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Inexpensive virus software?

Unread postby consigliere » Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:53 am

Anyone have a recommendation for a good, reliable inexpensive virus protection for the computer? I had Norton, but it was ridiculously expensive ($49) and I tried some of the free stuff but am not happy with those options as well. Thanks.
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Unread postby skatingtripods » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:00 am

Not going to porn websites is the best form of virus protection.


Webroot Spysweeper picks off Trojan viruses when it scans. I'm not really sure on what other viruses it protects against, but those are the most frequently acquired, but that program always has mail-in rebates when advertised at Circuit Shitty, Best Buy, Office Max, etc. Come to think of it, I just looked on their site. You can get three years of Webroot Antivirus, antispyware, and firewall for $69.95 (one year for $39.95). I've always been happy with Spysweeper, so I can't imagine their Antivirus being any different.
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Unread postby swerb » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:04 am

NOD32

Cheap, great, doesn't take up a lot of space on your hard drive. Best I've used.
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Unread postby BDFD » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:43 am

I honestly have never once used AV software but I always purchased/recommended Trend Micro AV to my clients. It's light, does not take over the PC, and is generally inexpensive (remember, you get what you pay for).

If you are looking for a quick scan instead of active protection, boot into Safe Mode w/ Networking and run the free online scan from either BitDefeder or Ewido (or both, actually).
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Unread postby Hi Oktane » Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:49 pm

Spyware Doctor. I think I paid like $30 for a year.
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Unread postby jfiling » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:20 pm

http://free.avg.com/
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Unread postby mswerb » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:02 pm

Hi Oktane wrote:Spyware Doctor. I think I paid like $30 for a year.


I have this same one, but mine was FREE!
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Unread postby FUDU » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:05 pm

Tony Norton's is good software and I have yet to pay more than $19.99 for it. Just keep your eye on Office Max, they have or at least used to have great rebate specials there. 2003 or 2004 I got a Norton's disk for $1 after rebate.
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Unread postby Mr. MacPhisto » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:34 pm

Kaspersky is generally considered to be one of the best. It is not the resource hog that Norton is and you can buy multiple licenses. It may not fall into the cheap category, but it is the best one out there that catches pretty much everything.
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Unread postby BDFD » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:16 pm

I couldn't beg to differ more on Norton. There are too many bells and whistles and it generally keeps your computer from running correctly, at least in a business environment. No way should an AV agent be taking up 80-100MB of your memory. Trend uses about 4-5MB and simply protects against malware. No, I don't work for Trend Micro.
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Unread postby consigliere » Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:16 am

Swerb wrote:NOD32

Cheap, great, doesn't take up a lot of space on your hard drive. Best I've used.


I got a 30-day trial of this which I downloaded and will see how I like it.

Thanks to all for the help and suggestions.
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Unread postby TribeBuckeyeFan » Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:28 am

FTW - I've been using AVG Free Edition for at least 5 years and no virus has ever got through.

For spyware, I also agree with Spyware Doctor - I got mine free also through Roadrunner.

jfiling wrote:http://free.avg.com/
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Unread postby jfiling » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:48 am

TribeBuckeyeFan wrote:FTW - I've been using AVG Free Edition for at least 5 years and no virus has ever got through.

For spyware, I also agree with Spyware Doctor - I got mine free also through Roadrunner.

jfiling wrote:http://free.avg.com/


Thanks for agreeing. When it comes to spyware, I've found that a combination of Spybot and AdAware works to clean out the system.

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Unread postby British_Pharaoh » Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:47 am

Comodo is free online

somewhere

I cant provide a link i'm afraid
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