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Deggy
10-10-2009, 01:37 PM
What are you guys using? Free? Paid Programs?

Pros/Cons? Give me any info or recommendations you can think of.

Thanks guys.
pashtrd
10-10-2009, 01:51 PM
malware bytes, its free and works great to remove issues.
ND4SPD
10-10-2009, 02:09 PM
Malware bytes AntiMalware is a must have, currently I'm a fan of eSet NOD32. At one point they detected the largest number of different virii.

Norton isn't too bad, though it tends to eat up a lot of resources.

Some people rave about AVG... never been terribly impressed myself, however the antispyware solution they bought from a company called ewido was second to none.

I've never been a big fan of McAfee. I've had issues with it blowing Windows up when you try to remove it. I have had that problem with Norton too, but not as severe. Other people really like it.

DO NOT USE Computer Associates. I've personally had big problems with it on my system. It's buggy.

I haven't had much experience with Panda or Kapersky, but people rave about those two as well.
theavenger333
10-10-2009, 03:52 PM
no need for discussion. AVG or avast are both free and excellent. Avast is my choice. who the hell pays for antivirus stuff?
GTSLOW
10-10-2009, 04:23 PM
Just get the free Microsoft Antivirus and be done with it.

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
lilws6
10-10-2009, 04:51 PM
i have avg on my laptop now and it cleaned it up pretty good also got a clean up program with it that cleans all the crap files i don't need and makes a toilet flush noise when you delete them :goof
Rocket Power
10-10-2009, 07:09 PM
I haven't had much experience with Panda or Kapersky, but people rave about those two as well.

We have Kapersky at work, seems to slow the computers down compared to before we put it on them
WilliamZ
10-10-2009, 08:37 PM
I've used AVG Free for years and do not have any complaints.
Holeshot
10-10-2009, 08:40 PM
Use AVG and Spybot on my PC and nothing on my Macs
Deggy
10-11-2009, 09:17 AM
Thanks for the input guys, I installed Malwarebytes and Spybot.
ND4SPD
10-11-2009, 10:07 AM
Thanks for the input guys, I installed Malwarebytes and Spybot.

You still need an antivirus program. Spybot and Malwarebytes for the most part deal with spyware.
Deggy
10-11-2009, 10:22 AM
You still need an antivirus program. Spybot and Malwarebytes for the most part deal with spyware.

Oh snap, thanks. I just installed the free version of AVG.

Thanks again guys.