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Free Antivirus Software
Apr 7 2009, 10:42 am
By: Lord Malvanis  

Apr 7 2009, 10:42 am Lord Malvanis Post #1



A friend of mine did some work on his computer a day or two ago and cleared all the useless shit off his comp,
and now it runs fast as hell. But hes completely open to spyware, trojans, and the conficker.
He wants a free, powerful firewall that he'll never have to pay for and will keep him protected.
I just wanted to ask if anyone knew of one before I told him to just buy the damn thing.

(NOTE: I've already tried outpost, tiny, and personal from Old Versions.com)



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Apr 7 2009, 11:12 am Excalibur Post #2

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Avast and Ad-Aware if he needs it.




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Apr 7 2009, 4:01 pm MillenniumArmy Post #3



I use to be a noob and used Symantec/Norton anti virus, but now I use AVG. You can get it from www.downloads.com



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Apr 7 2009, 7:26 pm Elvang Post #4



I use Avast!/Spybot/Teatimer/ZoneAlarm. Its been about 3 months since the last avast/spybot scan, as long as you apply a healthy dose of paranoia and common sense when browsing/opening stuff you don't really need to worry about getting infected.



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Apr 7 2009, 7:43 pm Lord Malvanis Post #5



AVG is what he had before, I gave him ad-aware. I'll tell him about the others.



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Apr 7 2009, 9:37 pm Centreri Post #6

Relatively ancient and inactive

Avast has a firewall, I believe. As for scanning, I use: Avast, Spybot, Malwarebytes, SUPERAntiSpyware (despite the name, it's not crap), and Adaware.



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Apr 7 2009, 11:15 pm l)ark_ssj9kevin Post #7

Just here for the activity... well not really

AntiVirus2009pro because it is totally free, useful, and scans everything.

Err, anyway, I use AVG, but Avast I heard was pretty good



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Apr 8 2009, 3:52 am ShadowFlare Post #8



lol, btw, for those who don't know, AntiVirus2009 (and other similarly named ones) is a trojan that has a fake anti-virus program.



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Apr 8 2009, 10:05 am fatimid08 Post #9



I'd suggest Avast or Avira for viruses, Comodo is a decent firewall as well.



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Apr 9 2009, 12:33 am Falkoner Post #10



AVG + Spybot(No tea timer) + Windows Defender and I never get viruses. Although, I go to the right sites, so that might be half the battle.



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Apr 10 2009, 12:14 am Doodle77 Post #11



Your mind.



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Apr 20 2009, 12:22 am Conspiracy Post #12



I use AVG Internet Security. Its new, and it even catches my attempts to create a key logger :sneaky:.

I also have it until 5/13/2099 :)



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