Who Gets More Viruses and Who Gets Through Them

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    Stools
       #21

    Runckle said:
    I try out everything at least once or twice. So I get viri and that kinda cr>p everyday. Over the last few weeks I have had:

    Virus 6
    Trojans 10
    Riskware 36
    And 90 intrusions all told.

    I very rarely have to re-install as I find that after testing all the antivirus out there except NOD 32 I found that the only one that keeps me safe is ? No point in saying as too many people want to knock them down. If you want the answer PM me.


    Nobody ever PM's me for what AV I use. So you are all happy with what you use. Great!
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    Windows 8.1u1 x64
       #22

    I use Norton Internet security 2011 Beta :)
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  3. Posts : 8,476
    Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
       #23

    I have removed thousands of nasty viruses on client computers. Mostly I use Avast boot scan, mbam, hitman pro and SAS.
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    window's 7
       #24

    NORTON? i left it along ago because i'm not satisfy with it
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  5. Posts : 474
    Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1
       #25

    I know many of you think Norton is crap, but in my experience, Symantec has turned themselves around. It isn't a memory hog anymore except for Norton 360, and it does a decent job of protecting my computer from viruses and helped me clean quite a few client computers. It seems effective against most viruses/malware.

    I also use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Ad-Aware 2010.

    From experience, I've learned not to trust freeware antivirus programs. I've been burned plenty by AVG, PC Tools etc. I have gotten viruses with them.

    And, in m experience, all Windows based OS can get viruses.
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    window's 7
       #26

    different user with difference experience i suppose :)
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    Win7 Ultimate x64
       #27

    merkat106 said:
    I know many of you think Norton is crap, but in my experience, Symantec has turned themselves around. It isn't a memory hog anymore except for Norton 360, and it does a decent job of protecting my computer from viruses and helped me clean quite a few client computers. It seems effective against most viruses/malware.

    I also use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Ad-Aware 2010.

    From experience, I've learned not to trust freeware antivirus programs. I've been burned plenty by AVG, PC Tools etc. I have gotten viruses with them.

    And, in m experience, all Windows based OS can get viruses.
    We used norton from the early days of Peter Norton, but stopped using it some years ago.
    I recall the problems trying to uninstall Norton, as it left trails all over the registry.
    A reformat would have been quicker.

    Burnt too many times to try them again.
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    window's 7
       #28

    Yes,my experience with NORTON was that they eat memory which i could say a lot.

    And i've changed to AVG,but that time AVG was still inferior to virus and brontok past through.

    Try NOD32 which works well but I need to update it online while my internet connection is slow

    Changed to AVIRA free and use it until now(avira's very sensitive especially to patch file etc)
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #29

    One virus. Destroyed my HDD and was what caused my fascination with computers. Since then no major ones, but the odd little one that was quickly found and eliminated before it did anything (by my anti-virus)
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    Windows XP - Now Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit).
       #30

    Over approx. 8 yrs I've been infected maybe four times -- usually intercepted by Avast and/or resolved with a System Restore, and on one occasion a complete reinstall was necessary. The latter was partly my fault as I deleted the boot system files in Windows ME during the recovery from the infection
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