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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: MCD on October 16, 2007, 03:58:36 PM

Title: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: MCD on October 16, 2007, 03:58:36 PM: I need a free antivirus, and i need to choose between these two bitches, so who which one is the best?
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 16, 2007, 04:02:54 PM: I use AVG, never tried Avast, though.
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Post by: Candyflip on October 16, 2007, 04:03:45 PM: Any AV can be free if you try. Get NOD32.
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Post by: hyp on October 16, 2007, 04:06:32 PM: avg... it's cheap. it's FREE.
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: MCD on October 16, 2007, 04:06:45 PM: Well, yes.

i love Kaspersky but they blocked all the keys, and i don't feel safe with NOD32, don't ask me why, but i don't.
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: Ecrofirt on October 16, 2007, 04:29:47 PM: AVG.

Avast noticeably slowed my PC, while AVG does nothing of the sort.
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Post by: Mupepe on October 16, 2007, 04:35:45 PM: I just use windows vista shit.
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Post by: Vizzys on October 16, 2007, 04:50:28 PM: NOD32 hands down
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: Candyflip on October 16, 2007, 06:49:22 PM: Quote from: Viz on October 16, 2007, 04:50:28 PM
NOD32 hands down
Yep.
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 16, 2007, 06:49:52 PM: none of them. keep yer shit patched with windows update and save yourself the cpu cycles.
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: MCD on October 16, 2007, 06:53:34 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on October 16, 2007, 06:49:52 PM
none of them. keep yer shit patched with windows update and save yourself the cpu cycles.

Just found 3 trojans and 2 email viruses with trial Kaspersky.

Professor, the internet is not safe anymore.
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 16, 2007, 07:00:32 PM: dude, i have 4 pcs in my house. i have no viruses and they all have NO virus protection. if you know how to maintain yer os and follow a few simple rules when browsing and properly set up email filters, there is no need to waste resources on virus "protection".
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: MCD on October 16, 2007, 07:04:33 PM: Professor, i surf without rules.

crack sites are the pain most of the time, and for some reason, most of the viruses detected are from system volume information.
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: xnikki118x on October 17, 2007, 02:55:37 AM: I use AVG and lovelovelove it.

Also, Ecrofirt is my resident expert and he uses AVG. I trust his wisdom.

It's also never given me a problem. I recommend it to EVERYONE and it hasn't given my parents, friends, anyone I've had install it a problem.

Just remember to only use one antivirus on your machine--you probably already know that, but I knew a girl who was like "omg I have Norton AND Mccaffee AND Avast AND AVG AND I KEEP GETTING TROJANS WTF."
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: MCD on October 17, 2007, 05:41:21 AM: lol.

guess it is AVG then.
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on October 17, 2007, 11:31:50 AM: Doesn't AVG start nagging you to pay after a while?
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Post by: Mupepe on October 17, 2007, 11:48:02 AM: Quote from: Mupepe on October 16, 2007, 04:35:45 PM
I just use windows vista shit.

Quote from: Professor Prole on October 16, 2007, 06:49:52 PM
none of them. keep yer shit patched with windows update and save yourself the cpu cycles.

We were totally meant for each other
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: Fragamemnon on October 17, 2007, 12:14:23 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on October 16, 2007, 06:49:52 PM
none of them. keep yer shit patched with windows update and save yourself the cpu cycles.

Seriously, been doing this for years and have never had an issue. If you're really paranoid, you can always put a virus scanner on a USB drive or something and boot to it or something every once and a while, but it's just not necessary provided you don't steal shit from the internet left and right.
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 17, 2007, 05:27:13 PM: yeah, if you aren't a pornhound or a pirate, virus scanners are largely unnecessary
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Post by: Mupepe on October 17, 2007, 05:35:40 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on October 17, 2007, 05:27:13 PM
yeah, if you aren't a pornhound or a pirate, virus scanners are largely unnecessary
wrong.

you can be a pornhound and still have a clean computer.

www.youporn.com
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 17, 2007, 05:38:43 PM: you're not a pornhound if you use youporn instead of archiving gigs upon gigs of esoteric schisse footage on your home san
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Post by: demi on October 17, 2007, 05:42:34 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on October 16, 2007, 06:49:52 PM
none of them. keep yer shit patched with windows update and save yourself the cpu cycles.

See McDragon, don't you "..." me

Only noobies use virus protection
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: MCD on October 17, 2007, 05:50:01 PM: Screw you demi.

bitches don't know about my surfing!
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: xnikki118x on October 18, 2007, 02:11:12 AM: Quote from: AdmiralViscen on October 17, 2007, 11:31:50 AM
Doesn't AVG start nagging you to pay after a while?

Mine never has. *shrug*
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Post by: Synbios459 on October 18, 2007, 07:01:55 PM: AVG.
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Post by: TVC15 on October 18, 2007, 07:08:44 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on October 17, 2007, 05:27:13 PM
yeah, if you aren't a pornhound or a pirate, virus scanners are largely unnecessary

I'm both and I don't have any problems. I surf bareback, too.

I do anti-spyware, though. That's kind of a necessity.
Title: Re: avast or AVG? HALP!
Post by: Synbios459 on October 18, 2007, 07:09:00 PM: Spyware the new virus.