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What antivirus do you use?

52 durable postsStarted 2010-10-21Latest 2011-03-21
#88943Post 1 of 52

What antivirus do you use? Or antispyware.

#1422037Post 2 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

AVG Free

#1422042Post 3 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

Xrumer

#1422043Post 4 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

[QUOTE=tiddles;899067]Xrumer[/QUOTE]

Never heard of that spam app before....interesting wikipedia page. Learn somethin new everyday

#1422047Post 5 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

I bet Xrumer made this topic and a lot of other ones on this board, it's pretty awesome if you're into that

#1422049Post 6 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

How many posts I must have I can download this?

#1422075Post 7 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

Hello spam bot.

I use AVG Free.

Although, as a paid alternative CA is fantastic. Very cheap and high quality product that does not overuse system resource (such as Norton etc). [url]http://shop.ca.com/ca/products/antivirus/antivirus_plus.asp[/url]

#1422132Post 8 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

norton is freaking terrible. It is currently using ~60MB on my laptop for work right now just being idle.

#1422197Post 9 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

912k idle for MS security essentials. Skillz.

#1422241Post 10 of 52

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No antivirus ...just malwarebytes and im really happy with it

#1422249Post 11 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

I've never ran any anti-spyware on my mac, any recommendations?

#1422299Post 12 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

I use AVG free along with weekly scans using Malwarebytes

Norton is terrible, as well as being a resource hog, it can't figure out wtf it's supposed to be blocking and half the time tries to block applications I've installed.. at least that's how it was when I last used it almost 10 years ago

that and macafee < rubbish

#1422379Post 13 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

I use Norton security suite

#1422550Post 14 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

[QUOTE=res0nat0r;899170]norton is freaking terrible. It is currently using ~60MB on my laptop for work right now just being idle.[/QUOTE]

Exactly.

#1422568Post 15 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

Antivir or AVG free

#1422639Post 16 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

I am using ESET Nod32 Antivirus Home Edition: [URL]http://www.en.nod32.ch/products/ena.php[/URL] Size of the program is only 40MB and it's protecting my OS without giving me the impression that it's all over it and so deep inside of it that I can't get it out anymore if I like to (like Norton). It also doesn't give me 1000 options I do not need (like Norton lol). It is not free though, one year is around 22 dollars or something in that range. But it is small, it doesn't bother me at all or affects the performance of my PC and it does what it should so it's well worth it.

#1425888Post 17 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

MSE + Malawarebytes and Spybot S&D ftmfw.

#1425951Post 18 of 52

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Spybot I always liked too

#1425959Post 19 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

Avira and for further protection in Firefox, adblockplus and noscript.

#1425980Post 20 of 52

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My antivirus is common sense and a good browser.

#1426115Post 21 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

NOD32 + Malawarebytes

#1426116Post 22 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

[QUOTE=TomTom;899778]I am using ESET Nod32 Antivirus Home Edition: [URL]http://www.en.nod32.ch/products/ena.php[/URL] Size of the program is only 40MB and it's protecting my OS without giving me the impression that it's all over it and so deep inside of it that I can't get it out anymore if I like to (like Norton). It also doesn't give me 1000 options I do not need (like Norton lol). It is not free though, one year is around 22 dollars or something in that range. But it is small, it doesn't bother me at all or affects the performance of my PC and it does what it should so it's well worth it.[/QUOTE]

I have checked all anti viruses (long live pirated software) this is the best. It uses the least amount of memory. it doesn't slow the PC down (even at start up) and I never had a breach.

#1427873Post 23 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

:CandyPop: :CandyPop:

[IMG]http://i53.tinypic.com/2ed5v07.png[/IMG]

#1427917Post 24 of 52

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That massive false sense of security that Apple users have is alarming in itself. It's only a matter of time.

#1427920Post 25 of 52

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^ good point Simon.

lol John, brotha, you got a mac, you need not worry.... well... idunno bout that....

#1427922Post 26 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

i've tried them all, or most anyways. antivir, avg (lol horrible), zone alarm, kaspersky, etc.

but i use avast's full package now. i think it is the best.

[URL="http://www.avast.com/index"]http://www.avast.com/index[/URL]

#1427923Post 27 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

spybot seek and destroy is awesome. anyone use data guardian?

#1427925Post 28 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

oh here..... and get this

[URL="http://users.telenet.be/ahmadi/nettools.htm"]http://users.telenet.be/ahmadi/nettools.htm[/URL]

