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29th June 2012, 11:16
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Best Anti-Virus?
Getting a new laptop just wondering what peoples opinions are on the best Anti-Virus, weather its free or paid for? 
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29th June 2012, 13:21
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I use Avast free edition coupled with Malware Bytes Free edition. Malware bytes doesnt pro-active scan however it detects and removes a hell of a lot of malware with ease.
Im an IT Manager for a small company so its put into action in a real world environment and does work btw
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I'm happy being a north easternly smoggie bender.
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29th June 2012, 13:22
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29th June 2012, 13:46
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Originally Posted by Alex
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and resource intensive!
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I'm happy being a north easternly smoggie bender.
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29th June 2012, 13:52
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spotty dog cheers muckers!
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29th June 2012, 13:55
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+ 1. Also use this, no problems.
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2nd July 2012, 04:31
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I use Avast after years of using AVG, so much better I find. Along with Spybot for spyware
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2nd July 2012, 06:12
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Common sense helps alot of the time.
Dont download shit from anywhere you dont trust.
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2nd July 2012, 09:21
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Davo106
Common sense helps alot of the time.
Dont download shit from anywhere you dont trust.
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Granted  But still doesnt take you away from the fact you need an anti-virus. So thanks for your helpful comment 
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2nd July 2012, 09:29
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Big fan of AVG, its not so system heavy. Just tweak it to suit your needs.
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2nd July 2012, 09:35
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Kaspersky. Shop around and you'll get a decent package cheap enough if you don't go down the free route
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2nd July 2012, 09:53
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Should also mention AVG do a free version.
My work laptop had Norton, WTF it just has constant popups and really slows your system down. Terrible (IMO).
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2nd July 2012, 10:03
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That's the best thing about Kaspersky. Doesn't slow my PC or laptop down.
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2nd July 2012, 12:47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saxo180
Kaspersky. Shop around and you'll get a decent package cheap enough if you don't go down the free route
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Kasperspy gets my vote too.
Although I haven't ran an antivirus on my laptop for 2 years now and its on constantly, getting used everyday. As said, don't download shit.
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2nd July 2012, 14:28
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochachino
Kasperspy gets my vote too.
Although I haven't ran an antivirus on my laptop for 2 years now and its on constantly, getting used everyday. As said, don't download shit.
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I opened and responded to that Fedex parcel email that I didnt actually order, still yet to receive anything.
I think I may have an STD from it
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I'm happy being a north easternly smoggie bender.
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2nd July 2012, 16:55
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NOD32 best by miles, ultra low memory usage and it's protection is immense, kills viruses before they even get onto your PC (including spyware from connecting to dodgey sites, will kill your connection to the site before a virus can imbed.) Have used this for about 5 years now and haven't had a single virus since I've used it. Impressive eh? Can get it free as well with a bit of googlin' for login keys  .
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2nd July 2012, 18:13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rushy_23
Big fan of AVG, its not so system heavy. Just tweak it to suit your needs.
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Avg is good just be careful I downloaded from a site that looked like the genuine avg website & got a nasty virus. 
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