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I am not a regular to this forum, I read the rules thread and looked for a relevant mega-thread, I did not see one which which is relevant for this issue. If there is one, my apologies if I missed it. Edit: Sigh. Sorry about the typo in the title. On to my question. AVG has apparently started selling the browsing habits of its users. I do not like that very much. I am going to get rid of AVG but I want some sort of virus scanner. I use Windows. I have a firewall and have reasonable habits to protect my computer but I want some kind of anti virus as well. I don't particularly mind paying for one, I just want something which is reliable, not a resource hog and not selling my browsing habits to a third party. Can anyone recommend some anti virus software? Diogines fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Sep 19, 2015 |
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Microsoft has been the only vendor to be reliable and not a resource hog, go Microsoft Security Essentials.
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Sep 19, 2015 15:57
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Microsoft Security Essentials if you're running Windows 7, Windows Defender (built-in) if you're running 8 or 10. Don't gently caress with anything else. Every other piece of AV software I have ever encountered is such a piece of poo poo that I'd almost rather have a virus. MSE/WD and some common sense are all you need.
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Sep 21, 2015 18:17
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I use Microsoft Security Essentials and do a scan with MalwareBytes about once a month. Haven't had a major issue in over a decade.
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Sep 21, 2015 18:51
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If you don't mind paying some money NOD32 is still a solid choice. http://www.eset.com/us/products/nod32-antivirus/
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Sep 22, 2015 06:46
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Left AVG a few years ago for Microsoft Security Essentials. Caught something about Microsoft Security Essentials lagging far behind in the last couple years, so moved over to Malwarebytes and haven't had any issues since.
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MSE gets a lot of recommendations, but when it actually comes to virus testing, it falls flat on its face. It's still an OK choice, but it doesn't rank with the best. The best solution is prevention. An ad-blocker. This will, I would wager, stop the majority of vectors (apart from you deliberately finding dodgy software).
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Sep 22, 2015 10:44
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You can also deploy MSE with a single executable enterprise-wide. Pretty rare in the AV world
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Sep 22, 2015 13:15
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HalloKitty posted:MSE gets a lot of recommendations, but when it actually comes to virus testing, it falls flat on its face. It's still an OK choice, but it doesn't rank with the best.
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Sep 22, 2015 13:40
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MSE/Defender, with Malwarebytes scans once a week. Also have no Adobe Flash/Acrobat installed, no Java, and run an add blocker on my browsers. So that's most infection vectors blocked.
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Quoting from when this was asked in the pro forum:Parallel Paraplegic posted:the basic idea behind antivirus software (that is, matching a virus against a virus signature) has been almost useless for years now; what antivirus companies do these days is use your computer to take samples of emerging threats and sell the threat propagation data to other security firms. Parallel Paraplegic posted:i mean they'll still find viruses, it's just they find the really dopey slow viruses that take the short virus bus to virus school and that you'd only get if you're using something like Limewire to download totally_legit_cool_porn.exe Alereon fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Sep 22, 2015 |
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Sep 22, 2015 20:17
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Well it'll probably send it to advertisers, but not that other stuff.
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Sep 22, 2015 20:29
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You have a lot more faith in Kaspersky than most people!
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Chiming in to third or fourth what everyone has said so far - MSE/Defender seems to work best with the least amount of hassle. If you aren't willing to uninstall Flash, then get some kind of Flash blocker that will require you to manually approve every stupid flash widget on the page before it runs. That cuts out the bulk of lovely attacks. Next up is considering using a Javascript blocker to do the same thing. That's a level of nuisance I haven't personally ventured into yet but the Flashblock stuff has been a godsend over the years. I've had very good results from uBlock Origin as an add-on for Chrome or Firefox to help cut down on ads and junky sites too. Please, please, *please* back up your computer. Get your data into the cloud, get your cloud data into another cloud. Cloudify your clouded data with a fog machine or something. Just get it replicated in several places so that if you get hit, you can recover those pics of Grandma at your sixth birthday party. Hi Grandma. 
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For those of you that don't have Flash installed, how do you view flash contents? Is there an alternative? Or do you guys just not bother with Flash related contents period?
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Use Chrome with Click-to-Run, on OS X you can use Safari with no Flash and bring up Chrome for revisiting the 20th Century. So many Restaurant and small business sites in Japan and China use Flash despite iPhone and Android being really popular and the predominant client platforms.
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Sep 23, 2015 17:14
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More trouble than its worth, 19thing MSE and nothing else. I occasionally reinstall Windows to keep things "fresh" but I know that isn't viable for everybody. Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg
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THE DOG HOUSE posted:More trouble than its worth, 19thing MSE and nothing else. I occasionally reinstall Windows to keep things "fresh" but I know that isn't viable for everybody. This isn't even necessary anymore. I'd still be rocking my original Windows 8 install from November 2012 on my main PC if I didn't get an SSD a few months ago.
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:This isn't even necessary anymore. I'd still be rocking my original Windows 8 install from November 2012 on my main PC if I didn't get an SSD a few months ago. I know. Old habits die hard. Fortunately, its so insanely fast these days its hardly even a hassle. And it really keeps the clutter down... I have yet to have a computer with more than 1 TB total (currently, I have 860 GB and people think im insane, but I dont even come close to filling that even 1/3 the way).
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lethial posted:For those of you that don't have Flash installed, how do you view flash contents? Is there an alternative? Or do you guys just not bother with Flash related contents period?
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Thanks for the helpful info! I have ad block for all my browsers at home as well as NoScript for Firefox, even with that one of my PCs got infected ones through an ad... I can't wait til flash is completely phased out. Actually, why is flash so exploitable? It is not even the most widely distributed software, or is it?
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Flash was extremely prevalent. Youtube and basically all video or music streaming was flash, and a lot of sites were basically all flash content. Even web-based business applications would require flash, so it got its tendrils in everywhere.
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Sep 24, 2015 03:27
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A relevant article on Ars today, Kaspersky and friends make your computer more vulnerable.
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I still trust and use NOD32 
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I'm currently working in an Environment that isn't locked down and is suffering from constant USB autorun viruses. I'm not affected (I'm working from my own laptop) but I'd like to resolve the issue. I have the capability to install software (such as spybot, or malware bytes) but I'm not sure if those pieces of software are panacea. Any suggestions of a good course of action?
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Disable autorun?
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Cheers, I will explore that.
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Sep 29, 2015 03:40
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All reactive anti-virus is ineffective so go for whichever is the most lightweight, i.e. MSE.
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trunkh posted:I'm currently working in an Environment that isn't locked down and is suffering from constant USB autorun viruses. I'm not affected (I'm working from my own laptop) but I'd like to resolve the issue. I have the capability to install software (such as spybot, or malware bytes) but I'm not sure if those pieces of software are panacea. Look into an application whitelisting product like Applocker. Should solve your problems unless your users constantly need to run unknown executables in which case it becomes hard to manage.
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