[QUOTE]The Creation

Net Tools is cutting-edge security and network monitoring software for the Internet and Local Area Networks, providing clients with the ability and confidence to meet the challenges of tomorrow's technology. Keeping pace with the industry trends, we offer professional tools that support the latest standards, protocols, software, and hardware for both wired and wireless networks. The main goal is the creation of high quality software. Net Tools is a very strong combination of network scanning, security, file, system, and administrator tools useful in diagnosing networks and monitoring your PC and computer's network connections for system administrators. Next to the essential core tools it includes a lot of extra valuable features. It’s a Swiss Army knife for everyone interested in a set of powerful network tools for everyday use. This all-in-one toolkit includes also a lot of handy file and system utilities next to the huge amount of network tools. The menus are fully configurable, so in this way you won’t get lost in the extremely large amount of essential tools. All the additional features will make this application a must have for all system administrators. There are numerous constructive and valuable applications included in Net Tools that can be used for a great amount of purposes. The latest version of Net Tools is hybrid; it means that it’s capable of working together with applications that are made and designed for Net Tools, so in this way more flexibility and user-friendliness is obtained. This software is designed for the Microsoft Windows OS (Windows 98, NT, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista). It’s entirely compatible and has thoroughly been tested on Windows XP. With the 175+ tools it is a great collection of useful tools for network users. The size of Net Tools 5.0.70 is approximately 25 Mb.

Contents

Net Tools 5.0 (build 70) contains a whole variety of network tools. Here is a list of the most important tools:

  1. IP Address Scanner
  2. IP Calculator
  3. IP Converter
  4. Port Listener
  5. Port Scanner
  6. Ping
  7. NetStat (2 ways)
  8. Trace Route (2 ways)
  9. TCP/IP Configuration
  10. Online - Offline Checker
  11. Resolve Host & IP
  12. Time Sync
  13. Whois & MX Lookup
  14. Connect0r
  15. Connection Analysator and protector
  16. Net Sender
  17. E-mail seeker
  18. Net Pager
  19. Active and Passive port scanner
  20. Spoofer
  21. Hack Trapper
  22. HTTP flooder (DoS)
  23. Mass Website Visiter
  24. Advanced Port Scanner
  25. Trojan Hunter (Multi IP)
  26. Port Connecter Tool
  27. Advanced Spoofer
  28. Advanced Anonymous E-mailer
  29. Simple Anonymous E-mailer
  30. Anonymous E-mailer with Attachment Support
  31. Mass E-mailer
  32. E-mail Bomber
  33. E-mail Spoofer
  34. Simple Port Scanner (fast)
  35. Advanced Netstat Monitoring
  36. X Pinger
  37. Web Page Scanner
  38. Fast Port Scanner
  39. Deep Port Scanner
  40. Fastest Host Scanner (UDP)
  41. Get Header
  42. Open Port Scanner
  43. Multi Port Scanner
  44. HTTP scanner (Open port 80 subnet scanner)
  45. Multi Ping for Cisco Routers
  46. TCP Packet Sniffer
  47. UDP flooder
  48. Resolve and Ping
  49. Multi IP ping
  50. File Dependency Sniffer
  51. EXE-joiner (bind 2 files)
  52. Encrypter
  53. Advanced Encryption
  54. File Difference Engine
  55. File Comparasion
  56. Mass File Renamer
  57. Add Bytes to EXE
  58. Variable Encryption
  59. Simple File Encryption
  60. ASCII to Binary (and Binary to ASCII)
  61. Enigma
  62. Password Unmasker
  63. Credit Card Number Validate and Generate
  64. Create Local HTTP Server
  65. eXtreme UDP Flooder
  66. Web Server Scanner
  67. Force Reboot
  68. Webpage Info Seeker
  69. Bouncer
  70. Advanced Packet Sniffer
  71. IRC server creater
  72. Connection Tester
  73. Fake Mail Sender
  74. Bandwidth Monitor
  75. Remote Desktop Protocol Scanner
  76. MX Query
  77. Messenger Packet Sniffer
  78. API Spy
  79. DHCP Restart
  80. File Merger
  81. E-mail Extractor (crawler / harvester bot)
  82. Open FTP Scanner
  83. Advanced System Locker
  84. Advanced System Information
  85. CPU Monitor
  86. Windows Startup Manager
  87. Process Checker
  88. IP String Collecter
  89. Mass Auto-Emailer (Database mailer; Spammer)
  90. Central Server (Base Server; Echo Server; Time Server; Telnet Server; HTTP Server; FTP Server)
  91. Fishing Port Scanner (with named ports)
  92. Mouse Record / Play Automation (Macro Tool)
  93. Internet / LAN Messenger Chat (Server + Client)
  94. Timer Shutdown/Restart/Log Off/Hibernate/Suspend/ Control
  95. Hash MD5 Checker
  96. Port Connect - Listen tool
  97. Internet MAC Address Scanner (Multiple IP)
  98. Connection Manager / Monitor
  99. Direct Peer Connecter (Send/Receive files + chat)
  100. Force Application Termination (against Viruses and Spyware)
  101. Easy and Fast Screenshot Maker (also Web Hex Color Picker)
  102. COM Detect and Test
  103. Create Virtual Drives
  104. URL Encoder
  105. WEP/WPA Key Generator
  106. Sniffer.NET
  107. File Shredder
  108. Local Access Enumerater
  109. Steganographer (Art of hiding secret data in pictures)
  110. Subnet Calculater
  111. Domain to IP (DNS)
  112. Get SNMP Variables
  113. Internet Explorer Password Revealer
  114. Advanced Multi Port Scanner
  115. Port Identification List (+port scanner)
  116. Get Quick Net Info
  117. Get Remote MAC Address
  118. Share Add
  119. Net Wanderer
  120. WhoIs Console
  121. Cookies Analyser
  122. Hide Secret Data In Files
  123. Packet Generator
  124. Secure File Splitting
  125. My File Protection (Password Protect Files, File Injections)
  126. Dynamic Switch Port Mapper
  127. Internet Logger (Log URL)
  128. Get Whois Servers
  129. File Split&Merge
  130. Hide Drive
  131. Extract E-mails from Documents
  132. Net Tools Mini (Client/Server, Scan, ICMP, Net Statistics, Interactive, Raw Packets, DNS, Whois, ARP, Computer's IP, Wake On LAN)
  133. Hook Spy
  134. Software Uninstaller
  135. Tweak & Clean XP
  136. Steganographic Random Byte Encryption
  137. NetTools Notepad (encrypt your sensitive data)
  138. File Encrypter/Decrypter
  139. Quick Proxy Server
  140. Connection Redirector (HTTP, IRC, ... All protocols supported)
  141. Local E-mail Extractor
  142. Recursive E-mail Extractor
  143. Outlook Express E-mail Extractor
  144. Telnet Client
  145. Fast Ip Catcher
  146. Monitor Host IP
  147. FreeMAC (MAC Address Editor)
  148. QuickFTP Server (+user accounts support)
  149. NetTools Macro Recorder/Player (Keybord and Mouse Hook)
  150. Network Protocol Analyzer
  151. Steganographic Tools (Picture, Sounds, ZIP Compression and Misc Methods)
  152. WebMirror (Website Ripper)
  153. GeoLocate IP
  154. Google PageRank Calculator
  155. Google Link Crawler (Web Result Grabber)
  156. Network Adapter Binder
  157. Remote LAN PC Lister
  158. Fast Sinusoidal Encryption
  159. Software Scanner
  160. Fast FTP Client
  161. Network Traffic Analysis
  162. Network Traffic Visualiser
  163. Internet Protocol Scanner
  164. Net Meter (Bandwidth Traffic Meter)
  165. Net Configuration Switcher
  166. Advanced System Hardware Info
  167. Live System Information
  168. Network Profiler
  169. Network Browser
  170. Quick Website Maker and Web Gallery Creator
  171. Remote PC Shutdown
  172. Serial Port Terminal
  173. Standard Encryptor
  174. Tray Minimizer
  175. Extra Tools (nmap console & win32 version)

