Author Topic: Best paid antivirus?  (Read 3385 times)

Malwarebytes pro.

It works really well.
Malwarebytes is not an anti-virus

Malwarebytes is not an anti-virus
"Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM) is an application for computers running under the Microsoft Windows operating system that finds and removes malware."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malwarebytes'_Anti-Malware

Norton 360.
who would pay you for your hosting service after reading that
seriously

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From TV Tropes - