• The Anti-Virus Megathread
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[QUOTE=ijyt;35930807]I'm using their NOD32 AV, is their firewall really worth the extra dosh? The AV itself is only £15 for a year.[/QUOTE] ESET has a better firewall / spam filter module, I get it for free due to my friend's subscription to PC World.
Just finished the scan with Malwarebytes. I had four pieces of adware all this time, and MSE didn't even detect this. Oh well, it's not that bad I suppose. Naturally I would remove anything that an AV would frown upon regardless of the level of severity, but trojans and keyloggers are the worst IMO. I would do anything to remove them. [B]EDIT 15/02/12:[/B] Got a Rogue:JS/FakePAV trojan that MSE detected as soon as I accidently clicked on an ad that popped up when I clicked on a link to ImageShack. Window popped up saying that viruses were detected blah blah blah. My stomach lurched, which is natural because it always happens when something like that happens, but then I said "Not today, motherfucker" and disconnected from my internet conenction, leaving the window open, and closed it by clicking the X. Nothing happened after that, and MSE removed it.
[QUOTE=ijyt;35930807]I'm using their NOD32 AV, is their firewall really worth the extra dosh? The AV itself is only £15 for a year.[/QUOTE] I suppose, I do not trust free firewalls and have never been breached as far as I know. The firewall is very customizable, but I recommend leaving it on "Automatic mode with exceptions" so outbound traffic is allowed, otherwise it asks you about everything.
[QUOTE=Tucan Sam;35863462]MSE doesn't protect against stupidity[/QUOTE] Maybe I was a bit stupid, but not everything on FrostWire is loaded with malware. If you check the original torrent page comment section for positive ratings and such before you download then it's usually OK.
I always believed popularity is the safer choice. So Pirate Bay > FrostWire. [SUB][/SUB][SUB]100th reply.[/SUB]
[QUOTE=GreenBH;36063940]I always believed popularity is the safer choice. So Pirate Bay > FrostWire. [SUB][/SUB][SUB]100th reply.[/SUB][/QUOTE] How does popularity make it safer? Normally obscurity means that there are less people sticking infected torrents up.
Google suspects my computer is INFECTED. The fuck? I had my laptop scanned 5 times and nothing shows! Doesn't say anything about the DNSChanger trojan.
[QUOTE=GreenBH;36063940]I always believed popularity is the safer choice. So Pirate Bay > FrostWire. [SUB][/SUB][SUB]100th reply.[/SUB][/QUOTE] Well all FrostWire does is search popular torrent sites like isohunt and TPB and order it nicely. I still check out the original page though.
Just grabbed Malwarebytes and picked up 2 things MSE didn't.
[QUOTE=myalt22;35841018]What the hell did you download?!?[/QUOTE] "Adobe Licen..." Looks like an Adobe keygen to me.
I use Malwarebytes free for scanning and Microsoft Essentials for firewall. Had no problems so far on my few months old computer and scan with both on a regular basis.
I've been using AVG Internet Security (payed version) all the time. It works good, detects all viruses, fairly light weight except when it scans. That tends to slow my PC down a little. I combine this with an occasional scan with MBAM. MBAM detected some AdWare that AVG didn't detect.
[QUOTE=SwedishSpy;36158752]I've been using AVG Internet Security (payed version) all the time. It works good, detects all viruses, fairly light weight except when it scans. That tends to slow my PC down a little. I combine this with an occasional scan with MBAM. MBAM detected some AdWare that AVG didn't detect.[/QUOTE] AVG is bloated shit. Avast/MSE is better.
[QUOTE=Chubbs;36159031]AVG is bloated shit. Avast/MSE is better.[/QUOTE] What exactly is wrong with AVG?
[QUOTE=SwedishSpy;36160749]What exactly is wrong with AVG?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=tratzzz;35754584] Meh, norton is crap, AVG is crap (Personal experience, on first scan it found its uninstall file, deleted it and when I realized it is crap (Memory hogging on 512MB RAM machine is not great) I tried to uninstall.).[/QUOTE] My reason right here.
[QUOTE=tratzzz;36160797]My reason right here.[/QUOTE] Personally, I haven't had any major issues with AVG. It works pretty good and I don't browse shady or suspicious looking websites.
I have MSE and Spybot-SD Am I safe :c
[QUOTE=Jarrod;36161676]I have MSE and Spybot-SD Am I safe :c[/QUOTE] No, you need a real antivirus. Spybot is a great supplement though.
Guys help me out here, which one should I choose? Bitdefender Antivirus Plus F-Secure Antivirus or Avast! ?
MSE or Avast
would Nod32 as well as MBAM suffice?
I use Avast. Anything I should supplement it with?
Can't go wrong with Comodo firewall. The two play nice.
My AVG subscription ran out recently, any ideas for anything to replace it? I used Comodo long ago, and it was good, but overly touchy. I also used MSE, but didn't trust it. MBAM is always on though.
Malwarebytes and MSE works for me. MSE scans daily, Malwarebytes weekly.
Currently I use: * MSE * Common Sense 2k13 (the Common Sense series is excellent protection as long as you combine it with another AV solution) * UAC set to prompt for a password whenever anything needs administrator permission (so I know when something wants to run as admin, and I doubt it can cause much harm unelevated) In addition, I also have a Linux partition that I can quite easily install ClamAV on if something gets through those three things. I used to use avast!, but for some reason it was constantly bugging me to shell out for their pay-for service, despite me never opting into any trial or anything. Now I imagine this is just a bug, and if I had the money I'd just go ahead and pay for it, but I don't have the money, so I'm a bit wary of it being on my computer right now.
My setup: * Avast (in gaming mode) * Comodo Firewall with Defense+ * MBAM configured with scheduled task to run every week * Spybot S&D configured with scheduled task to run every week * [url]http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/[/url] * Firefox with third party cookies turned off. * Adblock + Ghostery + Noscript + Requestpolicy in Firefox I am also dualbooting with Debian, so i can easily remove any threat that can't be removed in Windows.
anyone who has any viruses so we can prove which one is the best? :v: nah jk. I use AVG (free) & the built-in windows 8 one avast seems a bit of a annoyance and AVG has just been doing the job for me.
Is there anything else like COMODO's sandboxing crap? Because the new 2013 UI sucks balls and I can't find shit in it anymore for something as simple as telling it to not sandbox something constantly.
Anti-virus for everything (Including gaming) - Avast! Full package (except backups) - Fully tweaked for gaming - MBAM Pro - Scanning every 2 to 4 weeks. - Adblock (mreh) MBAM comes in very handy with those nasty spyware. Avast license was for 3 years for 3 computers (1 for my dads store, 1 for my pc and one for my friend) [editline]10th May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=kaukassus;40486456]My setup: * Avast (in gaming mode) * Comodo Firewall with Defense+ * MBAM configured with scheduled task to run every week * Spybot S&D configured with scheduled task to run every week * [url]http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/[/url] * Firefox with third party cookies turned off. * Adblock + Ghostery + Noscript + Requestpolicy in Firefox I am also dualbooting with Debian, so i can easily remove any threat that can't be removed in Windows.[/QUOTE] I'm going to use that hosts file, very handy.
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