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Topic: I NEED SOME PROTECTION! YIKES!
prettyboijaydee Joined Mon 04/28/14 Posts: 15	Sun 05/04/14 11:17 PM
Mine is nod32

HJE7701S Joined Mon 05/05/14 Posts: 2	Tue 05/06/14 02:08 PM
Hi There, You can go on to the Microsoft.com Official Website and download a free version of their Anti Virus called Microsoft Essentials Anti-Virus-A very good Anti-Virus and a very easy program to use. Just follow the Prompts to activate, run and download it properly. Must have Windows XP Service Pak III or Windows 7 or Windows 8 to activate it. I hope this helps -Faithful Christian Man-Be Blessed!

pepsiparis Joined Mon 05/26/14 Posts: 18	Mon 05/26/14 03:36 PM
you know avg has a free version also right?

Stilllookin2014 Joined Mon 05/05/14 Posts: 24	Tue 05/27/14 07:02 PM
Avg has always worked fine for me.If you want to buy sotware again McAfee has the best reputation!

bibarnes Joined Mon 07/15/13 Posts: 288	Sat 05/31/14 07:03 AM
Zone Alarm is a good choice. It include an excellent firewall. You do get occasional requests to upgrade to a paid for version but it is't even weekly.

bibarnes Joined Mon 07/15/13 Posts: 288	Sat 05/31/14 07:04 AM Edited by bibarnes on Sat 05/31/14 07:09 AM
I would not recommend MS for either anti-virus or fire wall. We used both at work. I used Zone Alarm. Never got a virus, worm, trojan etc. Had problems with emails being rejected that I had sent my self from my yahoo account as being a possible hazard. They rejected pictures and then let through some bad stuff.

bibarnes Joined Mon 07/15/13 Posts: 288	Sat 05/31/14 07:09 AM
McAfee's reputation is self promoted. Had a Laptop with McAfee and stopped at a Motel in Laredo headed for NC. Used their wireless and got a virus. So bad I had to completely remove McAfee and loaded Zone Alarm to remove the infected file and protect. Some companies reps are from their own PR and not the real world. If you want to pay I would recommend Norton.

Dell7 Joined Sun 07/07/13 Posts: 13	Sun 08/10/14 05:10 PM
I have been using Avast (free) for over 4 years. It is working well for me. I also use the free version of Malwarebytes to scan for problems occasionally.

fleta_n_mach Joined Tue 06/24/14 Posts: 3509	Fri 08/15/14 02:12 PM
Nope, not any more. I had the best of the best. All virus protection and firewall software ATTRACT malware. They open backdoors 65,000 x's faster yet. lmfao. Bruce Schneier: NSA Surveillance and What To Do About It

cruz_andrea011 Joined Fri 06/27/14 Posts: 6	Fri 08/15/14 08:41 PM
I recommend to use Avast(free) as well. :) It's working fine for me.. Just make sure the virus definition is always up-to-date.. :)

comtogether Joined Sat 08/16/14 Posts: 28	Mon 08/18/14 10:20 AM
Avg is second best . It protects you in -real-time. Bitdefender is best period. Both can be gotten for free. http://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html

comtogether Joined Sat 08/16/14 Posts: 28	Tue 08/26/14 12:52 PM
Nope, not any more. I had the best of the best. All virus protection and firewall software ATTRACT malware. They open backdoors 65,000 x's faster yet. lmfao. Bruce Schneier: NSA Surveillance and What To Do About It Unless you had an Amiga u didnt have an the best of the best which then he was BSing you.

