Recently, Microsoft Security Essentials. It got me to switch from Avast, at least. Less invasive and with basically no performance hit. AVG and Avira are kind of bloated in comparison.
[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]Recently, Microsoft Security Essentials. It got me to switch from Avast, at least. Less invasive and with basically no performance hit. AVG and Avira are kind of bloated in comparison. By bloated, you mean they are a bigger resource hog than avast?
[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]Recently, Microsoft Security Essentials. It got me to switch from Avast, at least. Less invasive and with basically no performance hit. AVG and Avira are kind of bloated in comparison.Patatopan
By bloated, you mean they are a bigger resource hog than avast? Yeah. I think AVG is the worse of the two, but it's been a while since I've used them.
Do any of these free things help make your computer be any faster? Mine is slow and freezes up and stuff. :(
Doolz2024
Your computer will run slower when running any anti virus program than if it didn't. I'll have to try MSE. I'm mostly using Avira now and used Avast in the past.
im def no expert on this stuff but from personal experience as long as you update AVG everyday or so its pretty good. i never noticed a slowdown in my computer as some people say but who knows. i recommend avg
[QUOTE="Patatopan"][QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]Recently, Microsoft Security Essentials. It got me to switch from Avast, at least. Less invasive and with basically no performance hit. AVG and Avira are kind of bloated in comparison.DJ_Lae
By bloated, you mean they are a bigger resource hog than avast? Yeah. I think AVG is the worse of the two, but it's been a while since I've used them.
You're signature is awesome! Love that movie, lol.
Avira I would most definately use, except it does have a lot of false positives on that av comparison site. Avast is a very good rounder, but I actually saw that Microsoft's AV was less resource intensive and did better. I am surprised, I now use it. It's very unintrusive. Neither was avast, but it did get annoying saying: VIRUS DATABASE UPDATED.
[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]Avira I would most definately use, except it does have a lot of false positives on that av comparison site. Avast is a very good rounder, but I actually saw that Microsoft's AV was less resource intensive and did better. I am surprised, I now use it. It's very unintrusive. Neither was avast, but it did get annoying saying: VIRUS DATABASE UPDATED. Microsoft has been very surprising the past couple of years. They are actually making some great products. Also, thanks to whoever mentioned MSE first, as I'm now using it on my laptop.
[QUOTE="savebattery"]Using Linux prevents 100% of Windows viruses.Serraph105
there are viruses that are written specifically Linux though Most of them are simply proof-of-concept. Never in history has there been a widespread outbreak of Linux Malware. In order to be infected on most Linux systems the user would have to either compile the virus from source or find a compatible executable file (and not all of them are compatible with all distributions of Linux), download it, run it, input their password, and let it install. And even then, the virus would only be able to affect certain parts of the user's system because of Linux's root user system. In order to get a virus in Linux, you'd have to want one. And even if you wanted one, you'd have to find one. And there currently aren't any in the wild. Linux users don't need antivirus or antispyware.
[QUOTE="Serraph105"][QUOTE="savebattery"]Using Linux prevents 100% of Windows viruses.savebattery
there are viruses that are written specifically Linux though Most of them are simply proof-of-concept. Never in history has there been a widespread outbreak of Linux Malware. In order to be infected on most Linux systems the user would have to either compile the virus from source or find a compatible executable file (and not all of them are compatible with all distributions of Linux), download it, run it, input their password, and let it install. And even then, the virus would only be able to affect certain parts of the user's system because of Linux's root user system. In order to get a virus in Linux, you'd have to want one. And even if you wanted one, you'd have to find one. And there currently aren't any in the wild. Linux users don't need antivirus or antispyware. that's true, but I was just saying that Linux is not 100% virus free. That being said it's an incredibly safe type of OS.
Avast has been the best, it's good especially when it's free, and it's better when you pay for it as well. Avast professional is worth it, and avast 5 beta is good as well.
[QUOTE="savebattery"][QUOTE="Serraph105"] there are viruses that are written specifically Linux thoughSerraph105
Most of them are simply proof-of-concept. Never in history has there been a widespread outbreak of Linux Malware. In order to be infected on most Linux systems the user would have to either compile the virus from source or find a compatible executable file (and not all of them are compatible with all distributions of Linux), download it, run it, input their password, and let it install. And even then, the virus would only be able to affect certain parts of the user's system because of Linux's root user system. In order to get a virus in Linux, you'd have to want one. And even if you wanted one, you'd have to find one. And there currently aren't any in the wild. Linux users don't need antivirus or antispyware. that's true, but I was just saying that Linux is not 100% virus free. That being said it's an incredibly safe type of OS. It is 100% virus free in the sense that there are no known Linux viruses currently in circulation, and even if they were they'd only be compatible with certain distributions and would be incredibly hard to install. And even if it were installed it would be limited in the way of how much damage it could do.
Avast has been the best, it's good especially when it's free, and it's better when you pay for it as well. Avast professional is worth it, and avast 5 beta is good as well.
Avast has been the best, it's good especially when it's free, and it's better when you pay for it as well. Avast professional is worth it, and avast 5 beta is good as well.
how much is Avast if you pay for it? It depends of how long you want it.
Considering a "virus" could be said in Linux, all it would have to be is a script that runs (if you're logged in as root)
rm -rf /
JigglyWiggly_
Most Linux distributions do not default the user into root, and there is a confirmation before that command gets executed. Ubuntu, Fedora, SUSE, and most other distros use the path of least privilege to prevent just such a thing from happening. And anyone who downloads and runs strange scripts from random people on the internet deserves to have their computer zonked in the first place.
anyone who downloads and runs strange scripts from random people on the internet deserves to have their computer zonked in the first place.savebattery
Most virus infections on Windows are because people just download and run something, whether by email, internet temp files or otherwise. Maybe they do deserve what they get, but it's not OS specific. In the end, they bring my paycheck, so I'm a-ok with stupid people.
Considering a "virus" could be said in Linux, all it would have to be is a script that runs (if you're logged in as root)
rm -rf /
savebattery
Most Linux distributions do not default the user into root, and there is a confirmation before that command gets executed. Ubuntu, Fedora, SUSE, and most other distros use the path of least privilege to prevent just such a thing from happening. And anyone who downloads and runs strange scripts from random people on the internet deserves to have their computer zonked in the first place. Yes, but what is funny is that I have seen people write stuff like on a UNIX box or something: Give me 5 bucks or I press enter rm-rf / That would be one hell of a day.
Well I don't know about Linux...but I just switched to MSE yesterday and it looks pretty good..its caught three things already.according to what it says, lol
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