Virus detection software
Created 17 years ago2007-04-04 13:13:33 UTC by
trooperdx3117
Created 17 years ago2007-04-04 13:13:33 UTC by
trooperdx3117
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-04 13:13:33 UTC
Post #217988
Im almost positive that i've downloaded a virus with a file but I cant be sure so can anyone recommend some good virus detection software.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-04 13:16:15 UTC
Post #217990
Avastis great, and free.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-04 14:11:24 UTC
Post #217996
NOD32, Avast, AVG and Kapersky. Try them all. AVG and Avast are free and work well, but NOD32 and Kapersky are both commercial. I'd personally choose NOD32 over the other three.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-04 16:16:21 UTC
Post #218019
Spybot and adaware sometimes catch viruses
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-04 16:18:02 UTC
Post #218023
Yeah, Spybot S&D is a good scanner, but it doesn't offer any real time protection. For that, use AVG.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-04 17:06:51 UTC
Post #218028
Real time protection is a performance drag though.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-04 18:05:16 UTC
Post #218030
I'm sure we asked you about performance drag.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-04 18:15:12 UTC
Post #218031
It isn't really a performance drag unless your box is stupidly slow to begin with. NOD32 uses up next to no resources here and I idle at 0% CPU usage.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-04 18:19:13 UTC
Post #218032
My AVG uses about 1500 K of memory, which is absolutely nothing. Also idling at 0% CPU.
It doesn't really matter which you choose, as the 2 are probably the same thing.
It doesn't really matter which you choose, as the 2 are probably the same thing.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-04 19:20:16 UTC
Post #218036
Well that's NOD32. Norton 2007 grabbed 100MB of memory for its self and CPU usgae never falls below 5%. This is a P4 2.66GHz and 1/2 Gigabyte of RAM.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-04 19:28:27 UTC
Post #218037
Norton always has been and always will be crap.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-05 09:44:14 UTC
Post #218083
Yup. AVG ftw.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-06 16:28:50 UTC
Post #218254
I got avast and AVG it turned out I had 5 viruses in my computer
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-06 17:39:28 UTC
Post #218264
...only? 
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-06 17:47:13 UTC
Post #218265
AVG ftw. I haven't had any viruses in soo long it almost starts to worry me 
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-06 17:58:18 UTC
Post #218269
Got Kaspersky and I'm pretty happy with it.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-06 18:56:27 UTC
Post #218276
5 viruses?! That's ridiculous, you should start taking care of your security more if you manage to pick up 5 viruses. I used my box without a scanner for a year and didn't pick anything up, even after downloading some dodgy files from P2P and visiting some dodgy sites. 5 viruses, my god O.O
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-06 19:36:13 UTC
Post #218280
Yeah, but I thought you used some Linux distro most of the time, m0p?
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-06 22:16:53 UTC
Post #218287
No, I haven't been using Linux on a daily basis for over a year. I've been using WinXP Pro for over a year without virus protection OR any sort of software firewall and I've NEVER had a virus.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-07 01:15:50 UTC
Post #218292
I would attribute that to either luck, or knowledge. Some people just don't know how to avoid viruses, unfortunately.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-07 02:00:36 UTC
Post #218295
i dont use a firewall and i never got a virus, except for a couple that ive downloaded from questionable places and AVG has detected.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-07 15:34:19 UTC
Post #218344
Just out of curiosity, is it possible to make AVG do a low-priority scan when it does its daily scan? Right now, it sucks resources up and all I want it to do is slowly scan while I map/game.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-07 23:14:36 UTC
Post #218369
There is i think, when you first setup AVG, they will ask you these questions, after you install, i dont think you can change it back.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-08 00:04:35 UTC
Post #218371
I'm also pretty sure it's possible.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-08 00:09:18 UTC
Post #218372
NOD32 is pretty awesome, and theres a million warez for it if your a cheap bastard like me, but I never get viruses anyway. I'm pretty sure the last time I got a virus was when my friend told me to get limewire.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-08 00:11:52 UTC
Post #218373
Well I told it to do low-priority scans when I installed it. So when I manually begin a scan, it draws next to no resources. The scheduled scans, on the other hand, act like it's high-priority =/. I was wondering if I could change that.
Posted 17 years ago2007-04-08 07:33:07 UTC
Post #218380
NOD32 is pretty awesome, and theres a million warez for it if your a cheap bastard like me, but I never get viruses anyway. I'm pretty sure the last time I got a virus was when my friend told me to get limewire.QFT @ NOD32, though most of the keygens for it are viruses themselves
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