POLL: What antivirus Program Do you use?

next question. which is the best FREE AV?

kungfool69

[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"][QUOTE="C_Rule"]Shouldn't you have MSE there? I think its pretty popular.lettuceman44

actually Bitdefender and Kaspersky are better than Microsoft Security Essentials by a long shot. Microsoft does not understand security. In fact Internet Explorer is one big security hazard I dont even like having it on my computer even though I use Firefox.UltimateGamer95

Did you even read the links earlier? It specifically runs in the same group as Kaspersky, though BitDefender beat it by a solid 1-2% or so. FF has been fairly wide open for years unless you're running NoScript - with that, I'm pretty sure it's still the most secure, though. Mostly due to shutting down pretty much *any* website from running anything without your permission, which is kind of cool.

[QUOTE="CellAnimation"][QUOTE="Elann2008"]IMSE despite all the great things people have said about it, seems like a system hog for me.Elann2008

I use AVG, and I hate it. It's just becoming more and more intrusive, and you can't even disable it without uninstalling it as of now.

Antivirus is for people who dont know what they are doing imo. Havnt used one since XP.

I use AVG, and I hate it. It's just becoming more and more intrusive, and you can't even disable it without uninstalling it as of now.

matte3560

Antivirus is for people who dont know what they are doing imo. Havnt used one since XP.

edinsftw

i dont use any at the moment, had a whole pile of free 365 day Kaspersky packs but they expired. now without AV protection i dont mind running one as a clean out every few months.

Avira free Antivirus - Works great, light on resources, catches all kinds of viruses (I can count 6 in the quarantine), and the best part, it'e completely free.

Alucard1475

[QUOTE="edinsftw"]

Antivirus is for people who dont know what they are doing imo. Havnt used one since XP.

kungfool69

i dont use any at the moment, had a whole pile of free 365 day Kaspersky packs but they expired. now without AV protection i dont mind running one as a clean out every few months.

Yea, i check every 6 months if i have a virus or spyware...nothing has come up in 5 years...so...antivirus is a waste of time for me

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[QUOTE="edinsftw"]

Antivirus is for people who dont know what they are doing imo. Havnt used one since XP.

edinsftw

i dont use any at the moment, had a whole pile of free 365 day Kaspersky packs but they expired. now without AV protection i dont mind running one as a clean out every few months.

Yea, i check every 6 months if i have a virus or spyware...nothing has come up in 5 years...so...antivirus is a waste of time for me

Comodo Antivirus. Since I'm running ComodoFirewall, it makes sense to have less programs running. Keeps the CPU and RAM usage down. Adam_the_Nerd

Avast with Windows 7 is pretty solid. There is no infection evident even if I follow chain links.I could also say that Windows 7 w/o antivirus is enoughcapitalism25

not for me, i always turn off Windows Defender for slightly less CPU usage.

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I use AVG, and I hate it. It's just becoming more and more intrusive, and you can't even disable it without uninstalling it as of now.

madmenno

None, I download Bitdefender and Kaspersky once a month and set them to scan, have never found a single virus... why have a program that slows my computer to a crawl when I never contend with viruses either way :P And if I do happen to snag one, I am quite liberal with re-installation of Windows 7 :)

I also turn off Windows Defender and set Firewall to most liberal settings... honestly people are overly paranoid, as long as you use Firefox or, even better, Google Chrome, and don't click on suspect emails, you will never get a virus of any consequence.

I do use Spybot to scan for spyware though, once a week, never comes up of course but its good for peace of mind.