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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #15 on: 30 January 2010, 14:37:33 »
All of the above mentioned do their job in different ways, also worth keeping an updated copy of Malwarebytes to run in Safe Mode for those nasty ones.

All my new machines now I partition the Hard Drive into 3 drives, the Root Drive contains my OS and Installed Programes whilsts all my stuff is configured  to be saved on the 2nd Drive, the 3rd Drive is an Ghost Image of the 1st Drive which is backed up once a week.

That way if it all does go wrong big time, I can reinstall my last working saved Back Up without effecting all my own saved stuff.  :y
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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #16 on: 30 January 2010, 16:20:26 »
Used to use AVG but have been on Avast for 2-3 years - no probs!
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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #17 on: 30 January 2010, 17:26:53 »
Are they any good on ebay you see for £7.95,norton and mcafee,as our laptop is riddled with viruses and quite desperate now,and sometimes becomes unuseable. :-/
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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #18 on: 30 January 2010, 17:31:02 »
If you bank with Barclays (like me) and are registered with their online banking system then you get Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 for free for a year. After the year you just have to renew your licence (still free) and can upgrade to the latest version for free too :y
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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #19 on: 30 January 2010, 17:53:32 »
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If you bank with Barclays (like me) and are registered with their online banking system then you get Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 for free for a year. After the year you just have to renew your licence (still free) and can upgrade to the latest version for free too :y


Do you :-? I bank with them & never knew that.
Nice one, i'll have to look into it :y
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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #20 on: 30 January 2010, 18:28:57 »
Been using Comodo AV, free for personal use - no problems with it over the last 18 months  :y
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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #21 on: 30 January 2010, 18:37:19 »
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Are they any good on ebay you see for £7.95,norton and mcafee,as our laptop is riddled with viruses and quite desperate now,and sometimes becomes unuseable. :-/
If the freebie products can't clean your machine, then a paid for product isn't going to help you much.
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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #22 on: 30 January 2010, 18:53:10 »
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If you bank with Barclays (like me) and are registered with their online banking system then you get Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 for free for a year. After the year you just have to renew your licence (still free) and can upgrade to the latest version for free too :y


Do you :-? I bank with them & never knew that.
Nice one, i'll have to look into it :y

No worries. The licence is for 3 computers too so I have desktop and both lappys protected for free :y
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« Reply #23 on: 30 January 2010, 19:15:50 »
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If you bank with Barclays (like me) and are registered with their online banking system then you get Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 for free for a year. After the year you just have to renew your licence (still free) and can upgrade to the latest version for free too :y


Do you :-? I bank with them & never knew that.
Nice one, i'll have to look into it :y

No worries. The licence is for 3 computers too so I have desktop and both lappys protected for free :y

I've just deleted my old free one & installed the new one.

Thank you for that :y :y :y :y
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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #24 on: 30 January 2010, 21:05:57 »
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AVAST :y

Antivir let a virus through >:(
Doesn't matter who makes the software, it will only be as good as the definition file.

I use NOD32 myself Skruntie (free in my world as always  ;) ), but as far as the proper freebies go then I'd say Avast is a lot less of a resource hog than AVG now is.


I had AVG and, although it seemed to be doing the job, I felt as though the computer wasn't mine any more. Same with zone alarm pro.
I use avast and I allow five minutes after I've first connected in the morning (dial-up broadband) for it to update and do it's stuff. After that it doesn't bother me. I just use the free zone alarm now.

I haven't had any problems for ages, but I'm careful which sites I visit and I never follow a link from an email.

The K9 web filter that Mark (KW) recommended for the lad has been a godsend.
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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #25 on: 30 January 2010, 21:12:12 »
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AVAST :y

Antivir let a virus through >:(
Doesn't matter who makes the software, it will only be as good as the definition file.

I use NOD32 myself Skruntie (free in my world as always  ;) ), but as far as the proper freebies go then I'd say Avast is a lot less of a resource hog than AVG now is.


I had AVG and, although it seemed to be doing the job, I felt as though the computer wasn't mine any more. Same with zone alarm pro.
I use avast and I allow five minutes after I've first connected in the morning (dial-up broadband) for it to update and do it's stuff. After that it doesn't bother me. I just use the free zone alarm now.

I haven't had any problems for ages, but I'm careful which sites I visit and I never follow a link from an email.

The K9 web filter that Mark (KW) recommended for the lad has been a godsend.

my thoughts also  ;D :y
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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #26 on: 31 January 2010, 01:34:13 »
Will run AVG for a while and see how it performs
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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #27 on: 31 January 2010, 04:46:24 »
Avast does require Registration to download/install/use but its free for 14 months at which time you need to re-register. I rate it quite good-less obtrusive than avg,updates nice and quick.

But look out for these toe rags--

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-windows-antivirus-pro

The link is safe,it describes the bas***d and how to get rid of it.

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Re: Anti Virus Protection
« Reply #28 on: 31 January 2010, 09:40:28 »
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The K9 web filter that Mark (KW) recommended for the lad has been a godsend.
Not bad for something that is legitimately free is it Steve?
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