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Best Anti Virus when using p2p programs? Help, had to reformat my pc
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Rampage
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18. September 2007 @ 11:48 |
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Hey ya'll, i hope i'm in the right section. I had a bad virus from downloading torrents and had to reformat my pc back to factory mode. Now i have no Anti Virus or Anti Spyware running.
Can someone please advise me on the best one to download.
Many thanks
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18. September 2007 @ 12:00 |
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The best protection... don't use torrents.
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18. September 2007 @ 12:47 |
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Agreed. Nearly all the programs and Word documents available on P2P networks are virused, and a very large number of the data files (e.g. mp3, Mov, Avi, etc.) contain exploit code.
I do find Avira Antivir to be the best AV software. But, the problem is, if you're using P2P, you're probably getting "zero-day" (brand-new) malware coming at you.
-Do you believe you own your computer and shouldn't be told what you can run and do? Then say *NO* to Microsoft Vista!
-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.
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Rampage
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18. September 2007 @ 13:12 |
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So what can you advise me to download, anti-virus wise?
Any help is appreciated
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18. September 2007 @ 14:51 |
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Download a P2P uninstaller.
Then get Avira AntiVir.
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Rampage
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18. September 2007 @ 15:02 |
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Thanks for the reply dude. Will that one protect me from p2p downloads better then the other?
I dont have any p2p programs on my comp, yet! I had to delete them when i reformated my PC.
thanks
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18. September 2007 @ 16:06 |
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What don't you get? Don't use P2P! No antivirus is effective in protecting against it!
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Rampage
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18. September 2007 @ 16:24 |
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I understand what your saying, but i'm not the only one in my home who uses torrents, my bro's do and i would rather try to be the one with some sense and try to protect the pc the best i can.
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18. September 2007 @ 16:53 |
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That's true.
If you want to go free, AntiVir is the best.
If you want to pay, in my opinion Kaspersky is the way to go, but with a price of $60 it doesn't come cheap. Just don't get Norton :D
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djcb
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18. September 2007 @ 17:45 |
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A great FREE virus scanner is AVG anti virus.
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19. September 2007 @ 11:38 |
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AVG sucks.
AntiVir has the highest detection of all the free scanners, but its only annoyances are its continual advertising on update and its hard-to-configure interface. Other than that, it's basically perfect.
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Rampage
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19. September 2007 @ 13:20 |
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Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. I think i will give AntiVir a try thanks again for the help ya'll
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