To av or not av
19:03 Saturday 1 Sep 07
Do I install av software on the reinstalled machine?
Yes:
- viruses are bad
- its expected that you do
No:
- malware is much worse
- av eats more resources than it ‘gives back’ in results
- safe practice is most of the battle against virii anyway
So right now I’m veering to No.
I do have spybot installed and hijackthis available. Clamwin is a purely on-demand solution which sounds okay but I have yet to dig around for reviews and comparisons.
Got av?
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I run avast! and I like it enough. I suppose you are right though… if you take enough preventive measures that’s most of the battle right there. avast! only uses a little over meg in resources as far as I can tell, and it is free for personal use. It doesn’t feel nearly as bulky and bloated as McAfee or Norton to me, so I will continue to use it.
19:54 Saturday 1 Sep 07
2
I don’t have any anti-spyware or anti-malware on my Macs or PC.
I’m just veeeeeery areful where I browse to (esp. on PC!)
22:03 Saturday 1 Sep 07
3
I run AVG, Ad-Watch, SpyBot and Windows Defender with my Windows Firewall switched on. I go where I want and when I want and by keeping all those up to date and running regularly I’ve managed to avoid any significant problems in the last 6 years or so of online activity…..touch wood ;)
23:36 Saturday 1 Sep 07
4
I’m an esset Nod32 man, but yeah. Install virusware.
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Okay,
Father Luke
04:20 Sunday 2 Sep 07
5
AVG free and a hardware firewall in my router here. Nothing else.
08:16 Sunday 2 Sep 07
6
I’ve gone the same way as you Steve – avg.
Same situation with the hardware firewall.
I still think a virus is nothing compared to the malware that can get in – that’s why I use Hijackthis. It also lets me see if anything has hooked into the startup items
19:36 Sunday 2 Sep 07
7
Good call. I’ve watched to many peopple cry and helped too many people try to recover their machine after a virus not to have av installed on Windows.
21:45 Friday 7 Sep 07