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What anti virus software do you use?

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FerrisBueller
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i use sophos what about you guys? whats the best one out there?
Jun 20 2010 10:54AM
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canterbury
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AVG Free 9.0, Avast is good too
Jun 20 2010 11:04AM
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lineskier10
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avg
Jun 20 2010 11:10AM
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.frenchy
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Norton 360 i think, works great.
Jun 20 2010 11:31AM
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blackoutbill
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+malwarebytes

I predict one of the next four posts will say "mac"
Jun 20 2010 11:36AM
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wesley.
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threatfire for pc (free and legit). i cant remeber if its for mac or not. right now on my mac i dont have any...
Jun 20 2010 11:53AM
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montanan
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mac
Jun 20 2010 11:54AM
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mtnskier
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avast
Jun 20 2010 12:05PM
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PhaedeD
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MAC
Jun 20 2010 12:08PM
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icon1234
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claimwin
Jun 20 2010 12:08PM
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No_Dub
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Kiperski I think it's called idk about about spelling.
Jun 20 2010 12:14PM
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Gumbo
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Trend Micro
Jun 20 2010 12:16PM
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skithesprings
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word
Jun 20 2010 12:28PM
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Elmo.
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this
Jun 20 2010 12:31PM
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invader7
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this, but on my desktop ESET NOD32 and malwarebites
Jun 20 2010 2:44PM
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Lemuel
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Silly PC users and your anti virus.
Jun 20 2010 2:48PM
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inactive
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i raw dog the internet

live life on the edge
Jun 20 2010 3:02PM
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Hack.The.Pow.
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lol @ people who think PC=windows

I use Malwarebytes and ESET for my windows partition
Jun 20 2010 3:12PM
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Thenowhereman42
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I use Norton because my mom insists on paying for it because she doesn't understand that software is free and thinks my computer will failsplode without it, and I'm not really complaining, but I usually use a combination of AVG, Spybot, and The Cleaner. The Cleaner costs money but the trail version has full functionality, and you just have to re-download it every time it expires. Its for trojans.
Jun 20 2010 3:16PM
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holyherpbatman
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mac and avast cause i'm not an idiot.

btw if you have macaffee or norton go get avg or avast.
Jun 20 2010 3:20PM
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eheath
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Mac OSX 10.6.4 snow leopard, works pretty good.
Jun 20 2010 3:21PM
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stickerman
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Avg and malewarebytes is a sick combo
Jun 20 2010 3:36PM
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Scrambles
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Norton 360
Jun 20 2010 3:52PM
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feihlination
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lol @ people who think that MACs are immune against viruses.
Jun 20 2010 3:57PM
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grilledsteezeyo
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eheath...u sir are correct
Jun 20 2010 11:21PM
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Crack.
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Hahah
Jun 20 2010 11:27PM
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.AR6rider.
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Norton 360 + Malwarebytes
Jun 20 2010 11:28PM
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soulskier
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i use avast
Jun 20 2010 11:29PM
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BC.
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AVG Free 9.0
Jun 20 2010 11:42PM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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norton
Jun 20 2010 11:44PM
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Cheezcake.
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vipre.
Jun 20 2010 11:55PM
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dex.
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a condom...
Jun 21 2010 12:02AM
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feihlination
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bullshit. every system which allows YOU to edit, delete files, start processes, etc can be a target of viruses, no matter what encryption.

its just that there are CONSIDERABLY less viruses around. a brief research brought me to about 40 that are currently known (WITHOUT bootcamp stuff). that is like 1/100000000 or whatever of windows-viruses, but still.

and the fact that intelligent people (also in this thread) use anti-virus software is a good sign that this thing is vulnerable.



but in my opinion, this virus-shit is overrated. i have a old laptop at home, pretty much only for internet-stuff (all data is backed up on a disconnected external HD) and it has no anti-virus-software. i surf the web since 3 years with that thing and its still running fine (besides the battery missing, i lost it and the cd-drive kinda destroyed, because i used it to store coins in high school). i am not saying that anti-virus-software is unnecessary and i use it on my two newer computers.
Jun 21 2010 6:28AM
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jibbinc.
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Yeah virus's for macs exist.
Every person will tell you something different, i heard "people love mac's to much to torture other mac users with virus's."
Jun 21 2010 6:35AM
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feihlination
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its a thing of effort vs. reward. if i am a hacker, i would try to hit as many people in their respective faces as possible. so yeah, i could try to fuck with these 5-6% which do not use windows, or with the rest. also chances are that mac users are more advanced in technical things, so they arent as easy to trick. then again, it might be tougher to program a mac-virus, so in the end, most people will program a windows-virus.

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Jun 21 2010 6:56AM
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sstricky
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yes dude yes. Kaspersky

http://www.kaspersky.com/


it costs money, but thats why you torrent the shit out of it
Jun 21 2010 10:00AM
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teleTay
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avast and malwarebytes
Jun 21 2010 10:03AM
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kzrstf
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silly mac users and your money
Jun 21 2010 10:05AM
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SnowySteeze
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yeah i think avg is the best free one, although the resident shield on the 30 day trial for the paid version pisses me off. its always telling me theres some spyware all up in my browser files but the scans dont find it soooooooooo yeah.
Jun 21 2010 10:14AM
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tom.skier
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AVG internet security 9.0
Jun 21 2010 10:17AM
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feihlination
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that was mean

but still, there were other guys so full of mac in this thread, that it was kinda legit.
Jun 21 2010 11:04AM
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C.Wood
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McAfee
Jun 21 2010 11:30AM
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wintersway
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Norton 360
Jun 21 2010 2:04PM
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