Virus software?
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appreciated it Vinnie? You like AVG? I've heard mixed things. I got avast right now, and definitely not thrilled with it.
shammy,I just re-upped with mcafee.....struggled getting it downloaded but the "virtual technician" that came with it got it done.....5 year subscription came with the computer and I`ve never had a real issue.....
previously,i`d had nothing but nightmares with Norton....have trend micro on our laptop and thus far,everything seems o.k.
g.l..
previously,i`d had nothing but nightmares with Norton....have trend micro on our laptop and thus far,everything seems o.k.
g.l..
Thats why i went to Macs too.. Guess what!!!!!!! there are now viruses for Macs !!!!
I've used AVG for years now. Very little gets by it. It was recommended to me by a computer repair business. They say it is what they use on their computers.
We've been recommending Sophos and ESET for the last few years. My engineers and customers love them both.
none here yet:0008run a network of mac's never had one :shrug:
i don't fix things that aren't broken :11jackson
The computer virus of old (Locks up puter, bogs down system resources, re-directs browsers) is a dying relic. The last virus I can think of that had any of those characteristics is the FBI Moneypak Virus and it wasn't a tough one to get rid of.
Data collection has replaced the computer viruses and there are much more simpler ways to get the info. Phishing, Spam emails and website data forms where the marks just willing give their information.
I don't have virus protection on my personal computers and rely on not downloading and running programs that don't come from a trusted site. Never following links sent via email. Always checking the web address before entering login information and generally being aware of situational danger. One of my favorite stories is from a client who said they realized they had probably run a program they shouldn't have but pressed the cancel button when given the opportunity. I told them that people that write computer viruses usually don't give you a chance to cancel and that whatever button they pushed would have lead them down the rabbit hole.
Any of the software listed should work. AVG is free and I have put it on more computers than any of the others. Norton once saved a client's computer that I was unable to rid of a pesky virus. Because of that, I also find value in the Norton's, McAfee's, Sopho type protection but for the most part tell people they don't need to pay for it. Paying $100 to protect a $300 computer isn't a good deal and with offline storage cheap and easy to setup your main risk is not losing data but having to spend time to fix a problem.
I haven't had to fix a computer virus related issue in about a year
Data collection has replaced the computer viruses and there are much more simpler ways to get the info. Phishing, Spam emails and website data forms where the marks just willing give their information.
I don't have virus protection on my personal computers and rely on not downloading and running programs that don't come from a trusted site. Never following links sent via email. Always checking the web address before entering login information and generally being aware of situational danger. One of my favorite stories is from a client who said they realized they had probably run a program they shouldn't have but pressed the cancel button when given the opportunity. I told them that people that write computer viruses usually don't give you a chance to cancel and that whatever button they pushed would have lead them down the rabbit hole.
Any of the software listed should work. AVG is free and I have put it on more computers than any of the others. Norton once saved a client's computer that I was unable to rid of a pesky virus. Because of that, I also find value in the Norton's, McAfee's, Sopho type protection but for the most part tell people they don't need to pay for it. Paying $100 to protect a $300 computer isn't a good deal and with offline storage cheap and easy to setup your main risk is not losing data but having to spend time to fix a problem.
I haven't had to fix a computer virus related issue in about a year
my computer-savvy brother...you never watch sports on any of those dodgy sports streaming websites?....I know those mofos try and stick all kinds of goobbledy-goop on your computer....
I do and I know they do but there is nothing that has to be downloaded or installed to watch on those streaming sites. I kind of appreciate the greyed out x's on the popup's that jump when you mouse over. That took some advanced thinking to come up with and develop. If you download something from one of those sites and then run it, that falls under my "Don't downloading and running programs that don't come from a trusted site. "
I think someone on this site got the FBI Moneypak from one of the streaming sites but haven't heard what other types of viruses you can get from those sites
While we're talking computers and you brought up the streaming sites, they usually ask me to turn off my adblock plus while on their pages. Here is a link to adblock plus which helps eliminate popups and on some sites, the annoying 30 second ad videos that play before the video you want. It's free and I've found it useful - https://adblockplus.org/
very good...thanks again...always seem to learn something when you post about tech.....:toast:....
I also appreciate the tech input. Thanks for all the input, appreciated. I must be unlucky as hell, in the last year I've got at least two viruses that were time-consuming to get rid of. If I remember right,xmlka was one, and fff5ee the other. I'm by no means a computer guy, maybe I'll give AVG another shot. Josh if you have a second, any opinion on avast, and why did the above two viruses raise so much hell with it? Thanks again!
