What's the Best Anti-virus?

[rubyrubyroo]

@ICit2lol - We might be headed toward a "Social Group" concept here :

It's like taking a shower with a raincoat on.

@MilesAhead - That was a complement! Habitual analogists here! I was just curious about the "drop my rights" feature you spoke of. I'm don't remember hear of such a thing, but maybe it too obvious, you know "Right in my face!" Does it allow for bypassing the patchguard in Win7 x64 in some way?

Thanks
Mike

 

[MilesAhead]

The "shower with a raincoat nn" is just my personal opinion of using real time shields. Has nothing to do with you.

It can't bypass patch guard on 64 bit. Drop my rights I haven't investigated to any extent but I gather the reliance is on reducing the privileges of the user's account so that malware may be prevented from certain operations.

I use Sandboxie on Vista64 but only on occasion. Mainly if I'm going to browse to a link posted by someone I don't know. Also the licensing has changed to where the author can deactivate you if he suspects you're passing around enabled copies. The version I use is the last one that doesn't check in to see if I'm still a good boy. I just don't like the idea somebody can remotely kill my registration when I paid for the software and then it's up to me to chase the person around to prove I did nothing wrong. To me the onus should be on the person taking the action.

I would get the info from the site since I haven't updated or participated in the forums in some time.

 

[rubyrubyroo]

Oh I misunderstood, I guess I assumed the 64b would have PG to stop the krnl mod and that was why it worked on the 32b, I guess thats why I haven't heard of that.


Thx,
Mike

 

[barbarossa2241]

I heard good things about Bitdefender and wondering if I should get it or stick with my 2012 Norton ?

 

[ICIT2LOL]

I don't have experience with CIS so I don't have an opinion. The thing I found attractive with Sandboxie is only running it when I wanted and only running the app I want sandboxed under it. I prefer a selective approach to real-time shield methodology. I've just seen too many problems that disappear when you turn the shield off. It's like taking a shower with a raincoat on.

The CIS Miles actually goes straight into sandbox mode - well it asks you first so you have a choice - thats what I like about it. I just wish I cold find some way of using that feature as Kaspersky does with the online banking feature that I wouldn't be without on my main machine/s.

Just thinking we should have a section for AA in here -Analogists Anonymous LOL!!

 

[meesa]

There is no best, it's preference on what has worked for people in the past.
I prefer AVG Free or AdAware.

 

[GamePlanner]

Everybody has there own opinion and likes and dislikes however if i had to choose one i will go with avast if i have low spec machine and if a good coniguration of hardware that is ram harddisc and processor it will be kaspersky for sure

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Everybody has there own opinion and likes and dislikes however if i had to choose one i will go with avast if i have low spec machine and if a good coniguration of hardware that is ram harddisc and processor it will be kaspersky for sure

Welcome Gameplanner and well said you could add what I always maintain - ad nauseum - that it also relies on the online behaviour of the operator - we obey road rules - no different on the net my friend.

By the by if you go KIS give me a bell I know of the perfect configuration set up if you haven't used it before. My machines are all KIS except my testers on Comodo.

 

[M1GU31]

i ended up using mse because avira kept blocking mw2 from connecting to severs even when i allowed it through the firewall and i tried avast before but virus got past it and i end up cleaning it with malwarebytes

 

[ICIT2LOL]

i ended up using mse because avira kept blocking mw2 from connecting to severs even when i allowed it through the firewall and i tried avast before but virus got past it and i end up cleaning it with malwarebytes

Just a suggestion MIGU if you want something different not that MSE is no good it is but I have been testing out the free Comodo Premium - top firewall and easy to configure. Mind you you have to put up with some sales nagging - at first.

 

[M1GU31]

i ended up using mse because avira kept blocking mw2 from connecting to severs even when i allowed it through the firewall and i tried avast before but virus got past it and i end up cleaning it with malwarebytes

Just a suggestion MIGU if you want something different not that MSE is no good it is but I have been testing out the free Comodo Premium - top firewall and easy to configure. Mind you you have to put up with some sales nagging - at first.

i could give it a go but if it blocks me from playing im going to take it off see i play the mw2 version with the custom client alterinet because i find it much better then inffintywards mp were it acts like xbox with no severs and with this one i get severs which is much nicer but il'l give it a go

 

[ICIT2LOL]

i ended up using mse because avira kept blocking mw2 from connecting to severs even when i allowed it through the firewall and i tried avast before but virus got past it and i end up cleaning it with malwarebytes

Just a suggestion MIGU if you want something different not that MSE is no good it is but I have been testing out the free Comodo Premium - top firewall and easy to configure. Mind you you have to put up with some sales nagging - at first.

i could give it a go but if it blocks me from playing im going to take it off see i play the mw2 version with the custom client alterinet because i find it much better then inffintywards mp were it acts like xbox with no severs and with this one i get severs which is much nicer but il'l give it a go

Hum as I aid mate you will get some nagging oh and disable Geek Buddy don't uninstall it, and once you "allow" whatever - unless it is something really suspicious then it's up to you to use your own judgment I follow CIS advice. the Comodo will just kick in on the new and apps you have already on board.

