Advice for virusscanner

Hi crossfire,

I recently (yesterday) bought a new computer, a windows.
I've been working with Mac the 3 past years, and there I didnt need a virusscanner.

So back to windows, I don't really know what's the 'best' virusscanner on the market now.

Is AVG still ok?

Thanks in advance
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should work fine
you can't kill a virus with this, only bacteria. NOOB.
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QuoteI've been working with Mac the 3 past years, and there I didnt need a virusscanner.

http://www.security.nl/artikel/39890/1/Mac-malware_is_Apple_virusscanner_weer_te_slim_af.html

anyway, nod32 is great but its not free if you cant google "nod32 unlimited 31 day trial"

avg, avast and avira are good free replacements
immunet and panda cloud are great low system av's but not as safe as standard av, but still pretty great
I've never ever had a virus on my mac mate, don't want to promote apple systems but it's the truth in my case :)

thanks for the reply.
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the apple community has been growing a lot, so its more interesting for hackers now :)
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if you have a community of 4 billion vs 3 million... it's more common to hack the 4 billion one. Windows is more used.

but as Kri said , with the growing Apple community you'll need one there soon as wel
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never had a virus on my pc. anyway avast is good
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i use panda cloud ,is very good
does it require much of your system?
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Quoteimmunet and panda cloud are great low system av's but not as safe as standard av, but still pretty great
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ha, k :) thanks a lot!
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no,i just have 1 gb of ram anyway so...
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Everything described here:
http://www.crossfire.nu/?x=tutorial&mode=item&id=183

Comodo Internet Security (free.. HIPS,AV,FW,Sandbox) + MBAM Pro (10$ lifetime license) and a few other things.

And there is more than enough malware for Mac OSX :) But how will you know about malware on your system if you don't have anything that looks for it? Besides that we live in 2012.. malware isn't supposed anymore to destroy your pc but simply get executed, steal your data and delete itself from your system (or hide).
Thanks!

And idd, you have a point there.
Never experienced any problems :)
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altough i'm reaaally excited to have a windows back :D.
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best virusscanner: noone if you dont browse porn

so i advice you avast or avg
Avast! Anti-virus.
AVG, very easy and effective tbh
http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/

uses 12meg of resources & no popups.
who needs virus scanner if u can format?
FUCKING VIRUS SCANNERS duuuuuuuuuudeeeeeeeeeeeee the only best anti virus is you i am using this pc now for 3 years and nothing bad happened to me since then.
Just get a brain, then you dont need a virusscanner.

Ive got AVG :)
I use Microsoft Security Essentials. It is great but it is very slow to scan your computer and I recommend you use MalwareBytes with it since it is fast to scan and detects majority of the viruses and other threats, you need to remember to update it before scan so it detects latest threats.

Both are free, hope this helped:)
u don't need anti-virus :) just scan by combo fix or hijackthis :)
Advanced users only:)
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