Author Topic: virus is neutralized (Read 4087 times)

Pentium · August 07, 2011, 04:41:52 PM

Quote from: Tyler66 on August 07, 2011, 04:36:06 PM

Noedit:
I don't judge them by stability, I judge by what features they have and how they catch a virus using them (ex. Kaspersky's Proactive Defense which catches most recent virii that aren't in the virus database yet)

I'm pretty sure Avast detects malware properly. I suppose Kaspersky is decent, but Norton and McAffee with their endless false positives and ridiculous resource usage can go to hell.

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DontCare4Free · August 07, 2011, 04:47:33 PM

Quote from: Pentium on August 07, 2011, 04:41:52 PM

I'm pretty sure Avast detects malware properly. I suppose Kaspersky is decent, but Norton and McAffee with their endless false positives and ridiculous resource usage can go to hell.

Norton and McAfee are crap.
ZoneAlarm also gives false positives, usually because games and keyloggers capture input the same way.

Tyler66 · August 07, 2011, 04:52:22 PM

Quote from: Pentium on August 07, 2011, 04:41:52 PM

I'm pretty sure Avast detects malware properly. I suppose Kaspersky is decent, but Norton and McAffee with their endless false positives and ridiculous resource usage can go to hell.

I had both AVs on my system

Norton was a piece of stuff and only had a list of cookies, nothing worth taking action and a waste of my time. Uninstalled.
McAfee was an annoyance to my fullscreen games and crashed them when ever it had to run one of its "scans", turns out its not a good virus scanner that doesn't even scan for viruses. Uninstalled.

Regulith · August 07, 2011, 04:59:50 PM

"Desktop\garbage\Hacks\NFSMW\p..."

So I heard you suck at Need For Speed

BobSevenSevens · August 07, 2011, 05:12:44 PM

I thought the default Windows Defender that comes with Windows 7 was a virus :L

SacredOblivion · August 07, 2011, 06:34:39 PM

I got a virus once just because I spelled a website wrong. I was trying to look up Kingdom Hearts (this happened when I was 9) and a website popped up and showed loads of research, everywhere. Explicit women... oh god it was disgusting I even shiver when I think about it years later.

Mega-Bear · August 07, 2011, 06:35:48 PM

Quote from: BobSevenSevens on August 07, 2011, 05:12:44 PM

I thought the default Windows Defender that comes with Windows 7 was a virus :L

It does look suspicious for some dumb reason.

HelplessNobb88 · August 07, 2011, 07:06:02 PM

I've used webroot Internet essentials for as long as I can remember. it's caught a lot of stuff.

I think it's about 30 dollars.