Recommend me some Anti-Virus Software

Discussion in 'Off-Topic' started by Alex, Jul 20, 2010.

  1. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    Well I just made the move to W7 Ultimate and unfortunately my McAffee Enterprise 8.5i is not compatible. I know we have a ton of IT/Sys Admins on here and I was curious what you guys recommend in terms of AV Software?
     
    Alex, Jul 20, 2010
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  2. Matt

    Matt Think before you post Staff Member Supporting Member

    microsoft forefront security for me.
     
    Matt, Jul 20, 2010
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  3. techlord

    techlord Active Member

    Wirelessly posted

    You mean microsoft security essentials? That's what all my pc's are running
     
    techlord, Jul 20, 2010
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  4. Matt

    Matt Think before you post Staff Member Supporting Member

    Matt, Jul 20, 2010
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  5. longfury

    longfury Active Member

    Microsoft Security Essentials is what we install on the systems we work on at the shop. It is the home version of the app Matt mentioned.
     
    longfury, Jul 20, 2010
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  6. motomark

    motomark Loudest fuel pump Tucker Supporting Member

    I have used Avast free home edition for the last 2 years on 2 laptops. So far so good.
     
    motomark, Jul 20, 2010
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  7. nsvwrx

    nsvwrx Active Member

    use microsoft sec ess. Its rated VERY well.
     
    nsvwrx, Jul 20, 2010
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  8. integroid

    integroid Supporting Member

    We use Symantec End Point protection at work and I havent seen any problems with it in the 10+ years of using the Symantec/Norton products.
     
    integroid, Jul 20, 2010
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  9. superdoughboy4

    superdoughboy4 Active Member

    The biggest issue with the Norton products, however, is that they are huge memory hogs. As far as I know, Norton is the biggest memory hogger of all AV/Security programs.
     
    superdoughboy4, Jul 20, 2010
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  10. longfury

    longfury Active Member

    The corporate version is not so bad but the home versions are awful about using a shit tonne of resources.
     
    longfury, Jul 20, 2010
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  11. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    Ill check them out, thanks!
     
    Alex, Jul 20, 2010
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  12. TOI

    TOI Member

    i use AVG free, so far it's kept me save
     
    TOI, Jul 20, 2010
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  13. integroid

    integroid Supporting Member

    and I have only used the corporate versions....I have never used any of their home products. I get the corporate version for free through work so I have no reason to try anything else:)
     
    integroid, Jul 20, 2010
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  14. jabbadeeznuts

    jabbadeeznuts New Member

    Avast
     
    jabbadeeznuts, Jul 20, 2010
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  15. blaster

    blaster my other ride is your mom Supporting Member

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    OS X

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    blaster, Jul 20, 2010
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  16. Matt

    Matt Think before you post Staff Member Supporting Member

    :slap:
     
    Matt, Jul 20, 2010
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  17. ~The_Duke~

    ~The_Duke~ Member

    I have been running without anti virus software now for more than 10 years. I still havent caught anything.

    1. Delete strange emails
    2. Dont download werid stuff

    If you do those 2 things you wont catch anything.
     
    ~The_Duke~, Jul 20, 2010
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  18. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    You left out #3. But I'll let you figure out what that is :wiggle:
     
    Alex, Jul 20, 2010
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  19. Mike@TTR

    Mike@TTR Active Member

    Been using AVG for years with no issues.
     
    Mike@TTR, Jul 20, 2010
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  20. MrCoffeeATL

    MrCoffeeATL Member

    Boot into linux to watch the pron? :naughty:
     
    MrCoffeeATL, Jul 20, 2010
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  21. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    :rofl:
     
    Alex, Jul 20, 2010
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  22. lobelsteve

    lobelsteve Member

    lobelsteve, Jul 20, 2010
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  23. BelvnAWD

    BelvnAWD I'm Vin, Bell-Vin...

    I have Kapsersky and I am happy with it. Windows Live Essentials does report info to MS automagically. Supposedly anonymous, but I prefer to know what MS knows about me...
     
    BelvnAWD, Jul 20, 2010
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  24. ~The_Duke~

    ~The_Duke~ Member

    Use a server based anti virus scan to make sure my system is clean every now and then? lol :coolugh:
     
    ~The_Duke~, Jul 20, 2010
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  25. pleiades

    pleiades Member

    pleiades, Jul 20, 2010
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  26. superdoughboy4

    superdoughboy4 Active Member

    Fact. That's exactly what I do. BUT. Sometimes, occasionally, you'll be bombarded with crap. It's happened to me before, after a fresh format, all I got was a bombardment of advertisements and not so nice stuff.
    But it happened only once, so gg.
     
    superdoughboy4, Jul 20, 2010
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  27. jabbadeeznuts

    jabbadeeznuts New Member

    practice safe hex?:keke:
     
    jabbadeeznuts, Jul 20, 2010
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  28. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    I had a bad experience with Trend and was pretty damn disappointed a couple years back. I loved GT's enterprise av because it never bothered you. Just ran quietly in the background, consumed little ram, and took care of business. I have read about Kaspersky and NOD but haven't made my mind up yet.
     
    Alex, Jul 21, 2010
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  29. RSConvert

    RSConvert ɹǝuɹnʇpɐǝɥ uʞnɟɐɥnɯ ɐ sʇı Supporting Member

    Microsoft Essentials rocks!
     
    RSConvert, Jul 21, 2010
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  30. J_P

    J_P I like pudding pops Supporting Member

    Avast home free edition has worked well on all the windows boxes I've loaded it on.
     
    J_P, Jul 21, 2010
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  31. C_wagginz

    C_wagginz Member

    I've been using Avira Anti-vir for the past 3ish years and have had no complaints...
     
    C_wagginz, Jul 21, 2010
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  32. ohmypearls

    ohmypearls Banned

    +1 for NOD .. runs light on your operating system, it's fast and I've never had a single problem with it (have used NOD for 3 years now)
     
    ohmypearls, Jul 21, 2010
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