The complete, consolidated Anti-Virus thread « Ask your 'What AV?' questions here! - Page 9

stablez · 14th October 2009, 8:32 AM

Wow three stablez poters made from 1.
I wish you could desipher mi relationship and her druggo pals.

Just kidding.

Brain..

-=N0N@ME420=- · 14th October 2009, 8:58 AM

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Originally Posted by bennyg

AVG

made me waste many hours for a barrage of stuff that got past it recently.

So you got infected and are blaming your anti-virus?

neutralizer · 14th October 2009, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by bennyg

Pffft "hardware firewall"

Buy any $50 router and theres your "Hardware Firewall", how much did Norton charge for that.

If Norton had shit to do with it then it would be a software firewall and it wouldn't run on the router. Granted router based hardware firewalls aren't the be and end all, but the Cisco ones shit all over any software based firewall, they're just a lot harder to config and monitor and short of an actual hardware firewall, they're comparatively affordable.

MR CHILLED · 14th October 2009, 5:56 PM

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Originally Posted by bennyg

AVG

made me waste many hours for a barrage of stuff that got past it recently.

No solution is completely infallible. The not so good alternative is to not have any protection at all.

chainbolt · 14th October 2009, 6:12 PM

I must say that there is, as always in life, no completely infallible solution. For the time being I use AVIRA, knowing that it is not completely infallible.

MR CHILLED · 14th October 2009, 6:14 PM

Some are better than others, but people should not get upset at their AV software if something gets through.

chainbolt · 14th October 2009, 6:15 PM

I forgot to mention that not all are bad, but also not all are good.

MR CHILLED · 14th October 2009, 6:16 PM

Of course, that is true.

chainbolt · 14th October 2009, 6:23 PM

What counts is own experience, not everything what other people believe to be true, is true as such.

MR CHILLED · 14th October 2009, 6:24 PM

Needs to be a combination of one's own experience and others shared experiences. Which is why we have so many threads asking about the best AV software.

-=N0N@ME420=- · 14th October 2009, 7:40 PM

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Originally Posted by chainbolt

I must say that there is, as always in life, no completely infallible solution.

I can get close..

=)

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Originally Posted by MR CHILLED

Needs to be a combination of one's own experience and others shared experiences. Which is why we have so many threads asking about the best AV software.

Yup, I kinda got turned off the whole best anti-virus thing (years ago) when people weren't arguing about the detection rate or how some of the newer anti-malware apps were catching spyware/adware and others and some weren't even trying, and it became a question of memory usage.

So the 'best' anti-malware app would have to have the highest detection rate, the smallest memory footprint, smallest update size, easiest to use, best gui and optional all-in-one Internet defender packages... tbh I don't think any of them fit that description.

maddhatter · 14th October 2009, 9:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bennyg

Pffft "hardware firewall"

Buy any $50 router and theres your "Hardware Firewall", how much did Norton charge for that.

Software firewalls have their place; your NAT router will only stop unsolicited inbound traffic, outbound traffic is another story... a 0-day keylogger that your A/V doesn't pickup will typically get caught out by the software firewall.

eskimogenius · 20th October 2009, 9:03 PM

Install all the antiviruses/antispyware/firewalls in the world.

Constantly monitor your internet traffic. Anything goes wrong, pull the plug.

Now theres an infallible solution.

TXN · 20th October 2009, 9:05 PM

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Originally Posted by eskimogenius

Install all the antiviruses/antispyware/firewalls in the world.

Constantly monitor your internet traffic. Anything goes wrong, pull the plug.

Now theres an infallible solution.

Unless of course, the person is using your computer.

zoki_007 · 21st October 2009, 9:05 AM

I've been installing lately on a few friends laptops avast free home edition... Not too shabby i must say!!

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14th October 2009, 6:16 PM	#128
MR CHILLED D'oh! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Keep it up! :D Posts: 90,092	Of course, that is true. __________________ Co2 is weightless apparently. Be careful what you vote for. Howard on the economy: ''When the Prime Minister and the Treasurer and others tell you that the Australian economy is doing better than most – they are right,'' Asked how cash payments of baby bonus and school bonus are any different, Opposition Leader tony abbott says 'well look, they just are.'

14th October 2009, 6:24 PM	#130
MR CHILLED D'oh! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Keep it up! :D Posts: 90,092	Needs to be a combination of one's own experience and others shared experiences. Which is why we have so many threads asking about the best AV software. __________________ Co2 is weightless apparently. Be careful what you vote for. Howard on the economy: ''When the Prime Minister and the Treasurer and others tell you that the Australian economy is doing better than most – they are right,'' Asked how cash payments of baby bonus and school bonus are any different, Opposition Leader tony abbott says 'well look, they just are.'

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14th October 2009, 6:12 PM	#125
chainbolt Little member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Tokyo Posts: 76,479	I must say that there is, as always in life, no completely infallible solution. For the time being I use AVIRA, knowing that it is not completely infallible.

14th October 2009, 6:15 PM	#127
chainbolt Little member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Tokyo Posts: 76,479	I forgot to mention that not all are bad, but also not all are good.

14th October 2009, 6:23 PM	#129
chainbolt Little member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Tokyo Posts: 76,479	What counts is own experience, not everything what other people believe to be true, is true as such.

20th October 2009, 9:03 PM	#133
eskimogenius Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SUPER DUPER SYDNEY! Posts: 1,198	Install all the antiviruses/antispyware/firewalls in the world. Constantly monitor your internet traffic. Anything goes wrong, pull the plug. Now theres an infallible solution.