxor - 03 May 2018 at 12:15pm |
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My Two Digital Storm Rigs: Mr. Bojangles (HAF-X, 2010) & Mrs. Bojingles (Bolt I, 2013).
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mac7271
Newbie Joined: 10 Apr 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 48 |
Quote Reply Posted: 03 May 2018 at 12:00pm |
I am using Avast on 2 Windows machines I have and have never had a problem...
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Snaike
Moderator Group Just a dude trying to keep the spam away Joined: 23 Jan 2014 Online Status: Online Posts: 9459 |
Quote Reply Posted: 03 May 2018 at 5:15pm |
Avast premium...
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hoserator
DS Veteran We don't need no stinking "Avatars" ! Joined: 08 Oct 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7962 |
Quote Reply Posted: 04 May 2018 at 9:28am |
MSEssentials AND never click on sites I don't know or dl crap. You are the first line of defense.
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Alci
Groupie Joined: 16 Apr 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 250 |
Quote Reply Posted: 07 May 2018 at 11:51am |
Kaspersky internet suite. I haven't had any catastrophic viruses yet and I do visit and DL questionable stuff. Although I have an imaged SSD and USB HD backups just in case.
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Snaike
Moderator Group Just a dude trying to keep the spam away Joined: 23 Jan 2014 Online Status: Online Posts: 9459 |
Quote Reply Posted: 07 May 2018 at 1:20pm |
But this is just me. |
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oldlady RPGer
DS Veteran One of the cool kids Joined: 09 Sep 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1080 |
Quote Reply Posted: 07 May 2018 at 3:07pm |
ESET and Malwarebytes Premium and now use a VPN. Also changed my EMAIL provider to Hushmail which is excellent. I was hacked through the Equifax breach last year and it was horrific.
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Me sitting my ECMO in PICU. Now you know why I like LC. ;)
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mac7271
Newbie Joined: 10 Apr 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 48 |
Quote Reply Posted: 07 May 2018 at 3:40pm |
I have a Hushmail account also. Thought I dont use it much..i keep it... |
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Jerrar
Newbie Joined: 12 Apr 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 77 |
Quote Reply Posted: 17 May 2018 at 1:59am |
I have been using Norton for some years now. Its good when your subscription is active, but if you forget to renew it then it has a funny way of reminding you.
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Snaike
Moderator Group Just a dude trying to keep the spam away Joined: 23 Jan 2014 Online Status: Online Posts: 9459 |
Quote Reply Posted: 17 May 2018 at 7:59am |
Norton? No. Too big, too intrusive, too much hassle. But then again that's just the opinion of most gamers. Maybe I shouldn't generalize, but I, for one, am not a fan. |
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carefulpunch
Groupie Joined: 03 Mar 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 157 |
Quote Reply Posted: 23 May 2018 at 5:50am |
I have Avast on my Lenovo. I'm also looking for my iMac. It has been infected by virus.
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carefulpunch
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JohnWJ
Groupie Joined: 16 Mar 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 127 |
Quote Reply Posted: 26 May 2018 at 4:27pm |
I use BitDefender
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John
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Tomsal
Newbie Joined: 28 May 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 51 |
Quote Reply Posted: 28 May 2018 at 5:24am |
I use a combo of things. main AV is actually just good ol' defender. I use Malwarebytes and I also use ccleaner for my routine "cleaning up" tasks. I know ccleaner isn't an AV but its part of my routine.
Discipline and keeping on top of maintenance tasks like keeping things update, running scans often, etc. is going to protect you more than any "magic super brand" of AV product out there -- I don't care who says otherwise. Especially the discipline part....that's watching what you do with your pc in the first place..don't open unfamiliar emails, don't go to suspicious websites, etc. etc. Edited by Tomsal - 28 May 2018 at 5:31am |
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