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Avast! has only ever warned me once. That was just a false-positive. I think it's got something to do with FireFox and my Firewall too.
Yeah, the firewall and staying away from IE usually help a great deal at preventing shit to get on your PC in the first place.
I wouldn't know to which extend my McAfee firewall helped me out though ( I really don't look into this sort of thing unless I *have* to because I ran out of protection so to say).
Speaking of antivirus programs, currently I use McAfee Internet security. It has run out a week or two back. All that time it never found a single virus or anything (which means it either just sucks at the job, I'm lucky and I am smart enough to avoid downloading/opening unreliable files and attachments or a combination of those... :lol: ). I haven't reregistered yet since I'm off for three months it would be a waste of money. I haven't bothered to seriously think about subscribing again, changing to a competitor or going for a freeware alternative.
That's all for now. *keeps an eye on the thread* I won't really look seriously into AVs untill March of 2009 so... *lurk*
I have Mcafee too, but mine has expired for over 4 weeks or so, and i haven't got any problems (yet). It was already installed on my laptop when i bought it.
On topic: i suggest you use Nod 32 by Eset, it is free and requiers you to buy it, but that is only for the updates. You can scan etc. for free and it is a very decent one. I have got it installed on my 2nd pc for 2 years (the full version), and never got any problems.
A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
If you have a anti virus saying you have 52 infections and is asking you to buy it make sure its not Anti-Virus 2007, 2008, 2009, Ultimate Anti-Virus 2008, 2009, etc.
That is a virus that comes in through a Explorer exploit. Dont click on anything just ctl-alt-del, open task manager, and close application then run not walk to get a good anti-virus, Avast is probably OK. And turn on firewall and run windows updates.
BTW if not gone already AVG free version is going away. Will be pay only.
there you go: Nod 32 (btw, i don't get paid to say that Nod32 is good. )
A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
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