loftusroad Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 avg refuses to work on my machine what u guys use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob- Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Got norton 360 with my laptop so use that til it runs out then I'll use the Microsoft built in one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatto Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 I get free Mcaffe through my work its not bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrink Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 well IT is my profession... and we staunchly avoid mcaffee like the plague. Its inefficient, bulky and not all that effective. Norton 360 is better than nortons of old, but still insists on taking over your whole machine and imposing its will upon you (including turning on a firewall that buggers up a lot of windows services). My personal preference is Microsofts Security Essentials. Its free, has a smaller footprint than AVG and keeps itself to itself 99% of the time. We have it installed on every single client we have. Have had no issues with it. Wish i could say the same about machines running AVG and mcaffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonar Daddy Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 i use sophos endpoint....licence's can be a bit pricey...but does the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejames Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 My bro-in-law was hacked right through Mcaffee. They got his passwords, account details, the lot. Royalled f*cked with his life. I use a Mac and have recently installed Sophos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loftusroad Posted March 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 well IT is my profession... and we staunchly avoid mcaffee like the plague. Its inefficient, bulky and not all that effective. Norton 360 is better than nortons of old, but still insists on taking over your whole machine and imposing its will upon you (including turning on a firewall that buggers up a lot of windows services). My personal preference is Microsofts Security Essentials. Its free, has a smaller footprint than AVG and keeps itself to itself 99% of the time. We have it installed on every single client we have. Have had no issues with it. Wish i could say the same about machines running AVG and mcaffee. cheers for the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickP Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 I use Kaspersky Internet security 2011 - if you bank through Barclays you may get this for free - they give me a 3 license version and i have no issues with it - its easy to turn off/pause for gaming through too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BazzaB1971 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 MSE cos it's free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blair Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 AVG Free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1098 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 EST NOD 32 for me...Only installed in two weeks ago because AVG Free wasnt doing too well..! Also run a program called Trojan Remover in conjunction which is about £15 a year and worth its weight in gold..! There an unstoppable team, like Andy Cole and Dwight York for Man Utd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanstreak Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 i use sophos endpoint....licence's can be a bit pricey...but does the job x2 the best i ever had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spawn Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Avira Antivir Personal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatto Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Hmmm time to get rid of mcaffe I think then lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge- Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 I only install MSE whenever I build PCs now. Seems to work well. I don't run any AV though. Clogs up the PC too much, and on my Mac you don't need it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrimja Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Got a mac so don't use any. Used to use AVG though on my PC. I'd never use mcafee or norton again, I had no end of issues with both. Especially when trying to delete them to install something new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Syxx Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Use Avira Antivirus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omex_uk Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Avira Antivir Personal Use Avira Antivirus. These lads know what they're talking about. It's buy far the best free Anti Virus I've used in the last 5 years. I'm pretty IT savy and do a bit of coding in my job so I would say I'm above the average user in computer knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffThomson Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 I stick with Avast, works pretty well, is free and easy to turn off when you're gaming. Comodo is also good, and you can use it corporately as well for free. Avast is free for home use, and i've found it to be pretty decent. I'd also highly recommend Avira as well, i've had no issues at all with it when i've been using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyZ Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Avoid Macafee or however its spelt Norton NIS and no viruses in least 5 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrink Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 the problem with things like avast and avira... is that you think they are working well because you're not catching anything.... you only realise they arent ideal when stuff starts sneaking through. i support over 200 clients day in day out, most have several computers (as many as 30 per client) and due to the volume, we are far more aware of what anti virus packages do and do not work. we generally remove anything thats not norton or microsoft security essentials. Avast has caused us no end of issues in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suhail97 Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 I used to have mcafee which was good at what it did - only thing was it could only stop viruses it knew about (I'm sure all anti virus are the same) and it did slow the computer down but that didn't bother me much. My main problem was Kids + messenger or facebook or downloading songs = trouble I have a mac now with no security and it's worked fine for 2 years. (I know macs are equally open to threats it's just 99% viruses / trojans are made for windows which makes mac safer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrimja Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Suhail, as I believe it, that's not actually true. On Mac's you HAVE to actively allow something to be installed or make key changes by entering your password so no virus can be slyly installed as it can (or atleast could in previous incarnations) of Windows. I could be wrong. The only virus I know of on Macs is the one that came with a pirated copy of iLife which changed your background. That's right. A virus which did nothing other than changed your background (which you could then change back lol). Though I did read about a guy who hacked a Mac in less than a minute at a hacking competition. However, it did require the user to go onto a certain web page, download and then agree for something to be installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlpearce Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 i use sophos endpoint....licence's can be a bit pricey...but does the job They installed this on our system at work and it completely killed my computer! Had to put in another 2 gig of ram for it to work again! Got a mac so don't use any. I'd never use mcafee or norton again, I had no end of issues with both. Especially when trying to delete them to install something new! X 2 on this, i tried to replace one with the other and again it killed my computer. Had to get the IT guy at work to sort it out Now i just run AVG free which isnt the best but it stops the most harmful ones. I also use superantispyware which i find pretty damn good at stopping a lot of attacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suhail97 Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 On Mac's you HAVE to actively allow something to be installed or make key changes by entering your password As the password is stored on the computer I assume it can be extracted or got around. A lot of work but is possible. If the mac password system was so secure I'm sure my bank would be using them instead of 6 year old Dells lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
