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Azakias
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posted 07-05-2007 06:39:30 PM
What is the best protection that is still reasonably affordable?

Right now, I have symantec... Dunno if its all that great but anyone in the military gets it for free for home PCs. I have had a few viruses get by it though, and when I get my new computer, I want to be a little safer.

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Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 07-05-2007 07:29:06 PM
avast!

The only virus protection you will ever need. Free to download and use for private use.

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Steven Steve
posted 07-05-2007 07:36:35 PM
Virus protection is a myth, like brushing your teeth
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Cherveny
Papaya
posted 07-05-2007 10:01:38 PM
I used to use Symantec, but switched to McAffee after having various techincal issues with their products and, after checking online, seeing that the issues I was having were not all that uncommon. (For instance, 3 things I ran into were: Incompatibilities with certain software, automatically sensing some of my critical apps as viruses and removing them, getting it's antivirus component locked up so badly that the only way to repair the anti-virus software was a complete uninstall and reinstall). To be fair though, I've heard of people having similar types of situations with Mcaffee, but I've yet to run into them.

I know that there are a number of good free virus scanners out there, but it's been a while since I looked for em, so don't have any current links I'm afraid.

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Skaw
posted 07-05-2007 10:35:06 PM
The best and cheapest? Well, Avast is free, but knowing what and what not to do doesn't require installation time.

p.s. I use Avast, even though I haven't seen it detect a single thing yet. Which is good I guess.

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Bloodsage
Heart Attack
posted 07-06-2007 03:04:47 AM
Check out Kaspersky; it's a cleaner install than Symantic, and does a bit better catching things, according to some tests.

Frankly, though, the difference between Norton and others isn't particularly significant. If cost is an issue, you're as well off simply keeping Norton.

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Kaglaaz How'ler
Pancake
posted 07-09-2007 05:48:06 PM
I use freebies too..

Avast is good and so is AVG

AVG Freeware Download

Kaglaaz How'ler fucked around with this message on 07-09-2007 at 05:49 PM.

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Cherveny
Papaya
posted 07-09-2007 06:02:18 PM
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This insanity brought to you by Kaglaaz How'ler:
I use freebies too..

Avast is good and so is AVG

AVG Freeware Download

I had forgotten about AVG. I've used it in the past on my laptop, till it's HD crashed. It worked quite well.

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`Doc
Cold in an Alley
posted 07-10-2007 12:54:19 PM
Just a brief warning: do not have two antivirus programs installed & active at the same time. Whenever anyone I know has tried that, the two antivirus programs have conflicted and caused massive system problems.
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