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What antivirus to use?

Poll Results: What antivirus (Free not paid)

 
  • 59% (72)
    MSE
  • 9% (12)
    AVG
  • 23% (28)
    Avast
  • 6% (8)
    Norton (Do they have one free?)
  • 0% (1)
    Bitdefender
121 Total Votes  
post #1 of 128
3/24/12 at 6:58pm
Thread Starter 
So i'm formatting my desktop right now, using the lappy..

What antivirus do you guys reccomend? (Free not paid)
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AcBel!!!(OC'ed)
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Wanted: [WANTED] 1156 and/or 1155 CPU, Motherboard, RAM.
$200 (USD) or best offer
Wanted: [Wanted] Corsair Hyrdo Series
$50 (USD) or best offer
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 MSI 945GCM5-F V2 (FSB 1333) Inno3D Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1GB (Cooler Ripoff) Kingston DDR2 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
Apacer DDR2 Western Digital WD Blue Western Digital Caviar Green EARS Benq DVD-R,CD-R,DVD-ROM,CD-ROM 
CoolingOSMonitorMonitor
Intel Stock Fan Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Samsung SyncMaster B2230 MAG Innovision 17" CRT 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Logitech Internet Pro AcBel R8 PowerII 650W 80+ Vertu Santa Fe "Blue" Logitech Internet Pro 
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post #2 of 128
3/24/12 at 7:00pm
  • Shrak
  • (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
MSE
Avast
Brain 3.0
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3/24/12 at 7:00pm
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MSE or nothing at all
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Corsair H100 Windows 7 Pro Westinghouse 40 inch 1080p LCD Logitech K800 
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Logitech C910 Webcam 
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Intel Core i5 3570k Asrock Z77E-ITX EVGA GTX 580 SC Samsung 8GB DDR3 
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gtx 680 waterblock windows 7 home premium asus vg248qe logitech k800 
PowerCaseMouseAudio
silverstone sg08 built in 600w silverstone sg08 logitech performance mx sennheiser pc 360 
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3/24/12 at 7:00pm
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I've never had a problem with Avast, but I've also heard good things about Microsoft Security Essentials (surprisingly)
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Samsung  Crucial M4 64GB SSD Seagate Barracuda 1TB ASUS 24x DVD Burner 
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NH-D14 Windows 7 Ultamite 64 bit Fedora 17 ASUS VW246H Glossy Black 24" HDMI Widescreen LC... 
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post #5 of 128
3/24/12 at 7:01pm
MSE! Free and works better than the ones I payed for... speaking seriously here. -.-
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Crucial 64GB m4 1TB WD Black CM Hyper 212+ Windows 7 x64 Ultimate 
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post #6 of 128
3/24/12 at 7:25pm
Thread Starter 
Are you guys really serious about MSE?!?!? o.0

Better than AVG Free??!?!
AcBel!!!(OC'ed)
(19 items)
 
Wanted: [WANTED] 1156 and/or 1155 CPU, Motherboard, RAM.
$200 (USD) or best offer
Wanted: [Wanted] Corsair Hyrdo Series
$50 (USD) or best offer
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 MSI 945GCM5-F V2 (FSB 1333) Inno3D Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1GB (Cooler Ripoff) Kingston DDR2 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
Apacer DDR2 Western Digital WD Blue Western Digital Caviar Green EARS Benq DVD-R,CD-R,DVD-ROM,CD-ROM 
CoolingOSMonitorMonitor
Intel Stock Fan Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Samsung SyncMaster B2230 MAG Innovision 17" CRT 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Logitech Internet Pro AcBel R8 PowerII 650W 80+ Vertu Santa Fe "Blue" Logitech Internet Pro 
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CM Storm Pad Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Creative T7900 
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AcBel!!!(OC'ed)
(19 items)
 
Wanted: [WANTED] 1156 and/or 1155 CPU, Motherboard, RAM.
$200 (USD) or best offer
Wanted: [Wanted] Corsair Hyrdo Series
$50 (USD) or best offer
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 MSI 945GCM5-F V2 (FSB 1333) Inno3D Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1GB (Cooler Ripoff) Kingston DDR2 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
Apacer DDR2 Western Digital WD Blue Western Digital Caviar Green EARS Benq DVD-R,CD-R,DVD-ROM,CD-ROM 
CoolingOSMonitorMonitor
Intel Stock Fan Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Samsung SyncMaster B2230 MAG Innovision 17" CRT 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Logitech Internet Pro AcBel R8 PowerII 650W 80+ Vertu Santa Fe "Blue" Logitech Internet Pro 
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CM Storm Pad Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Creative T7900 
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post #7 of 128
3/24/12 at 7:28pm
  • Shrak
  • (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
AVG? They're still around? gunner.gif

Avast beats AVG, MSE would be about the same if not marginally better than Avast.

Otherwise, I stand by my statement of Brain 3.0 being the best.
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post #8 of 128
3/24/12 at 7:31pm
Not another one of these..

MSE, or none at all if you don't do..... bad things.
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Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Seagate FreeAgent External 1.5TB (Backup) CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ Push/Pull - CPU Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Samsung SyncMaster 2232GW 
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post #9 of 128
3/24/12 at 7:32pm
Another vote here for Avast. Never had an issue that wasn't easily rectified!
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post #10 of 128
3/24/12 at 7:32pm
+1 for Avast!!
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SAMSUNG 840 Series  Seagate  Corsair CWCH60 Arch Linux x86-64 
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HP 2009m Logitech Kingwin KX-1000 Cooler Master HAF 912 
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Logitech Trackman Marble Altec Lansing 2.1 
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