Antivirus advice urgently needed....

Quote from mark2:

Hmm.. Ihave been using AVG for many years and this never happened to me...
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Just a question...
you have been using AVG for many years...
how many viruses or total computer implosions (due to malware) have you gotten in that time?
 
I think about three times...I think AVG is not a good malware fighter . Guess need other software to help in that front.
 
Quote from mark2:

I think about three times...I think AVG is not a good malware fighter . Guess need other software to help in that front.
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See that's my point...
in the last 5 years, i've gotten one virus...and I know when it happened (I clicked on something STUPID from myspace spam) and I got infected..

I've never run AV software...
I just don't click on stupid shit (almost never)..

AV software gives you viruses...
 
I have been using AVG paid version for 6 years and in that time AVG has never found any thing. However, I have had a few problems caused by anti-virus software. I am on the internet every day but I am very careful about what I click on or download.
 
Quote from paulxx:

Having put many hundreds, maybe thousands of copies of AVG on home users computers in recent years - I now have changed to Avira Antivir.

Version 8 of AVG has gone the way of bloat and the seed of the idea that your system resources are theirs to control is growing. It is not too bad yet, still a good program that will slow you down just a bit more. But the way they are defensively arguing on their web forums against some of their customers that at least want the option of disabling bloat, does not bode well. Norton and Mcafee were once good programs....

Avast is OK also but bigger memory footprint and requires annual registration.

Antivir has a better detection rate, and uses less resources. Avira are technically excellent while being marketing idiots. By which I mean their program has a popup every time you update. All over the web you will read this as just about the only criticism.

But there is an easy way to fix it here: http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm
I even found an obscure one click fix program that I use everywhere but can't find the URL where I got it from....

Lastly, don't be concerned about the lack of email scanning in the free version - email scanning is actually useless: http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

I have done a full post here with cleanup instructions if you have problems: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=115313&perpage=6&pagenumber=5 Checkout the next page 6 also for a PS.

Once cleaned up, Avira, Spybot, a router (as a firewall) and the built in Windows fiirewall are all an ordinary user who is just a bit careful what he clicks on, needs. I and most of my customers find the latest 1.5 version of Spybot a pain as it always wants to be in your face. I prefer 1.4, turn off the SD Helper, and scan every week or any time you are concerned.

By the way I run 9 (nine) computers in my own large household with exactly this setup - Limewire (keyword filtered) and torrents running constantly - and no virus problems.
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I just loaded AVG 8 this wkend due to an issue w/ AVG 7.5. You're right, what a friggin bloated pig. I did a modified install where all components aren't installed, disabled all custom install options and the damn thing still runs using 50+mb of memory (yes 50+MB). I had 7.5 trimmed to using less then 300kb (that's over 100 times less memory)

Part of the problem is they've included antispyware, etc. It seems like a better program but no longer valid for a trading pc.

I'll look into antivir, hopefully they offer an option to exclude folders.
 
I took AVG 8 off my computers and went back to AVG 7.5 anti-malware. My AVG service terminates in 36 days and I will be switching to Avira paid version at that time.
 
i didn't read the whole thing, but cascading NAT imo way to go when you have to deal\separate kids\family comps..
basically-it's a bunch of routers connected one into each other. more on google
 
Quote from Catoosa:

I took AVG 8 off my computers and went back to AVG 7.5 anti-malware. My AVG service terminates in 36 days and I will be switching to Avira paid version at that time.
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I loaded Avira, seems decent, but doesn't seem any more trading pc friendly then avg 8. Maybe I'm missing something but here's my point. Avira w/ the guard active uses about 50-60mb of memory. I'm assuming that if I turn the guard off I won't have realtime detection. Also, every time the pc reboots the guard is active, is there a way to keep it off by default.
 
My son accidentally allowed a bad virus to install itself recently. It was really nasty-propagated itself all over the disk, very, very difficult to get rid of. Norton Antivirus was completely useless. PC Tools Spyware doctor with antivirus removed it completely. I've since uninstalled Norton antivirus - it's completely useless. I don't know how Spyware doctor complares to other products but it saved my butt.
 
I have used spyware dr before, it's a good program, but a little more then I'm looking for for the trading pc's. Thanks for the feedback
 
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