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[wgr]

what do you guys use for virus protection

[JeffinNZ]

AVG professional.

[waksupi]

Malawarebytes. Free version is good, I have the paid version, nothing has ever got past it.

[dragon813gt]

I went back to Windows Defender. AVG let in a few viruses last year so I stopped using it. So far so good but we will see.

[bangerjim]

Norton 360. The Norton software packages have protected all of our company computers for over 18 years! Not a single virus, malware, or anything has ever got thru. And it has found a lot over the years!

Not free, but worth every penny.

They ARE out there.....and are looking for a way into your computer! Beware.....never go on-line without one.


bangerjim

[aspangler]

Try AVAST. Works for me.

[edler7]

AVG free for virus protection and malware bytes for malware. Wife "degunks" computers for a living and her clients that run these 2 regularly never have problems.

Used to use Norton, but it is such a resource hog we switched.

[Down South]

Norton 360 Premier. Been using Norton a long time with no problems.

[chevyiron420]

I use a Linux operating system and have only what came with it, or not. I have had no problems with viruses since the change over. It took some time to get used to it but I love it. My wife has now made the change and she loves it too. Best part is its free.

[bangerjim]

If you have a NEW computer with maximum FAST ram, FAST FEB, and big SSHD (like all of ours), you will never see any slowdown with Norton. You cannot run it on WIN98 on a 10 year old PC with any speed!!!! I cannot understand why so many on here trash Norton. Just buy a good fast new computer and have done with it. And enjoy life in the uber-fast lane! Good fast computers are dirt cheap these days.

banger

[BrassMagnet]

If you have a NEW computer with maximum FAST ram, FAST FEB, and big SSHD (like all of ours), you will never see any slowdown with Norton. You cannot run it on WIN98 on a 10 year old PC with any speed!!!! I cannot understand why so many on here trash Norton. Just buy a good fast new computer and have done with it. And enjoy life in the uber-fast lane! Good fast computers are dirt cheap these days.

banger

Good, fast computers are soon slow and incapable of fast operation with many of the antivirus programs because they are always being changed to hog all of the available resources.
Once you pay for it, it rapidly becomes obsolete and that includes when you pay cash!

[JWFilips]

Macintosh ...nothing

[MrWolf]

Kapersky for the few we have. Mostly use Ipads so not an issue.

[MaryB]

Avast, Spybot, Comodo firewall...

[bangerjim]

Good, fast computers are soon slow and incapable of fast operation with many of the antivirus programs because they are always being changed to hog all of the available resources.
Once you pay for it, it rapidly becomes obsolete and that includes when you pay cash!

I disagree, my friend.

I have computers in my personal company with the latest & greatest processors, max high speed RAM, large SSHD's and they cold boot into WIN7PRO or WIN10 in 15-25 seconds. And BIG programs like the Microsoft Office Suite, AutoCAD, Photoshop, etc, are there within 4-5 seconds, faster once they have ran and are in memory!

Norton does NOT take any speed away from a fast computer. It does from an old clunker running WIN95/98 on a 10-15 year old mother board and 1G ram with a slow meat-grinder spinning HD.

banger

[Mal Paso]

Norton/Symantec Enterprise Software is good. It's the consumer versions that have been at the bottom of the reviews.

I have used ESET, Kaspersky and AVG with success. Just bought a single Kaspersky license on Amazon for $14. They wanted $37 to renew so I shopped for a new program, wound up with the same one for $14.

[popper]

Bitdefender. Symantic used to be good but they sold to Norton/macafee. I've used most everything over the years, they change year to year. None are industrial strength. Who know what back doors they put in for NSA.

[walltube]

Avast for my somewhat new Dell lap-top. I am pleased with both performance and tech personnel. Avast is located in the Czech Republic; Avast techies speak English. Clear, easily understood English with a sense of humor. A necessary attribute to communicate with early mid-20th Century hearing impaired, crabbish American curmudgeons such as I.


Dearly Beloved's new desk-top iMac with the huge monitor has factory installed Avast. Imagine our surprise at that. She is happy. If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

The winds of November cometh,
Wt.

[DougGuy]

Eset Nod32 antivirus. It runs with a rather small footprint, doesn't take over EVERYTHING like Norton does, it's quite affordable, VERY good at finding and removing installed malware, it will notify you if you browse to an infected or suspected web page, it has GREAT support (FREE and based in the US!) and they stay on top of it. 32 and 64 bit versions. Been using this for years and years.

http://www.eset.com/us/

[Rockzilla]

Eset Nod32/64 here for years have tried others, but went back to Eset, also use Outpost as the firewall, of course I am running modified O/S, tweaked per say, VMWare, Sandboxed, and machines are imaged.

-Rock