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View Poll Results: What anti-virus software do you use?
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Norton Anti-Virus
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McAfee Anti-Virus
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Other
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10/17/07, 12:33 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NE Arkansas
Posts: 5,251
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What anti-virus software do you use?
My computer is messing up more and more. I think I need some sort of anti-virus software. But I am completely computer illiterate. I would like to get an idea of what the members of HT use, please.
If you click Other, would you please post and say what you use.
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10/17/07, 12:38 PM
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More dharma, less drama.
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Texas Coastal Bend/S. Missouri
Posts: 30,482
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Avast! is my anti-virus software. Norton killed my last computer.
Have you de-fragged? Cleared your caches and history?
Look down in the computer board and there's a list of monthly clean up tasks for your computer.
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"No great thing is created suddenly." ~Epictitus
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10/17/07, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Georgia
Posts: 632
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I also use Avast. I also run Spybot and Ad-Aware often.
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10/17/07, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: WV
Posts: 535
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Norton and Mccaffee kill many computers...try avg if you want...it's free and very good!
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10/17/07, 12:44 PM
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wife,mom,taxi driver,cook
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Near Charlotte NC
Posts: 6,677
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Nothing......I'm on linux now. When I ran windows I used Nod 32 and it was great.
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10/17/07, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NE Arkansas
Posts: 5,251
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I'm always checking to see if I need to defragment but it always says I don't. I do Disk Cleanup frequently. I'll check the computer board. Thanks.
I did download AVG last week but it seemed like my computer has been getting worse in the last two or three days so I just deleted it. I'll check into it again.
I'll look up the Avast.
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10/17/07, 12:45 PM
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writing some wrongs
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 6,868
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AVG -- it's FREE and works just fine.
http://free.grisoft.com
Last edited by Peacock; 10/17/07 at 12:49 PM.
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10/17/07, 12:47 PM
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Nohoa Homestead
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: SW Missouri near Branson (Cape Fair)
Posts: 5,398
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I use NOD32. It is the best I have ever seen. Unobtrusive yet extremely comprehensive in its ability to catch bad things. I recommend it very highly.
donsgal
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10/17/07, 02:59 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Central WV
Posts: 5,390
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I run Linux. No viruses.
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10/17/07, 03:17 PM
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Columnist, Feature Writer
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,568
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Originally Posted by AR Cattails
I'm always checking to see if I need to defragment but it always says I don't. I do Disk Cleanup frequently. I'll check the computer board. Thanks.
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Clean up then defrag anyway. Then defrag again. My hard drive was barely fragmented but what was, was important.
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10/17/07, 03:26 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: The Ozarks
Posts: 5,201
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I use Eset NOD32
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10/17/07, 04:01 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 473
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AVG,Spybot-search & destroy and AdAware
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10/17/07, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NJ
Posts: 1,096
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Been using Avast! for a while on all of our computers. No problems with it and it updates itself sometimes several times a day. We tried Norton and it created so many problems Norton gave us a full refund. One of our computers came with McAffee and it would never run properly -- removed it and put on Avast!. You might also want to consider a good firewall program like Comodo.
Ken in Glassboro, NJ
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10/17/07, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,795
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AVG.....It is FREE
it works best if you turn off or delete any other virus protecting software (at least this was the case when we had McAfee and Norton)
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10/17/07, 04:38 PM
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Halfway, OR & Wagoner, OK
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: I live in Oregon part time, and Oklahoma part time. Nice, huh?
Posts: 3,306
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AVG FREE Edition AVG! By far the best. I've had the others. This one really works.
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10/17/07, 04:41 PM
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Greetings! from New York
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: New York
Posts: 86
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When I took this old computer to the shop for some new life and upgrades, i got a free 2yr. sub. to norton. it works well for us!
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10/17/07, 04:53 PM
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Is anybody here?
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,340
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Originally Posted by Wildwood Flower
AVG FREE Edition AVG! By far the best. I've had the others. This one really works.
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Agree, came installed already when I bought the computer. Has daily updates and I haven't (knock on wood) any problems. Also run Adaware every few days, boy do you pick up those tracking cookies when you surf the net, Adaware takes care of those.
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10/17/07, 05:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NE Arkansas
Posts: 5,251
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I have Ad-aware SE Personal and Spybot-Search & Destroy.
I've been using a free version of Spyware Doctor and AVG (which I removed today, now I see where several of you like it, so may reinstall).
I just installed Avast and ran it. It deleted files that for the most part were infected by PurityScan. I've been having problems with this for weeks now. I've tried and tried to get rid of it and nothing works. When Spyware Doctor and AVG said they deleted PurityScan, it was always back, almost right away.
Now Avast has deleted files it says is infected by PurityScan, also. If it doesn't come back I will be very impressed. I want something that will get rid of PurityScan once and for all.
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10/17/07, 05:07 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Delaware
Posts: 2,248
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Zone Alarm Labs
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10/17/07, 05:11 PM
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Chicken Mafioso
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: N. TX/ S. OK
Posts: 26,179
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CA Security Suite
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