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I have used Panda Virus protection for the past 4 years, but recently, I was double billed by them and still show that my software is not being updated all the time, like it is supposed to be. I emailed and called them repeatedly. The emails back are vague at best and worthless. No one calls back, despite after ten minutes, they say that I can leave a number and someone will call. I guess they like their clients waiting ten minutes opn the ohone before they tell them to leave a number? No call backs. ZERO! I am very displeased with their total lack of support. They now claim I have three sets of software and can only imagine they have so charged me for them.
Question: Which virus software do the rest of you use and recommend?
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the systems admin at the computer school I attend (ECPI) suggested Kapersky to me and it found stuff none of the others would and eliminated them,..it has my vote The guy keeps about 250 computers clean and running well with a buncha techy students continually trying to do stuff they shouldn't so I really admire any advice he has to give,....
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I've uses APPLE computers for TEN years, and have NEVER had a virus. And have NEVER had to rely on anti virus software. What is keeping PC people from 'getting' this???
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Why does it always degenerate to this? The obvious reason mac users aren't plagued by viruses is the numbers game, not the superiority of the system. With such a miniscule market share it just isn't worth while for the virus writers - if the number of macs suddenly grew, they'd have the same problems to contend with.
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Use Avast FREE. It has climbed up to the top of the pile.
Avg has fallen into disfavor lately because it has become bloatware like the other well known brands.
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Actually. The M$ systems are built around the open model. MAC is built around a closed model.
M$ is a software company that writes code for hardware. All this hardware can be manufactured by any one with the desire to do so. THis desire for some nice little hardware item causes users to write code and make a life a little easier over all. This causes millions of users to seek out knowledge and become the next author of some cute and functional utility that makes our world so better. These users are the voice of computing in the wilderness.
MAC is hardware company that has code written for its specialty motherboards. MAC's use the very same add on hardware that the PC's use. All a MAC has to do is turn it on. They have no need and thus have no desire to write code or seek out new knowledge. They are the echo in the wilderness.
M$ open model allows for any one and every one to write their own code to operate just about any thing any one could imagine. This is true freedom. Obviously this opens the door for abuse. It is also why 90% of the world's machines use M$. It is also why MAC is only 6% and will barely rise any more. If we read the stats.. VISTA caused the little jump in MAC users. ABout 1.5% increase.
SO can we stop the smug attacks on those who prefer to us a PC?
Some of us have no choice. IE: There is no CNC software for a MAC. But there is a whole gamut of software for the PC from FREE to thousands in cost. Its called FREEEDOMMMMMM!!!!!!!! Freedom has very small price to pay in securing our machines. This is real life. Cause and effect at its best. Long llive the PC!
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"Freedom has very small price to pay in securing our machines."
Then how come the gvmt, big banks, etc., succumb to attacks that shut them down?
"This is real life."
For me real life is peace and quiet. That's why I've always tried to stay under the radar, whatever I'm doing. I've had very few problems and always done what I wanted.
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Yes I need Windows for my router, so I run Windows on my Mac....TOTAL FREEDOM... actually, more freedom than being 100% PC. You are stuck with Windows only Curtis. I run both.
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Agree 100 percent Dave. Have an old PC running my large format and another running the router. They have one piece of software on each and are no connected to the Internet so no virus worries there. Everything else is prepared on the mac, about ninety percent of the work. Best of both worlds. I used avg a couple of years back when I was all PC and it did the job
-------------------- Kevin Gaffney Artistik Signs Kinnegad County Westmeath Ireland 044-75187 kevingaffney@eircom.net Posts: 628 | From: Ireland | Registered: Oct 2003
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AVAST AND FIREFOX! Why firefox? cause it wont allow the bloated crap the IE lets in. AVG rocked now it sucks, spybot sucks now also along with adaware, they all seem to have the day on stage and then as we all know need to step to the side and accept defeat.
I also use ccleaner and hijack this to stay on top of my machines. Anything I download I scan right away. Avast is kicking butt as to letting me know if something is not right.
All in all one of the largest and best decisions I made was to kick IE a$$ to the curb....if it has MS on it you dont want it esspecially when it comes to spyware, virus, blah blah, blah. i dont even have their firewall or scanners activated just another peice of bloated crap crapware
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quote: actually, more freedom than being 100% PC. You are stuck with Windows only Curtis. I run both.
That is great. Some like to run all kinds of gadgets. If I needed both I would run both too. But, I have never ever needed to run both.
But I will never be stuck. I run windoes and I run it very well. I just wrote my own driver for my own home built controller board. Cost. about 45 minutes in time. The PC to run it? cost $15.
I just built my own cnc controller and run my own home designed cnc table. Is this being stuck? I only saved about $4,700 bux as compared to buying it. I know that is just a drop in the bucket for some MAC users.
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quote: Then how come the gvmt, big banks, etc., succumb to attacks that shut them down?
On this point..
The answer is because they do not use persons like me to secure their systems from people like me.
They fire any one who has the skills and desire to know all but command high pay. All they want is a yes person who makes minimum wage. The result is a script kiddy invading their systems all the time simply because they think paying a real wage to a real geek is a rip off.
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Shop is Kaspersky, has been for years... at home I've been playing with Microsoft Essentials (free), for past 6 months... must admit theyve done a good job. I do like the way that the antivirus is integrated with update tools, if a particular virus reguires a patch it's downloaded and installed. I'll stay with Kaspersky for a while (tried and proven) but i do think Security essentials is the future. It's time microsoft got proactive on virus issues.
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Three computers here on a network, two with Avast, work puter with AVG. The two with Avast have absolutely no issues, Work machine became so infected along with the external HD and would not let you disinfect it in any way, Curtis is my witness here!
Avast is golden!
Thanks Curtis for your new creation and fast service, it is super sonic as far as I'm concerened. You are the man!
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