Topic: AVG:Pro

[Trlgg]

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/avg/index


servers might be busy

http://rapidshare.com/files/79004981/avg7_503a1171_vnu.exe


1st link is slammed..use second

[DoctorDave]

I dunno about AVG, I tried using it once and it seemed a bit more intrusive than Avast!,so I've stuck with that one for the past few years. AVG certainly isn't bad by any means, though. The fact that they're giving away the commercial version is awesome...I hope they honor the program (not just the virus database) updates in the future, though.

Very cool!

[Trlgg]

I know a few guys here swear by it and Ive been using it for like 4 years

[dj]

I've stopped using AVG.  It's become too bloated, with at least 4 processes.

I've been using NOD32.  It's not free, but it's inexpensive and has only 2 processes.  If you subscribe to the Newegg newsletter, they have it for $20 every once in a while.

[raVen]

Looks like a great option for someone looking for a good free virus scanner .

I personnaly dont use/reccomend a virus scanner at all . They are bloated and slow down the machine  [worse than a virus ]and provide a false sense of secuity [Did you know the success rate for detection of a new virus is less than 40%] . Any half decent virus can/will disable a virus scanner easily . The whole idea of black listing application code is the biggest hoax in the security industry .

Just keep ur machine up to date with patches . Dont open suspicious emails/attachments . Dont go to high risk websites . You are good . I have been virus scanner free for 2 years and yet to face any issues .

[GeNe]

Looks like a great option for someone looking for a good free virus scanner .

I personnaly dont use/reccomend a virus scanner at all . They are bloated and slow down the machine  [worse than a virus ]and provide a false sense of secuity [Did you know the success rate for detection of a new virus is less than 40%] . Any half decent virus can/will disable a virus scanner easily . The whole idea of black listing application code is the biggest hoax in the security industry .

Just keep ur machine up to date with patches . Dont open suspicious emails/attachments . Dont go to high risk websites . You are good . I have been virus scanner free for 2 years and yet to face any issues .

quick. flood raven with viruses!

[[SiNNeR]]

I totally agree with Raven, I never used an anti-virus in over what, 12 years since I got a computer, only got 1 virus in all that time. As far as *cough* illegal downloads, the story about pirates putting viruses in games or apps is utter bullshit.

P2P is another story, its full of viruses, adwares and whatever else. There's a few sites too that tend to install crap without your consent, crack sites mainly (use firefox and you'll be fine).

[DoctorDave]

I totally agree with Raven, I never used an anti-virus in over what, 12 years since I got a computer, only got 1 virus in all that time. As far as *cough* illegal downloads, the story about pirates putting viruses in games or apps is utter bullshit.

One of the things that comes with a lot of pirated software is some sort of crack or patch to make it run. It's my understanding that a lot of them need to use a particular method to get the application working that makes them appear to be trojans to antivirus software. Which means that reactionary idiots will report a torrent or whatever they got as a virus-laden one, and therefore the popular misconception that pirated software is full of viruses keeps on going.

P2P is another story, its full of viruses, adwares and whatever else. There's a few sites too that tend to install crap without your consent, crack sites mainly (use firefox and you'll be fine).

If by P2P you mean Kazaa and Limewire, then yeah, you're right. Probably not so much Bittorrent.

Aside from that whole tangent, if you want to be safe, you need:

-Firefox (with Noscript)
-Some relatively unobtrusive antivirus utility (usually you don't need active scanning software for everything you do, but it sure helps)
-A good firewall(Windows firewall does a decent job, but it only works for incoming traffic. I use Sygate Personal Firewall)
-An anti-adware/malware utility (I use Spybot Search & Destroy, Lavasoft's AdAware also works well. Spybot Search & Destroy has the nice benefit of system settings protection, and it integrates with Internet Explorer to immunize your system from anything in its database.)

[raVen]

The single important thing you can do to prevent *ANY* bad  mess to happen is to "NOT RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR" . Install apps you need and patches as admin and use your machine for day to day activities using a non admin account and its almost impossible to harm your machine .Having said that its a real pain to do it in practicallity .

Stupids windows makes switching from non admin to admin account such a pain . I was really hoping they will have the guts to fix it in vista , instead they come up with this semi baked UAC crap . 

[[SiNNeR]]

Yeah Raven, when I don't run into administrator it's just a pain and a lot of things dont want to work bla bla bla, screw it 

And Dave, yeah, torrents are usually 100% safe. So is IRC, people tend to monitor the virus crap for these 2 channels, not so much on p2p.