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apiphile

It mostly happens at night. Mostly.

Nov 23, 2011 00:28

Twice a day, every day, McAffee fucks up my computer for upward of twenty minutes so that it can install updates, usually while I'm in the middle of trying to write. My trial run expires on the 29th. Can anyone suggest anti-virus software that isn't a gluttonous CPU-hogging process-hijacking whorefest nearly as bad as the viruses it prevents? I am ( Read more... )

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luinar November 23 2011, 00:49:13 UTC

Can anyone suggest anti-virus software that isn't a gluttonous CPU-hogging process-hijacking whorefest nearly as bad as the viruses it prevents?

The one I'm using at the moment because my subscription to McAfee ran out is AVG.

There's a free version you can get, as in completely free, not just a 30 day trial free, that seems to work quite well. It's obviously more minimal that the complete one, but as long as you're not doing masses of online banking you should be fine.

http://free.avg.com/ie-en/homepage

Orange download button on the left.

apiphile November 23 2011, 00:50:59 UTC

Ah, wicked, I've had AVG before. I don't tend to bank online at aaaaall, just ... buy things? I hope that won't lead to doom.

shiruartist November 23 2011, 01:48:20 UTC

Seconding AVG!
That's what both my dad and I use.
only problem I've had has been a run-in with Mal-Ware probably because I like 4chan a whole bunch and have a re-direct virus that I haven't figured out how to get rid of yet. >> Mal-ware fixed with Malwarebytes' Anti-malware free version. but that miiiight take up slightly too much space. dunno.

swear_jar November 23 2011, 08:29:52 UTC

Thirding that shiz, it's what I use and so far it's been pretty ace (and you know I download torrents, which is probably my main worry for accidentally virusing my computer, but it's been all good).

chess November 23 2011, 09:51:20 UTC

If you've got Windows 7, you can just use Windows Defender. Otherwise AVG is the best bet. You might want to sweep up the non-traditional / web viruses with Malwarebytes or Ad-Aware every now and again too.

kalorlo November 23 2011, 20:45:03 UTC

Was going to say this about Windows 7. It's what we use as it doesn't do the resource-hogging and is a reasonable though not absolutely top-end AV. McAfee sucks.

We don't do much that puts us at risk of viruses, though. (And have all browser plugins switched off or load on demand only).

I think AVG's not as good as it used to be? Have heard Avast mentioned.

kalorlo November 23 2011, 20:46:49 UTC

Ah, it's Microsoft Security Essentials to be exact. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials