Anti-Virus/Malware Discussion Thread

[ZERØ]

Welcome to the Anti-Virus/Malware Discussion thread, discuss your go to Anti Virus/Anti-Malware here and be sure to recommend what you use and why.
Currently Trying Avira Anti-Virus, will soon post how it worked for me...
Also please note the differences of Anti-Malware and Anti-Virus software, while there is some that can do both, they don't usually get them instantly.

Abbreviation Dictionary ( Got these from my own head, so if I got something wrong don't yell at me.):

[AV] Anti-Virus - Protects and removes viruses(Virus - Generally malicious software that can replicate and do harm to a computer)
[AM] Anti-Malware - Mainly designed around removing Malware and rarely designed to have a routine scan system (Malware - Acronym for Malicious Software incase you didn't know, software that contains code that does harm to a computer)
[AS] Anti-Spyware - Designed to fight Spyware another form of a virus.(Spyware - Acronym for Spying Software, any form of software/code that logs your actions in a malicious way.
[AMU] Anti-Multi - Anti X Software that can remove multiple sorts of viruses, wether it is Malware,Spyware or a generic virus.

I do not recommend(See reasons) :

• Avast - Was good until 2015 version removed once free features and constantly asks you to buy it, also now includes desktop ads.
• AVG - I left it for the same reason, removed free features, begged to buy.
• Norton - Disk Usage is 100% no matter what, impairs performance

I do recommend :

• [AM]Malwarebytes (A great option as it also scans the memory pool)
• [AS] Super-Anti Spyware (Great for nasty trojans that refuse to be removed)
• [AMU]Roguekiller (This is far by the best, it can get rid of anything regardless of how infected a system is, but it can leave the system with a bit of errors if Vital parts of Windows are deleted

[Ad Bot]

[Oasis]

You can turn off notifications. But otherwise yeah, I could use some suggestions to. :)

[ABlockOfCheese]

just go bareback

its the thrill of browsing unprotected mannnn

[ZERØ]

just go bareback

its the thrill of browsing unprotected mannnn

While I have not been infected in nearly a whole year the last thing that got me was some nasty adware and a backdoor trojan I got from...mediafire?Yea if I recall it was from there.

You can turn off notifications. But otherwise yeah, I could use some suggestions to. :)

Correction, you can turn off AV Scan notifications and update notifications, but no where in the new one is there an option to turn off ads.

[BlockoCrafter]

I just use AVG, but then again I only use Virtualbox for my Win7 copy.

[ZERØ]

I just use AVG, but then again I only use Virtualbox for my Win7 copy.

AVG back then was good, but now its exactly how avast now begs for money.

[the hacker]

Spybot is good for preventing viruses, but not so much at removing them. It's smart enough to recognize McAfee as malware.

[ZERØ]

Spybot is good for preventing viruses, but not so much at removing them. It's smart enough to recognize McAfee as malware.

I'll take it this is a bad thing? Considering McAfee is #4 on the charts?

Also I should probably post in op Antivirus =/= Antimalware

Even Malwarebytes says to not use it as a 24/7 AV Software.

[Thunderstrike]

Avira?

Its the one i use and its okay not many adds and good Protection and it also gives you a toolbar!

And its free.

[McJobless]

I use "Common Sense".

It's designed to block out 100% of all thick-forgets.

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Seriously though, I don't use anti-virus, at least not regularly. I do a scan every once in a while with various scanners, but real-time protection is too much of a pain to set up, especially when it thinks programs I or my friends have written are viruses, and so I have to constantly make exceptions.

[Swat 3]

Norton, suprisingly, isn't stuff.

[Ipquarx]

I use BitDefender + Malwarebytes. Anything that BitDefender misses or can't remove, Malwarebytes can. That + common sense is the perfect combo.

[ZERØ]

Avira?

Its the one i use and its okay not many adds and good Protection and it also gives you a toolbar!

And its free.

Checked it, sounds promising, I think I found a winner.


Toolbars are .... well you know... but I'll still get it anyways.

I use "Common Sense".

It's designed to block out 100% of all thick-forgets.

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Seriously though, I don't use anti-virus, at least not regularly. I do a scan every once in a while with various scanners, but real-time protection is too much of a pain to set up, especially when it thinks programs I or my friends have written are viruses, and so I have to constantly make exceptions.

I would use no AV Software but its just an extra precaution I like to take, even though I have 2 other computers, this is my main gaming one, and if 2TBs worth of valuable data where to become unusable, I don't know what I would do.

Rebuilding all the lost things would take a long time.

Norton, suprisingly, isn't stuff.

It does detect things well, but if you check your disk usage its going to be at 100% regardless of whatever your doing. AKA It impairs performance.

I use BitDefender + Malwarebytes. Anything that BitDefender misses or can't remove, Malwarebytes can. That + common sense is the perfect combo.

Yes that is probably going to be the plan, but untill I get some more money I have to use something free.

So far Avira sounds the most promising.

[-Setro-]

http://www.immunet.com/main/index.html
Try this out
I've used it before, it's actually pretty decent

[ZERØ]

http://www.immunet.com/main/index.html
Try this out
I've used it before, it's actually pretty decent

Trying out Avira right now, thanks for the suggestion though.
But yes I am trying Avira for now, I will post how I like it tommorow, in the mean time, I have re-named the thread the AV Software discussion thread.