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What's your go-to virus protection product/service?
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:08 am
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:08 am
My home laptop, a Lenovo about 4 years old, is the victim of some pretty nasty malware this week. Right now, I use McAfee, but am pretty tired of them because the real-time scanning never seems to catch anything early and the customer support stinks. I spent 4 hours yesterday trying to get it fixed while talking to someone in India. And that wasn't the end of it, because for some reason my hard-drive became full (not possible from my doing) and they don't know why or how to fix it (yet, the guy claimed my computer was now virus free).
So, has anyone had any experience, good or bad, with Kaspersky, MyCleanPC or any other virus protection/operational system support service that I should consider?
Thanks in advance.
So, has anyone had any experience, good or bad, with Kaspersky, MyCleanPC or any other virus protection/operational system support service that I should consider?
Thanks in advance.
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Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:14 am to Thorny
Are you running Windows 7?
On my 8.1 machines I run Windows defender, Windows firewall, malwarebytes, and ad blocking/script blocking add ons in my browser. This has worked well so far.
I'm not sure how effective Windows defender is on 7...
On my 8.1 machines I run Windows defender, Windows firewall, malwarebytes, and ad blocking/script blocking add ons in my browser. This has worked well so far.
I'm not sure how effective Windows defender is on 7...
This post was edited on 11/13/14 at 10:15 am
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:14 am to Thorny
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What's your go-to virus protection product/service?
Myself
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:15 am to Thorny
MalwareBytes is my goto to.
Even the free version is solid.
After years of using it for free and watching it develop from a shareware, yet still powerful, tool, I decided to buy a 1 year sub to the premium service this year.
I've never regretted having it and at times have regretted NOT having it.
I work in IT, so I constantly get the "Hey man, I've got a computer problem, can you fix it for me?" phone calls and texts from friends and family. Before I lay a finger on their machine, I tell them to download and run malwarebytes and more often than not, that alone can solve their problems.
MalwareBytes
Even the free version is solid.
After years of using it for free and watching it develop from a shareware, yet still powerful, tool, I decided to buy a 1 year sub to the premium service this year.
I've never regretted having it and at times have regretted NOT having it.
I work in IT, so I constantly get the "Hey man, I've got a computer problem, can you fix it for me?" phone calls and texts from friends and family. Before I lay a finger on their machine, I tell them to download and run malwarebytes and more often than not, that alone can solve their problems.
MalwareBytes
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:19 am to Thorny
I use Windows Defender, which isn't a resource hog. Plus I back up all my data every day. The online backup company I use backs up every version of every file, so if a data file gets compromised I can just get an older one.
I can do a clean reinstall of everything in just over an hour, that takes less time than trying to disinfect a machine.
I can do a clean reinstall of everything in just over an hour, that takes less time than trying to disinfect a machine.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:21 am to Thorny
quote:
What's your go-to virus protection product/service?
OSX. ( and a dash of common sense)
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:26 am to Thorny
Avast (free), typically for everyday virus monitoring. However, it has become extremely bloated as of late.
Hitmanpro by SurfRight.
Kaspersky (paid) is pretty good as well.
Malwarebytes and CCleaner for malware/adware.
And anything from bleepingcomputer (RKILL is great).
Hitmanpro by SurfRight.
Kaspersky (paid) is pretty good as well.
Malwarebytes and CCleaner for malware/adware.
And anything from bleepingcomputer (RKILL is great).
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:55 am to Thorny
Microsoft Security Essentials+ Malwarebytes is what I normally use.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 11:07 am to Thorny
Eset for Anti-Virus
All these people saying MalwareBytes.
You realize the free version only cleans up AFTER you are already hit right ?
All these people saying MalwareBytes.
You realize the free version only cleans up AFTER you are already hit right ?
Posted on 11/13/14 at 11:10 am to Thorny
Windows defender
Posted on 11/13/14 at 12:38 pm to Thorny
Malwarebytes and Windows Defender
Posted on 11/13/14 at 3:58 pm to Thorny
A Mac
Posted on 11/13/14 at 3:59 pm to Thorny
Avast!
Posted on 11/13/14 at 4:29 pm to Thorny
Linux.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 6:13 pm to Thorny
Windows 7, I havent used antivirus in over 5 years.
I do use Google Chrome w/ Adblock Plus and Ghostery.
And I dont click on dumb shite.
I do use Google Chrome w/ Adblock Plus and Ghostery.
And I dont click on dumb shite.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 6:36 pm to Thorny
Webroot and have had no problems
Posted on 11/14/14 at 4:36 pm to Thorny
Who gets viruses in 2014?
Oh right. The Windows poors.
Oh right. The Windows poors.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:53 pm to Thorny
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So, has anyone had any experience, good or bad, with Kaspersky, MyCleanPC
Please tell me you're fricking kidding.
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