Virus ProtectionPost Date: 2007-08-20 |
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cj 
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 Topic: Virus ProtectionPosted: 20 Aug 2007 at 3:19pm |
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I'm shopping for a new security suite and I'm not finding great user reviews of any of the "big three" (McAfee, Norton, OneCare). Since I implicitly trust DS for my hardware build, I'm wondering about your collective opinion on antivirus software. I see that DS has partnered with McAfee for virus protection software. What was the reason behind that decision? Are there other reccommended alternatives e.g. ZoneAlarm, etc.??
Thanks as always.
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skyR
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Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2220 |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2007 at 3:48pm |
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Panda, AVG, NOD32, and Lavasoft Ad-ware are highly recommended.
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Kelly
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Posted: 20 Aug 2007 at 4:28pm |
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you can go to www.spywarekills.com and get a bunch of stuff too. My friend manages this site.
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GruntMaster
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Posted: 23 Aug 2007 at 7:35pm |
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If you're running XP...I'd recommend Avast. It's free and it works great. I have been running Norton for ever and paying the annual fee for the latest updates, but it became a huge resource hog. I uninstalled it and loaded Avast...and Avast found 2 viruses that Norton had not dectected at all. Just say NO to Norton.
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Robert
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Posted: 24 Aug 2007 at 7:45pm |
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Avira Free AV is highly recommended by me.
Free updates for life, realtime protection. What more could you ask for? http://www.free-av.com/ Also, it doesn't have a lot of overhead like...cough..avg..cough Edited by Robert - 24 Aug 2007 at 7:45pm |
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Dave
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Posted: 25 Aug 2007 at 1:36pm |
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i found that NOD32 and Kasperkey are the best, NOD32 has really good threat protection as well.
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ogirvine
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Posted: 25 Aug 2007 at 3:06pm |
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i use symantec, i havent had issues with it but i cant tell you if its one of the best or not, i get it free because im in the military so i dont know if there is a free version out there for civilains, you could check it out tho.
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Dave
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Posted: 25 Aug 2007 at 5:43pm |
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you get it free from being in the army? interesting (i plan on joining myself) anyway i believe you can download the free trial but i bought NOD32 for 35 dollars at best buy and it has not let me down yet =)
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ogirvine
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Posted: 25 Aug 2007 at 7:35pm |
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yes if you have a Army Knowledge Online(AKO) account you have access to free versions of Symantec AntiVirus
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