Daniel0 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 You're probably going to be fine. A lot of it comes down to whether you're careful with what you're doing and don't just click on everything clickable. Doesn't mean you should be suspicious of everything, but just apply common sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 IMHO: Antivir's is the free anti-virus software of choice for techies, it has won many tech publications' free antivirus round-ups by providing both the most thorough software protection and the fastest. but it is that it's slightly less user-friendly than Microsoft Security Essentials, with some of the settings requiring some technical knowledge to get right. Yet if you've the know how, it'll do everything you want it to. Norton used to be quite good but they have slipped, I'm a currently Kaspersky fan, but start of 2008 I was a Trend Micro fan, also used Webroot (in fact I have a unopened copy on my shelf) and ESET NOD32, and Prior to that was Norton, Personally I would recommend Kaspersky (or BitDefender Antivirus is supposed to be quite good) If you have online banking check to see if they give away a years free trial to an AV (I only found this out when I was trying to get a cheap copy of Kaspersky), as for free AV's you have a choice of: Microsoft Security Essentials. Avira Antivir. Avast! home edition. AVG Free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Personally I would recommend Kaspersky Yes, however don't use the version prior to 2010 release (Internet Security Suite) with Windows Vista if your pc is on a domain and has drive mappings. It will slow access to the drives massively. Spoke to Kaspersky about this and they are aware of the issue but have no fix. 6.03 works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Ahh very true, but I believe this wanted limited to just Kaspersky, I believe a few AV's had this problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavoir.com Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I use only trojan detectors such as Windows Defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I use only trojan detectors such as Windows Defender. Then you are mad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 No, I am Mad, But I have decided to use what the majority are using 32.4% are using None Does anyone have a URL for that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I do not use any. If I refer someone to one it is usually AVG Free, as it does decent work or I have them install Spybot. But yea, I know what to download/not to (At least I hope so) and if I do slip up and install something I shouldn't have, well then I must have needed to format my computer and I do so. I tend to keep all of my stuff on a separate drive so formatting is easy as just doing it. On that note I really need to make an image so all of the software is installed for me after a format. Maybe next format I will. (lol I always say that) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cags Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I used to use 'None' but I uninstalled it as I kept getting viruses when other people used the computer. Now I use AVG as it's the best free one I've tried. On that note I really need to make an image so all of the software is installed for me after a format. Maybe next format I will. (lol I always say that) . I say that every time I redo a PC, I'm yet to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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