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**pevergreen** · 04-08-2009, 09:40

Its just your generic MSN virus.

**Reverend Joe** · 04-08-2009, 16:37

Hmm... while we're on the subject, how would you rank Avast!, pevergreen?

**Aemilius Paulus** · 04-08-2009, 17:37

Avast! and AVG are OK, but they are free. So is Spybot. They all have incredibly low detection rates. You are susceptible to almost everything with them. Just read the reviews. They are disappointing. The free ones may be good for what they are, but they will not come close to the paid antivirus programs.

I used to have Avast! and then I got McAfee and McAfee cleaned out whole bucketload of malware that Avast! never detected. Then I got Kaspersky and it cleaned out several more types of malware, but this time more serious, such as worms and spyware, that McAfee never suspected were there. So get Kaspersky. No one is truly safe without it, as in addition to the best protection it has the fastest response times of all anti-malware programs and is updated a couple of times a day. It was also the only anti-malware to detect the Conficker worm and delete it for quite some time.

Kaspersky also keeps track of what you are infected with and sends the data to the company website, where they analyse it, contributing to the fast response times. Kaspersky is always the first one to discover a virus, and always the first one to respond. Even though some say there are better anti-malware programs, everyone agrees that Kaspersky has the fastest response time.

**Reverend Joe** · 04-08-2009, 18:14

Interesting, but unless I can keep renewing the free trial I still won't go for it. It's a principle thing; people should have free protection from the crap that floats around out there.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 04-08-2009, 18:40

Originally Posted by Reverend Joe

Interesting, but unless I can keep renewing the free trial I still won't go for it. It's a principle thing; people should have free protection from the crap that floats around out there.

Keep on living like that Mr.Principle and you will soon fall into deep trouble. Sure, we should have protection from that, but actually, this is a capitalist world. It is also a world with crime in it. You have to buy locks for your doors so that you will not get broken into. You also should keep your money in a bank for both the safety and the interest. We cannot act on principles all the time, and especially if we have such silly principles. Just wait until you have to wipe your computer clean and then perhaps it will cause you to change your principles. You would not believe how many of my classmates had that done to their computers. And they had paid antivirus programs mind you. Much better than Avast! and AVG. Not Kaspersky though, which is why they had to wipe their computers clean.

Seriously, are you kidding me? "people should have free protection from the crap that floats around out there"? That is the most naive thing I have heard in months. Get that trial, scan your computer, fix your problems and if you want to know how to keep it for a longer time, just PM me.

**Subotan** · 04-08-2009, 19:19

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

Just get Kaspersky Antivirus. The best in the world, I guarantee. Just Google it and look at its reviews it always places either first or second, in just about EVERY competition, magazine, website, etc.

Get a thirty-day trial of it which is free, and for 30 days you will clean out your computer. Then you can get another trial

I have no idea what Kapersky is, I've never heard of it. Preferrably, I'd use AVG, but seeing as how it sabotages Steam, I have to make do with Avira. If you use Steam, go with Avira.

Originally Posted by pevergreen

Spybot is also another good one.

Spybot+(Avira/AVG)+Trial Version of Zonealarm+Common Sense=A safe, happy PC.

Originally Posted by pevergreen

Its just your generic MSN virus.

Yep. Like I'm going to execute those "Awesome pics of the party LOL"

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

I used to have Avast! and then I got McAfee and McAfee .

McAfee is rubbish. Srsly. It must be like Norton, in league with the devil or something, as there's no way a product so bad could keep a business in profit.

Free AVG is the way to go, UNLESS you have/use Steam, in which case I'd use Free Avira. Bolting together a security system out of trial and free versions is the way to go.

**Reverend Joe** · 04-08-2009, 20:31

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

Keep on living like that Mr.Principle and you will soon fall into deep trouble. Sure, we should have protection from that, but actually, this is a capitalist world. It is also a world with crime in it. You have to buy locks for your doors so that you will not get broken into. You also should keep your money in a bank for both the safety and the interest. We cannot act on principles all the time, and especially if we have such silly principles. Just wait until you have to wipe your computer clean and then perhaps it will cause you to change your principles. You would not believe how many of my classmates had that done to their computers. And they had paid antivirus programs mind you. Much better than Avast! and AVG. Not Kaspersky though, which is why they had to wipe their computers clean.

Seriously, are you kidding me? "people should have free protection from the crap that floats around out there"? That is the most naive thing I have heard in months. Get that trial, scan your computer, fix your problems and if you want to know how to keep it for a longer time, just PM me.

Damn, don't get excited. It's not your computer.

Anyhow, why do you have a problem with me having principles? And since when is that one silly? It's just the internet, and it's just a computer. I can do without either, honestly.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 04-08-2009, 21:01

Originally Posted by Reverend Joe

Damn, don't get excited. It's not your computer.

Anyhow, why do you have a problem with me having principles? And since when is that one silly? It's just the internet, and it's just a computer. I can do without either, honestly.

I am neither excited nor have a problem with your principles. I just find them rather bizarre and irrational. C'mon, "people should have free protection from the crap that floats around out there"? How old are you BTW? Have you had previous experiences with viruses?

I am not so certain you would be glad if your computer had its own memory wiped. That means every file, program and even the OS would be gone. We can all do without, but would we want to? Not to mention that nowadays it is very difficult to do without. In my school for instance, all of our assignments are in electronic format.