im so pissed! i never knew that every year i’d have to renew…when i bought it, which cost me 60 freakin bucks, i thought it would protect my computer for life…now i have only 30 days left, and i gotta renew it for 49.99. >:[….i’ve searched on yahoo answers and lots of ppl say AVG or Avast are both very good anti-virus software, and im planning to download it(please tell me which one’s better, and give me a site if you know any that ISNT spyware or virus infected ><). i also wondered if i can uninstall and then install it again, will that work? it just bothers me so much that i spent so much money on it, and now that i dont need it anymore, i'll just have a stupid yellow disk sitting somewhere in my house. >< ....oh
and tell me if you've ever used AVG or Avast, what its done for you and how good they are. im kinda stuck between those two. o.O
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1 Mike // Aug 7, 2008
If you want very good protection. I would recommend that you purchase Kaspersky http://www.kaspersky.com/. (From a store like Future Shop, or Staples. So you have the physical copy of the program). From what I have heard about it. It seems to be one of the best protection programs out there And it has hourly updates.
I use all of these myself, and all of them are free, they are very effective.
1 Ad-Aware 2008, Much more effective than previous versions and faster, does not suck up system resources like the previous versions, also there various skins to suit your preferences.
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2008/3000-8022_4-10045910.html
2 Spybot - Search & Destroy, its a little out of date but it works.
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html?tag=lst-1&cdlPid=10861988
3 SpywareBlaster, blocks potentially damaging applications and programs from running.
http://www.download.com/SpywareBlaster/3000-8022_4-10196637.html?hhTest=1
4 Simple File Shredder, it isn’t an anti spy, but it shreds unnecessary files including cookies and it speeds up system performance.
http://www.download.com/Simple-File-Shredder/3000-2092_4-10301332.html
5 MRU-Blaster, detects and cleans MRU (most recently used) lists on your computer. By looking at these MRU lists, someone could determine what files you opened/saved/looked at, what their file names were, and much more! (And, in many cases, the lists are displayed in drop-down menus automatically.) (From website.)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublaster.html
Also. I suggest that you stay away from online anti-spy scans. As it is not hard for a cracker to hack it, and insert some malicious code into the program which after scanning will give you even more virus’s. (That’s how my computer got infected once, and after that I have been advising people to stay away from them).
I personally don’t like AVG, it screwed up my computer after I Un-Installed it, and Avast didn’t work for me. And Trend Micro, has poor detection rates (I tried it a few week’s ago (downloaded) and scanned, it found 3 items. I ran Ad-Aware after that and it found 18 items that trend micro passed right over).
And I would advise you to stay away from P2P, programs. As they are an excellent vector for infections.
Hope this help’s
2 Hack Down // Aug 7, 2008
u spend so many bucks on renew.
try cracks,patches.i have a pirated copy of Norton internet security downloaded from demonoid i got a kegen and read me how to use it and i got 3 year flat subscription.
easy.try torrent site its worth spending money.
and about avg try avg v8 its really good & avast sucks some time finds a small viruses but ……. avg, Norton, bitdefender and Eset 32 are some trusted and good anti viruses & internet security’s
3 zoom123 // Aug 7, 2008
avira antivir is the best antivirus because its free and has the highest detection rate on the market in free software
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