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The Best Virus Protection

I just came back from helping a friend with her computer. I ran a full scan with AVG, which was already on her computer. It found one virus. Then I installed Malwarebytes and ran a full scan. It found over 1500 items. I'm surprised they only put MWB at number 10.

The TOG​
 
TOG said:
I just came back from helping a friend with her computer. I ran a full scan with AVG, which was already on her computer. It found one virus. Then I installed Malwarebytes and ran a full scan. It found over 1500 items. I'm surprised they only put MWB at number 10.

The TOG​
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Worse than that any, half way, decent Tech, UK or US, knows that the very best virus protection is Linux, any of the better than 1000 flavors. And the number of infected though ¿protected? with Norton they had kept paid up and currant and they grade it number one? And I agree with you TOG, I have cleaned up what McAffee and Norton have messed up on friends units many times with MWB.
 
I'm with Mr Taylor, if you want to avoid the endless task of dealing with computer virus problems move yourself onto Linux.
 
jay55 said:
I'm with Mr Taylor, if you want to avoid the endless task of dealing with computer virus problems move yourself onto Linux.
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Sounds good, but not everybody is going to do that. Microsoft has a strong hold on the planet, the whole planet. That is why Bill Gates is one of the richest men on earth.
 
Of course the best virus protection is to get an OS that simply doesn't get viruses. But assuming that a person has M$ Windows on his computer (which, unfortunately, most people have) he'll need some form of protection. The best I've ever used was Malwarebytes.

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Lewis said:
Sounds good, but not everybody is going to do that. Microsoft has a strong hold on the planet, the whole planet. That is why Bill Gates is one of the richest men on earth.
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People are too afraid to change fearing they can't learn something new, or they won't know what to do with it if it does crash (which another OS usually doesn't -- they had too much MS shock to realize there's stuff out there that actually boots up properly each time, doesn't get viruses, don't need 'tune-ups', not many incompatibilities, etc). But in holding on to MS, they change the GUI around anyway and they have to learn it all over as you heard people complain with Windows 8. So they just as easily could take that opportune time to switch over.

For me, the "pain" of learning to use a new OS is far less than having to deal with MS pain daily. On another forum, I compared those who would tolerate such pain constantly like a person who lets themself get beat up in one relationship after another. I could not understand how people tolerate that. Unfortunately the Microsoft poster I was talking with did have an abusive relationship and the moderator told me to be more sensitive. Oops! :hysterical So maybe it is a personality thing, who knows? :lol
 
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tim-from-pa said:
People are too afraid to change fearing they can't learn something new, or they won't know what to do with it if it does crash (which another OS usually doesn't -- they had too much MS shock to realize there's stuff out there that actually boots up properly each time, doesn't get viruses, don't need 'tune-ups', not many incompatibilities, etc). But in holding on to MS, they change the GUI around anyway and they have to learn it all over as you heard people complain with Windows 8. So they just as easily could take that opportune time to switch over.

For me, the "pain" of learning to use a new OS is far less than having to deal with MS pain daily. On another forum, I compared those who would tolerate such pain constantly like a person who lets themself get beat up in one relationship after another. I could not understand how people tolerate that. Unfortunately the Microsoft poster I was talking with did have an abusive relationship and the moderator told me to be more sensitive. Oops! :hysterical So maybe it is a personality thing, who knows? :lol
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Tim,

Some people are just raw because the event has not been gotten over because I applaud your logic and I married three in a row that trash canned my butt. I finaly have my daughter half and half and because of the specialized program, 1, she'll not completely convert except the program's author grows up and ports it over.

I tend to believe the programmers of this day day tend to resist porting over because so much of our programs are free and they do not believe they will not be forced under the GNU licensing. But when I switched there were a couple of games I needed wine and Crossover for. But all my office and that junk was covered by the raw install and it is tough for folks to understand things like the Duetch Bank switching thirty thousand units around the world in one day without issue.

My wife is one year older than I and she will not be dragged out of windoze but there are people like that. And I didn't marry the long legged woman for her tech abilities or savvy.
 
I use the free version of AVG and have never had a problem. I just update it every year and also update the virus definitions. Run a full scan and I'm good to go. It let's you know if there are any viruses and catches them.
 
Edward said:
The free version. I'm cheap, lol.
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According to their website, the free version doesn't offer real time protection. That means that you can use it to scan your PC and it detects the viruses (and tries to remove them), but it doesn't protect from viruses while you surf the web or while you run programs on your computer. Also, Malwarebytes' paid version is ridiculously expensive if we compare it to the products offered by other antivirus companies.

A better alternative (one that does offer real time protection and other features) would be ZoneAlarm's free antivirus. While ZoneAlarm also offers a paid version of their antivirus software (the paid version includes more features, for advanced programmers), you don't have to purchase the paid version in order to have real time protection. This means that ZoneAlarm free will stop viruses instantly while you browse the internet, and you can also do scans of your PC like you do with Malwarebytes.

According to PCMag's reviews (PCMag is a website that does testing for various security software), ZoneAlarm's free antivirus scored 4 stars out of 5, while the paid version of Malwarebytes only 3 and a half stars. What ZoneAlarm offers for free, Malwarebytes can't even offer in their paid software.

I usually advise people to use ZoneAlarm. It's one of the best cyber-security companies at the moment.
 
We upgraded to a new Windows 10 system a couple months ago. I'll just stick with Windows Defender.

Truth is, we are our best antivirus. Paying attention to what we click on, what we download, files we open, what sites we visit, and so on is about the best thing we can do and this includes surfing the net or viewing/opening emails.
 
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