Simviation Forum - Which is the best antivirus to go for ?

Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 5:23pm

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I use Vista 32 and FSX Acceleration.
I use AVAST free antivirus and its good.
But now that Microsoft has brought out their free antivirus and there is AVG and also Avira - its time to review which makes the least demands on the computer
Any Ideas?

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Reply #1 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 6:09pm

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Personally I use AVG, no annoying pop ups, don't really have to allow anything from avg, and it is user friendly

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Reply #2 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 6:22pm

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I use VIPRE now. AVG never picked up on my last 3 malware attacks. VIPRE is sort of a three in one, and you can barely tell it is present. It isn't free, however.

http://www.vipreantivirus.com/

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Reply #3 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 8:24pm

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Been using G-data, a German outfit, for about a year now. So far, so good.

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Reply #4 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 8:49pm

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Steve M wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 6:22pm:

I use VIPRE now. AVG never picked up on my last 3 malware attacks. VIPRE is sort of a three in one, and you can barely tell it is present. It isn't free, however.

http://www.vipreantivirus.com/

funny, avg free picks up everything for me

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Reply #5 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 9:17pm

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Tai-2 wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 8:49pm:

Steve M wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 6:22pm:

I use VIPRE now. AVG never picked up on my last 3 malware attacks. VIPRE is sort of a three in one, and you can barely tell it is present. It isn't free, however.

http://www.vipreantivirus.com/

funny, avg free picks up everything for me

To each his own, we never now how good an anti virus program is untill it fails us. Vipre tends to cover more area than AVG covers. AVG, however, is very good at what it claims to do. Wink

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Reply #6 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 11:33pm

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I am a die-hard Symantic (Nortons) user. I started out with Nortons Antivirus 2004 and have kept Nortons till the current "Nortons Internet Security / Antivirus 2010" .... It not only scans emails, webpages, background system scans while the computer is "dormant" (1 - 8 am while everyone is asleep)... It also scans every download as you are downloading and if it thinks there is a security issue, BLOCK & DELETE!!!!

In the past 6 years I have never had 1 antivirus get past it. I have downloaded in total 50 Trojans by accident, but they were caught, quaranteend, and offending files removed BEFORE the file could even be saved to the computer.

Each person is going to have their Favorites. One major question to ask instead of "what is the best antivirus??", is ..... "What is the WORST Antivirus that I need to stay away from?"

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Reply #7 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 11:33pm

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AVG is my virus protection, and I also run an iolo system mechanic security suite. But if I'm flying solo (I'll clear out all cookies an temp files) and shut it all down. The only protection on is the firewall, the only thing coming into my PC is jepppensen weather. Everything gets turned back on when I get on multiplayer except iolo (caused to many interruptions, but is great when web surfing), and AVG does cause a bit of lag, wish I could shut it down during multiplayer. But it's better to be safe than sorry!

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Reply #8 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 5:18am

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Say no more.....AVIRA free antivirus is giving the paywares antivirus a headache ,to me is better than avg and paywares as Norton ,If you Run the scan mode IT will remove the troyan or virus ..Garantee Wink

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Reply #9 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 6:27am

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Alejandro Rhodes wrote on Mar 24^th, 2010 at 5:18am:

Say no more.....AVIRA free Antivirus is giving the paywares Antivirus a headache ,to me is better than AVG and paywares as Norton ,If you Run the scan mode IT will remove the Trojan or Virus ..Guarantee Wink

Just given it a try...

..all goes well so far, in the scan...

...!

Paul...AVG...Spybot...Malware... Cool

...!

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Reply #10 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 7:24am

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Alejandro Rhodes wrote on Mar 24^th, 2010 at 5:18am:

Say no more.....AVIRA free antivirus is giving the paywares antivirus a headache ,to me is better than avg and paywares as Norton ,If you Run the scan mode IT will remove the troyan or virus ..Garantee Wink

This is my favorite too, it has served me well and I haven't had any issues with it

It has an "active Guard" mode as well which scans files before opening them.

The only annoyance is that it has a pop up asking you to upgrade to the payware version when it updates everyday... But in my opinion still worth it even with the nag

Matthew

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Reply #11 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 7:27am

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I've used McAfee, Norton, Kaspersky and AVG. Personally I rate AVG and Kaspersky Wink

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Reply #12 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 8:29am

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Don't get Norton, it's expensive, and doesn't pick up on many viruses.
Get Malware Bytes (free or to pay for) it's great!

