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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-08-11 15:26
The cat had avast but expired
thinking about Microsoft Security Essentials
even though it's by Microsoft, there has been good feedback on it
for now the cat is gonna reinstall avast.
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Osayidan wrote on 2011-08-11 15:33
I've never seen it in action, but it only makes sense for the manufacturer of an operating system to make software that defends their OS. They know their OS inside and out, they're in the position to do it better than anyone else. The only thing they'd be lacking is the tons of research on viruses in the "wild" that other AV manufacturers had the chance to do over the past 20 years, but i'm sure the big microsoft wallets took care of at least some of that.
I have it installed at home, but since I isolate everything I do in virtual machines I can't really say how effective it is once you do get a virus.
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Claudia wrote on 2011-08-11 16:43
the cat should just get free trials of ESET Smart Security
30 days and it's fully-functional, all you need to do is re-register with a new e-mail
never had a virus in all the years i've used it
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TA wrote on 2011-08-11 17:01
I use Kaspersky Internet Security. o.o
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Claudia wrote on 2011-08-11 17:06
Quote from TA;548460:
I use Kaspersky Internet Security. o.o
ooh, kaspersky is good too.
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-08-11 17:35
Quote from TA;548460:
I use Kaspersky Internet Security. o.o
looks*
it's so expensive!
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Halfslashed wrote on 2011-08-11 17:36
Yes, MSE is very good for a free antivirus. Non-intrusive, keeps the viruses away, and is low on resource consumption.
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RicochetOrange wrote on 2011-08-11 21:31
I use it. I've heard that it is the best free option available.
My favorite thing is that it doesn't interrupt things your doing when it needs to scan or whatever.
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Yoorah wrote on 2011-08-11 22:15
MSE and Avast are among the best free scanners out there. Avira has a high detection rate as well, but it has a higher false positive rate, so it's crap. :( Avast has a higher false positive rate than MSE, as well, but not by much.
IMO, MSE is better because it has the least false positives and the detection rate is still one of the best. It also integrates seamlessly into Windows, and Osayidan made a good point about how MSFT would be in the best position to do this right.
One of the things I like about it is that it lets you specify how much CPU % utilization it's allowed to use for scanning. The default is 50%. If you have a powerful CPU, you have tons of power to spare so you can increase this for faster scans.
In the end, though, all antivirus software is crap. When skilled hackers wanna infect people, they do the same thing video game cheaters do--they find ways to "bypass" the protection software, which in their case would be HackShield.. and in this case is <insert antivirus name here>. Virus scan services like VirusTotal make this process easy! The only reliable way to keep bad stuff out is to not download programs from shady sources (ie. no pirated software) and to keep your OS and programs fully patched against vulnerabilities.
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Excalibuurr wrote on 2011-08-15 10:01
Quote from Yoorah;548767:
MSE and Avast are among the best free scanners out there. Avira has a high detection rate as well, but it has a higher false positive rate, so it's crap. :( Avast has a higher false positive rate than MSE, as well, but not by much.
IMO, MSE is better because it has the least false positives and the detection rate is still one of the best. It also integrates seamlessly into Windows, and Osayidan made a good point about how MSFT would be in the best position to do this right.
One of the things I like about it is that it lets you specify how much CPU % utilization it's allowed to use for scanning. The default is 50%. If you have a powerful CPU, you have tons of power to spare so you can increase this for faster scans.
In the end, though, all antivirus software is crap. When skilled hackers wanna infect people, they do the same thing video game cheaters do--they find ways to "bypass" the protection software, which in their case would be HackShield.. and in this case is <insert antivirus name here>. Virus scan services like VirusTotal make this process easy! The only reliable way to keep bad stuff out is to not download programs from shady sources (ie. no pirated software) and to keep your OS and programs fully patched against vulnerabilities.
That's not the point, the point is to find the best anti-virus among the crap.