Many extra features and utilities are included in this package![/QUOTE]

#1427948Post 29 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

[QUOTE=Simon Preston;902363] It's only a matter of time.[/QUOTE]

you have personal experience with creating virus's or what? I don't get it :lol:

#1427960Post 30 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

well, according to my IT professor (who has been involved since before mac and microsoft): apple systems have only started to become universally utilized.... i'm talking like right after the turn of the century --- while microsoft systems have monopolized, and have been universally utilized, commerically, industrially, etc. etc since forever. i don't know how relatively correct this all is, but you get the gist of it. i had pcs and macs in the 90s; at that time, macs where pretty much like non-existent, non-existent when compared to how widely used they are today.

since everyone (or at least on a consumer basis) is jumping on the bandwagon - thinking a mac is the best and hippest way to go; and everyone in the creative realm is starting to use macs as a designated workstation, i would postulate that viruses and such will start to become an issue... simply because more people are using them. perhaps that makes some sense, idunno.

pc - used a lot mac - not used a lot (until now)

#1427973Post 31 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

I'm going by what this guy is saying for the time being :lol:

[img]http://i53.tinypic.com/2ed5v07.png[/img]

#1427980Post 32 of 52

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a fine policy comrade :)

#1443163Post 33 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

I'm using Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes.

#1445378Post 34 of 52

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;902430]I'm going by what this guy is saying for the time being :lol:

[img]http://i53.tinypic.com/2ed5v07.png[/img][/QUOTE]

No doubt. However, Macs are severely overpriced.

If they were about 30% cheaper I'd probably get one.

For the mean time I'll stick with annually backing up and formatting my Windows laptop :)

#1445437Post 35 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

Wow, well didn't that analyst state the obvious. Point is it is penetrating the market and the more they do the more they will be seen to be a target. Simple as.

#1450835Post 36 of 52

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98% apple users look like cocks. period.

#1450930Post 37 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

^^ it's an apple cult :)

#1450947Post 38 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

AVG Free is pissing me off. It keeps doing some lame crap about every month and prompting me to keep rebooting my PC to complete the install or maybe a virus def upgrade. Super lame, need to look for something else free that doesn't use a crapload of resources.

#1451059Post 39 of 52

Re: What antivirus do you use?

Well I always use the avast anti virus.I never the change the anti virus for the my computer.It is best for me.

#1452130Post 40 of 52

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^^nice sig. I can tell you will live long and prosper!

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