There are settings that you can set to trust but I never use them unless I am 1000% sure.

 

[M1GU31]

Just a suggestion MIGU if you want something different not that MSE is no good it is but I have been testing out the free Comodo Premium - top firewall and easy to configure. Mind you you have to put up with some sales nagging - at first.

i could give it a go but if it blocks me from playing im going to take it off see i play the mw2 version with the custom client alterinet because i find it much better then inffintywards mp were it acts like xbox with no severs and with this one i get severs which is much nicer but il'l give it a go

Hum as I aid mate you will get some nagging oh and disable Geek Buddy don't uninstall it, and once you "allow" whatever - unless it is something really suspicious then it's up to you to use your own judgment I follow CIS advice. the Comodo will just kick in on the new and apps you have already on board.

There are settings that you can set to trust but I never use them unless I am 1000% sure.

um i know this sounds dumb but uh i cant find the link to free comodo premium on their website lool all i see is there free firewall nothing about premium maybe i'm just not looking hard enough

 

[ICIT2LOL]

No probs MIGU - Free Desktop PC Security - Free Downloads Keep your PC Safe | Comodo hit the download to "save" in your downloads.

As a precaution as always get rid of any security already on board before installing CIS to prevent conflicts.

Once installed bring up the GUI go to "More" click on update database (definitions) let it install those - takes a while first time, then config how you want it.

Malwarebytes does not upset it so that is fine although I do set mine to the settings as in the pic.

Any queries message me - will be out in about two hours from now.
Oh meant to say it will ask you to scan - up to you first one takes a fair while so best left for a time when you can lt it run for a while.

 

[M1GU31]

got the bloody error again :/ its like it gets blocked i get iw4mp.dat application error unable to start correctly (0xc0000018) same thing happened with avira eh its blocking somthing becuase it doesnt crash when i take it off,anyways i looked up the error and its somthing to do with gaurd64.dll which i think the antivirues program uses :/

 

[ICIT2LOL]

got the bloody error again :/ its like it gets blocked i get iw4mp.dat application error unable to start correctly (0xc0000018) same thing happened with avira eh its blocking somthing becuase it doesnt crash when i take it off,anyways i looked up the error and its somthing to do with gaurd64.dll which i think the antivirues program uses :/

Mate is this iw4mp.dat file something to with gaming? - have no idea myself as I don't game. plenty of refs in a Google to having to download it again etc if it is something you need.

Also are you saying that trying to get Comodo is being stopped by this fault - am a bit confused as to what it is you are trying to do now.

 

[M1GU31]

got the bloody error again :/ its like it gets blocked i get iw4mp.dat application error unable to start correctly (0xc0000018) same thing happened with avira eh its blocking something because it doesn't crash when i take it off,anyways i looked up the error and its something to do with gaurd64.dll which i think the antiviruses program uses :/

Mate is this iw4mp.dat file something to with gaming? - have no idea myself as I don't game. plenty of refs in a Google to having to download it again etc if it is something you need.

Also are you saying that trying to get Comodo is being stopped by this fault - am a bit confused as to what it is you are trying to do now.

its a file assocated with the game, comodo will stop it from loading every time i try to launch it ,tried doing what some dudes said on this other forum by giving it rights still wont let me so its somthing with the comodo firewall,apparently altriwnet the client i'm using for modern warfare 2 isn't to friendly with firewalls expect windows firewall. Alot of other people been having this problem even with different firewalls and antiviruses
http://alteriw.net/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=72172

This was they said to do but still doesn't work don't know what im doing wrong :sarc:
http://alteriw.net/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=20604#p176924


ill keep trying it and see if i can resolve it and if i cant then i go back to MSE or try different ones and see which lets me play

anyways what i'm trying to say is the connection to the multi player can't get through the firewall due to the file being blocked from connecting with the internet to establish a connection

got it to run using sandboxed but then i can't use my other application that tracks my gaming hours and allows me to chat with my friends ingame its called xfire kinda like how steam has a user interface ingame

 

[Britton30]

Did you add iw4mp.dat and iw4mp.exe to the Comodo allowed or exception list?

 

[M1GU31]

Did you add iw4mp.dat and iw4mp.exe to the Comodo allowed or exception list?

i added both to the expection list in the defense + on comodo firewall anyways useing mse with windows firewall atm unless i can some how fix this or find some other good firewall that will let me play and act normal when added to exception list

 

[exoTron]

Windows Security Essentials is decent because it is designed with Windows in mind - I have it installed and it does not take up resources on my machine. In the past I have used Kasperky which I am pleased with - however it is a bit heavy. I would not trust NOD 32 anymore - it used to be a great antivirus some 5 years ago - not any longer - too many false positives.