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Offline _otter_

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which antivirus to use free ?
« on: April 15, 2012, 11:26:12 pm »
hey guys i uses to use whistler nod 32 but after 4 months it now works.. -.-
i use Windows more than Linux so pls help  me.

sorry for my bad English
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Re: which antivirus to use free ?
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2012, 11:28:08 pm »
I heard avast is pretty good, you might also want to check out avg.  I check spoofee almost daily and from time to time I see them giving away registered copies of avast and avg.

http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download
http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage
http://www.spoofee.com
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Re: which antivirus to use free ?
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2012, 11:36:02 pm »
I use avast and like it alot. I started a thread awhile back discussing this topic. You might wanna check it out
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Re: which antivirus to use free ?
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2012, 12:05:37 am »
Been using Avast for 2 years now, nice and simple interface and keeps my windows secure.
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Re: which antivirus to use free ?
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2012, 12:06:58 am »
Quote from: LuciD on April 15, 2012, 11:36:02 pm
I use avast and like it alot. I started a thread awhile back discussing this topic. You might wanna check it out

ty i was thinking about avast but i just wanted to hear your opinion :)
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Re: which antivirus to use free ?
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2012, 07:55:23 am »
@OP: No 2 letter posts please.

Malwarebytes is very good as scantime AV.
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Re: which antivirus to use free ?
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2012, 10:12:53 am »
Avast is the best choice.
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Re: which antivirus to use free ?
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2012, 12:54:02 pm »
Avira first, Avast comes second. Also as a precautionary measure use portable security tools
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Re: which antivirus to use free ?
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2012, 07:20:43 pm »
I personally like Avira, it is very unobtrusive. AVG was too flashy for me. Also make sure you have Malwarebytes or some equivalent.
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Re: which antivirus to use free ?
« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2012, 06:42:48 pm »
You all are recommending Avast but I thought that Avast antivirus is a lagging indicator because it is free. I heard zonealarm is one good one.
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Re: which antivirus to use free ?
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2012, 08:28:06 pm »
Quote from: braveit11 on April 19, 2012, 06:42:48 pm
You all are recommending Avast but I thought that Avast antivirus is a lagging indicator because it is free. I heard zonealarm is one good one.
Not everything that has a price tag is better than a free alternative.
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Re: which antivirus to use free ?
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2012, 08:38:22 pm »
Quote from: evilhacker on April 16, 2012, 12:05:37 am
Been using Avast for 2 years now, nice and simple interface and keeps my windows secure.


this is because you've always downloaded stuff from Trustful websites, Avast is the most silliest Antivirus, it is very much easier to bypass.
In my view Panda Antivirus is the best because it doesn't even allow the process 'wscript.exe' to be run while Avast don't even bother to see what is happening inside the VBScript code
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