Anti Virus

[Shangri-laschild]

I asked one of the techs at my school about anti virus protection and she mentioned AVG at http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Vir...-10320142.html. Has anyone had any expirience with this that can give their input?

[Broomjockey]

http://www.customerssuck.com/board/s...ad.php?t=23556

From that thread, there's at least a few of us who use it. I know I like it. I've got the free version, and I've not had any issues, either when I was using XP, or on Vista.

[Crossbow]

I've been using it for the last 4 years or so and have been quite happy with it. Since I'm on DSL, I set it to update the definitions every night a 2:00AM and run a full scan every night at 3:00AM. If it misses an update (no connection or the machine was off, it automatically updates as soon as it can. Very convenient.

[Der Cute]

I use it, I like it. It's comprehensive, covers viruses, trojans and some malware, and is also very easy to use.

Remember: NO software EVER will do EVERYTHING you want at one time. One brand may be really really good at catching Viruses. Another will be good at catching trojans. To combat this - you use a layered approach.

Layer your access to the internet by using firewalls (not the windows), routers, anti virus and common, frequent (weekly, or monthly) malware scans.

Cutenoob

[Shangri-laschild]

Yay! Thank you everyone! My best friend just finished putting together my new computer and I really didn't want to be without antivirus. I'll go ahead and use this stuff.

[crazylegs]

As with all AVS (anti virus software) be aware how it set up, I have my computer set to update every time the computer is connected to the internet, my mother on the other hand only updates about once a week or so... (we're both on AVG I've set it up slightly differently and belive I'm a lot more protected.