I only use spybot to immunize my browsers in my system i rarely have it scan my system unless malwarebytes and super anti spyware and mse fail to detect/remove the virus.Haven't used Spybot in ages. Substitute Malwarebytes, and now you're talking
A GuyUsually do at least 2 scans a week like at the end of the week or when ever I feel like I want to do a quick scan
Hi,
I have used many anti viruses. I have a desktop and a laptop. My desktop is a Dual core, 2 GB RAM and my laptop is Core2Duo, 3 GB RAM both running Windows 7.
Like i said earlier I used many anti viruses and after using a lot of anti viruses for years now, I have came to conclusion that Avira Antivir Free with Malware Bytes Antimalware is best combination to protect your PC etc.
Like many are suggesting here MSE..i feel it does'nt protects you well enough. When I try a new antivirus I goto: Download ° EICAR - European Expert Group for IT-Security and I test the antivirus capability there. By clicking on those links you're downloading a dummy virus which is just to test whether your antivirus is detecting viruses or not.
The Avira Antivir Free works great. It detects viruses download from all types of protocols that are listed there and I also noted the MSE fails on some.
Also I noticed some antiviruses don't even detect this dummy virus. So next time you install a antivirus be sure that it detects all the download links here Download ° EICAR - European Expert Group for IT-Security so that you know that your antivirus is really working and you're safe and sound.
Just my 2 cents.
Thanks.
I would not trust EICAR as a test. Firefox does not save text to the HDD, as IE does, so it may not be detected. Also, the site even states that users have issues with the 2nd, .txt file
Some AV companies have purposely added the EICAR string to their detections due to complaints it wasn't detected. Your choices of Avira and Malwarebytes are good though"In order to facilitate various scenarios, we provide 4 files for download. The first, eicar.com, contains the ASCII string as described above. The second file, eicar.com.txt, is a copy of this file with a different filename. Some readers reported problems when downloading the first file, which can be circumvented when using the second version. Just download and rename the file to "eicar.com". That will do the trick."
A Guy
Mine scans pretty quick I didn't notice any slow downs at all anyways here you can see i'm on version 4
well, ive decided comodos A/V with D+ is going to be a better bet. Im still using 7s firewall instead of comodos for better system stability.
i guess avira is one of the bext antivirus n spyware software...
They recently released an update that screwed up a lot of Windows installs.
Avira Antivirus update cripples millions of Windows PCs
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