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What security software do you use?

Postby Nobahar » Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:01 pm

And why? I heard the 2009 Norton was really good, low on system resources and all unlike its predecessors.

I know some people are still using free stuff (zone alarm with avg/avira/avast). Both AVG and Avira have missed a trojan on my system that was a pain to remove manually, so I use BitDefender now and I love it.

What security suites or combo'd bundles do you like best?
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Re: What security software do you use?

Postby DMB2000uk » Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:11 pm

I run Avast on my desktop, and haven't bothered to get one for my mac, should probably look into that at some point. :-/

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Re: What security software do you use?

Postby geokilla » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:13 pm

Kaspersky Internet Security 8. Add that with SuperAntiSpyware and I'm good to go.
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Re: What security software do you use?

Postby ratNukit » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:29 pm

I'm running AVAST as well. I'm using it because I never had problem with my pc again after i first installed it 2-3 years ago. Before that I had Avira for about a month, which just missed everything there is out there. And my first was Norton 2005 and my pc was always buisy running that crappy program, after deinstall everything was very snappy once again.:)
I don't know if norton has changed since then, but as long as AVAST is working I'll stick with that.
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Re: What security software do you use?

Postby Sparky » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:37 pm

Avast on my desktop w/Windows 7 RC1, Norton Anti Virus 2009 on desktop and laptop (both XP). NAV 09 HUGE improvement in speed and amount of system resources used over previous versions.
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Re: What security software do you use?

Postby ibleet » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:23 pm

I've tried both Avast and AVG, and I use AVG on all my systems.

I don't use Norton or McAfee suites as they're both resource hogs. AVG has a small footprint and does a good job of protection as long as your virus definitions are updated daily.

I also use AVG safe search, SiteAdvisor and Adblock Plus, which help you avoid dangerous sites in the first place.
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Re: What security software do you use?

Postby Sporg » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:13 pm

Mostly AVG, but I do have a couple of systems with Avast. I will load up superawesometotallykickasssuperantispywarethatownsall from time to time and clean things out.
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Re: What security software do you use?

Postby InspectahACE » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:42 pm

I use AVG.I use Spybot along with it too. Both have done me very well... Norton is nothing but Poo..reminds me of that Castrol GTX Sludge commercial. Norton even pissed on my old Core 2 Duo rig and slowed it to a crawl when I tried it on there a few years ago.
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Re: What security software do you use?

Postby akaelric » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:50 pm

I use AVG and Super Anti spyware when my friends bring me their computers for repair.

These people have no sense of security when it comes to protecting their computers from viruses and spyware.

But between those two, I am usually able to get their computers up and running in no time.

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Re: What security software do you use?

Postby bmaverick » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:46 pm

The McAffees AOL free edition expired this past month. So, this thread has bee helpful checking the FREE tools out.

Went with AVG and Spybot. The Spybot Teatime (dumb name, why is it drinking tea ? :mrgreen: ) has good controls and other options to enforce for protection.
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Re: What security software do you use?

Postby nightblood » Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:07 am

I am currently using Panda internet security 2009
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Re: What security software do you use?

Postby jebo_4jc » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:40 am

I've been using Avast free on my PCs because I got the paid version for my WHS a while back. It's nice having centralized updates, etc.
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