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- Lady Cop - 06-11-2009

what do you use for security... viruses, spybots, trojans,worms and malware? just curious since i see so much "advice" out there. everyone is an "expert". i know who is truly well-informed and respect their opinions.

the guy who built my new computer is one of maybe 3 people i will listen to. here's what he put on my computer that i am very satisfied with: Avira anti-virus,CCrap cleaner, and Malwarebytes anti-malware. Cnet downloads is a great site for downloads and information on every kind of software.

a long time ago i paid for norton. it sucks donkey dick.


- LuMPyPussy - 06-11-2009

I'm using Avast! after you recommended it when Mock was sick and I saw Carla recommend Malwarebytes and it seems to be working pretty well for me.

I wonder if I should add a whole bunch more programs just to be safe. /snark

- Lady Cop - 06-11-2009

i tried AVAST, and i know it's good. Avira is fairly new and simpler for me since i am a PC retard.

Carla and Ant are brilliant at computer stuff!


- LuMPyPussy - 06-11-2009

Syber and D are professionals, so between the four of them, we've got our bases covered.

- sally - 06-11-2009

I don't know, I asked my husband and he doesn't know either ::lmao::. He just re-loads the computer on the rare occasion I get a virus. My computer has been working fine for the past three years and I look at porn and other crap all the time. If BigSausagePizza.com didn't give me a virus, I don't know what will ::dunno::

- Middle Finger - 06-11-2009

So far, Avast gets my vote. I haven't tried some of the others.

- LuMPyPussy - 06-11-2009

sally Wrote:I don't know, I asked my husband and he doesn't know either ::lmao::. He just re-loads the computer on the rare occasion I get a virus. My computer has been working fine for the past three years and I look at porn and other crap all the time. If BigSausagePizza.com didn't give me a virus, I don't know what will ::dunno::

::lmao::

I'm gonna have nightmares about this guy's expression. :shock:




- Maggot - 06-11-2009

I did some work for a guy that did security work for bigger companies. He said the best one isAVG, he also said that most viruses are created by the anti-virus people like norton and Mcvee. Create a virus then create a cure. What a racket!

- sally - 06-11-2009

LuMPyPussy Wrote:
sally Wrote:I don't know, I asked my husband and he doesn't know either ::lmao::. He just re-loads the computer on the rare occasion I get a virus. My computer has been working fine for the past three years and I look at porn and other crap all the time. If BigSausagePizza.com didn't give me a virus, I don't know what will ::dunno::

::lmao::

I'm gonna have nightmares about this guy's expression. :shock:
That's probally Borndragon at his day job.

- Lady Cop - 06-11-2009

this was kind of interesting...link

[Image: tzpop.computer.generic.jpg]
What are the most dangerous search terms on the Internet?

- LuMPyPussy - 06-11-2009

Quote:Riskiest terms: word unscrambler, lyrics, myspace, free music downloads, phelps, game cheats, printable fill-in puzzles, free ringtones and solitaire.
That's bizarre. :?


- Lady Cop - 06-11-2009

i put my new computer on password-protect because my son goes to myspace and facebook::irk::. i have read they are virus hotzones.

- D - 06-11-2009

Avast, ClamAV (ClamWin for Windows, since Clam is for Linux) are good for AV. Clam is an Enterprise Level solution, but its free. It isn't "hard" to use, but then my definition of "hard" is much different than non-geeks.

For non-virus anti-maleware I use Spybot S&D and, even though its a resource hog, for critical uptime machines that HAVE to be relied upon, I also use AdAware Professional.

Avira is a little too new. It could very well become a great AV, but it is too immature to get my vote right now.

Ones to avoid are Norton, PC-Cillan, McAffee, and any other "popular" paid solution. One of the few paid solutions I back is Kaspersky. Which is worth the money.

- D - 06-11-2009

jackboots Wrote:i put my new computer on password-protect because my son goes to myspace and facebook::irk::. i have read they are virus hotzones.
Among others. But those are some of the worst. Also all those "MySpace Addon" sites with the backgrounds and shit... well, you're giving them your info and just ASKING to be hacked. Dumb people anyways.