fleta_n_mach Joined Tue 06/24/14 Posts: 3509	Wed 08/27/14 09:24 PM Edited by fleta_n_mach on Wed 08/27/14 09:35 PM
Nope, not any more. I had the best of the best. All virus protection and firewall software ATTRACT malware. They open backdoors 65,000 x's faster yet. lmfao. Bruce Schneier: NSA Surveillance and What To Do About It Unless you had an Amiga u didnt have an the best of the best which then he was BSing you. Are you talking about a brand name computer? Never heard of it. I could build my own. We are talking about Virus protection SOFTWARE and or hacking. Symantec End Point for Government systems! F**k MS, I'm going Linux! Maybe in a Vitural Box....hummmm

comtogether Joined Sat 08/16/14 Posts: 28	Fri 08/29/14 03:02 PM
Nope, not any more. I had the best of the best. All virus protection and firewall software ATTRACT malware. They open backdoors 65,000 x's faster yet. lmfao. Bruce Schneier: NSA Surveillance and What To Do About It Unless you had an Amiga u didnt have an the best of the best which then he was BSing you. Are you talking about a brand name computer? Never heard of it. I could build my own. We are talking about Virus protection SOFTWARE and or hacking. Symantec End Point for Government systems! F**k MS, I'm going Linux! Maybe in a Vitural Box....hummmm No Linux was invented on the Amiga in1987 It shows by your admittance you no nothing of Amiga. They don't use Linux. True Linux is better then win, but what isn't.

David8976 Joined Sat 11/09/13 Posts: 1811	Fri 08/29/14 03:44 PM Edited by David8976 on Fri 08/29/14 03:49 PM
AVG free was pretty good when I used it. I just use Microsoft security essentials now along with malware bytes and superantispyware. You'll probably get more out of a script blocker and browser addons like web of trust , ghostery , ad blocker and bit defender traffic light. The script blockers help a lot but they block a lot of webpage functions also. Overall thescript blocker will probably be the most useful though. I have it set up so that the script blocker doesn't work in incognito mode. I have an incognito mode switcher addon so that I can turn on/off the script blocker by pressing the incognito icon. I also use sandboxie which has a sandboxed webbrowser option and an auto delete feature on closing. By using it I can separate my web browser from my computer and restore the web browser to it's default by closing it (deleting contents).

fleta_n_mach Joined Tue 06/24/14 Posts: 3509	Fri 08/29/14 06:07 PM Edited by fleta_n_mach on Fri 08/29/14 06:10 PM
Are you talking about a brand name computer? Never heard of it. I could build my own. We are talking about Virus protection SOFTWARE and or hacking. Symantec End Point for Government systems! Fk MS, I'm going Linux! Maybe in a Vitural Box....hummmm No Linux was invented on the Amiga in1987 It shows by your admittance you no nothing of Amiga. They don't use Linux. True Linux is better then win, but what isn't. derp, I already said I was going to go linux. in an above post. You are so detail orientated! Fk MS, I'm going Linux!tongue2 Maybe in a Vitural Box....hummmm

comtogether Joined Sat 08/16/14 Posts: 28	Fri 08/29/14 07:25 PM
Are you talking about a brand name computer? Never heard of it. I could build my own. We are talking about Virus protection SOFTWARE and or hacking. Symantec End Point for Government systems! Fk MS, I'm going Linux! Maybe in a Vitural Box....hummmm No Linux was invented on the Amiga in1987 It shows by your admittance you no nothing of Amiga. They don't use Linux. True Linux is better then win, but what isn't. derp, I already said I was going to go linux. in an above post. You are so detail orientated! Fk MS, I'm going Linux!tongue2 Maybe in a Vitural Box....hummmm I'm AN IT Guy you have to be detailed. Read above yours.

fleta_n_mach Joined Tue 06/24/14 Posts: 3509	Sat 08/30/14 11:20 AM
You are being redundant.

comtogether Joined Sat 08/16/14 Posts: 28	Fri 10/24/14 08:48 AM
Bitdefender has been number 1 for a number of years Avast has caused problems with windows. I am not going to even discuss MSE. http://www.bitdefender.com/

DavidCommaGeek Joined Thu 01/08/15 Posts: 537	Thu 01/08/15 05:45 PM
If you're also worried about general malware, I use a program called Spybot: Search and Destroy (you can download a free version; the company that produces it takes donations), and that clears out things like cookies, some trojans, and temporary internet files.