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Reply #13 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 3:27pm

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Looks like I am on my own with Avast. perhaps I will try Avira = thanks guys = anything to get the old comp to go faster!!

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Reply #14 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 8:21am

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Way-up!... Shocked

...!

I just noticed that running Avira instantly found 3 hidden "Trojans" in my Computer that neither AVG, Spybot, or Malware could spot!... Shocked

...!

..so Avira is another one to add to my list of Virus/Trojan Spotters!

Paul... Cool

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Reply #15 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 12:13pm

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Fozzer wrote on Mar 25^th, 2010 at 8:21am:

Way-up!... Shocked

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I just noticed that running Avira instantly found 3 hidden "Trojans" in my Computer that neither AVG, Spybot, or Malware could spot!... Shocked

...!

..so Avira is another one to add to my list of Virus/Trojan Spotters!

Paul... Cool

...!

Pablo run a system scan mode ,that's the best way to remove all of them ,trust me..

EDIT: Roll Eyes

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Reply #16 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 1:03pm

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I have been using AVG and Malwarebytes for some time, as well as Spybot, but I am open to new as AVG is not perfect. Having said that, I always ask my son, Tech Support, Roll Eyes

before making a change of this importance.

BTW, I have finally convinced him to fly. I bought him a copy of FS9 and gave him my old joystick. Unfortunately, he is having computer problems and is very short on drive space, so he will have to go very, very slow. But I think he will become a member of SimV soon. Then he will become addicted. (where's the evil laugh smiley?) Roll Eyes

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Reply #17 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 1:35pm

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patchz wrote on Mar 25^th, 2010 at 1:03pm:

I have been using AVG and Malwarebytes for some time, as well as Spybot, but I am open to new as AVG is not perfect. Having said that, I always ask my son, Tech Support, Roll Eyes

before making a change of this importance.

BTW, I have finally convinced him to fly. I bought him a copy of FS9 and gave him my old joystick. Unfortunately, he is having computer problems and is very short on drive space, so he will have to go very, very slow. But I think he will become a member of SimV soon. Then he will become addicted. (where's the evil laugh smiley?) Roll Eyes

my not so little (16 and now is much taller than me) I made a huge sacrifice and bought him the same stuff I have ,a E4500 I found used and I gave a foxconn previous version from the new one I have ,both are prataticly the same and so the same 2gb ram I have .
Why?
Are you crazy ?¡ Shocked

I( don't want that little sucker Near my computer .There is No way I can convince him to get into MSFS never did like it ,I try since FS2004 ,Mission Impossible
He's in
Call of duty 4
Left 4 Dead
prototype
Farcry 2
Guitar Hero III
and maybe 4 more that I don't even have the name ,But most of them are violent ,the good knews is the other day 3 burglars came over him with a knife in hands and he got assaulted No more Bike (thanks God) and his Iphone too,so he act smart giving everything the thieves told him in peace ,otherwise I would be wearing black this time ,So I rather Him Violent in his PC ,but far away from my computer..
BTW I told him His computer is OUR computer (a soft lie) Due that he's experiment with Ntune and some other overclocking system ,He burn it ,he'll paid me Wink

I hope this advise works with yours Wink

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Reply #18 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 2:15pm

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Nobody that I know have any interest whatsoever in Computer Flight Simulation....We are a minority... Wink

...!

Most of the Games out now are Warfare-type games... Shocked

...!

I cant get any of my Children, Grandchildren, or Great-Grandchildren to accompany me in Multiplayer Flights... Sad

...!

The just get quickly bored...and watch the Television!... Wink

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Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Nav...and a Solo Pilot... Cool

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Reply #19 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 3:49pm

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The only person I have ever seen take an interest in FS is my boss. Whenever he stops by we grab a couple beers and fire up my flight sim.

I man the keyboard commands for him and he has a blast.

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #20 - Mar 26^th, 2010 at 1:15pm

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I was under the impression that ESET was the "simmers choice", per the "doctors" order?

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Reply #21 - Apr 12^th, 2010 at 3:41pm

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Okay = well, I changed to the Microsoft Essentials Security = it is small and very fast and works neat. Better than the others I have tried as they were large and grew larger with every update. I think the comp runs smoother -but difficult to tell.

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