- Luke Warmwater - 06-11-2009

I yanked the fucking Norton several years ago...pigfuckers. Now it's nothing but AVG and the price is right.

- D - 06-11-2009

AVG lets too many slip.

Another good one I forgot to mention (at least I *think* its still good, not used it in like 3 years) is Nod32.

But yeah. AVG, especially the Free version, lets far too many things slip past it. Nasty things. It just isn't reliable enough.

Which is why I've spent a lot of time trying to get Syber to stop using that for customers and use Avast instead. Smiley_emoticons_wink

- LuMPyPussy - 06-11-2009

D Wrote:Avast, ClamAV (ClamWin for Windows, since Clam is for Linux) are good for AV. Clam is an Enterprise Level solution, but its free. It isn't "hard" to use, but then my definition of "hard" is much different than non-geeks.

For non-virus anti-maleware I use Spybot S&D and, even though its a resource hog, for critical uptime machines that HAVE to be relied upon, I also use AdAware Professional.

Avira is a little too new. It could very well become a great AV, but it is too immature to get my vote right now.

Ones to avoid are Norton, PC-Cillan, McAffee, and any other "popular" paid solution. One of the few paid solutions I back is Kaspersky. Which is worth the money.
::gigg::

- The Antagonist - 06-12-2009

I'm using Avast and CCleaner and I shred my files when I delete them or uninstall a program that leaves folders behind with File Shredder. (www.fileshredder.org) - all on the recommendation of someone I trust.

AVG sucks - get rid of it.
Malwarebytes sucked for me - never found a thing - ever and I KNEW I had some shit in there.

AdAware free and paid version used to be good until their 2009 release. Then it turned to shit. Read the reviews on Download.com - I went back and forth with them for a month trying to get the program to work and nothing. Found the reviews on Download.com and no one had anything good to say - everyone was basically putting in the same complaints as me - I also added a comment.

I also try to reformat once a year.

Get yourselves an external storage hard drive, it'll be the best investment you've ever made. I can recover and reinstall my stuff and files in less than one day because I can back up all my important info on the external.

- D - 06-12-2009

With External File Storage I can be up and running again from a full reformat in under 3 hours Smiley_emoticons_wink

I've yet to mess with AdAware 2009 Ant. Last version I had need for was 2007. I lost that contract 3 months later by being undercut by a 15yo kid. Which is ok, the business went under recently too. Smiley_emoticons_smile

- SyberBitch - 06-12-2009

Despite D's protests, I do recommend Free AVG for my XP/Vista customers. I use it and rarely does anything get past it. Turn off the browser link scanner to decrease the resource usage (which isn't nearly as bad as some of the other programs anyway).

I recommend AVAST! for people with operating systems older than XP (because Free AVG doesn't work on them). I don't much like AVAST, because I have seen it cause weird problems with people's email clients, as well as not picking up simple stuff that AVG DOES clean up.

Spybot S&D is a good anti-spyware program, it's what I use and recommend for my clients. It isn't much of a resource hog.. I run both it and Free AVG on my machine and it's not a new machine (P4 2.9Ghz, 2GB RAM). If you turn off the 'teatimer' option, it uses even fewer resources.

MalWare Bytes is good for certain things... sometimes I will install it on a customer's machine to scan for stuff if there is obviously something going on and the other programs won't pick it up, but I don't use it personally.

I'm also using BlackIce Defender now, which is a firewall and helps to keep nasty stuff from creeping in.

Honestly though... once your system becomes infected with crap, it's way better to reformat your HD and reinstall fresh than to fuss with trying to 'remove' viruses, which usually leave behind errors and junk that slow your system down anyway, even if you manage to remove them.

Restoring your computer to the 'factory settings', using the restore partition, isn't such a great idea with viruses either, since viruses CAN come back when you do it that way, I've seen it happen. The only way to really get rid of some viruses is to completely wipe out all partitions, repartition the drive, reformat the drive and reinstall the operating system fresh.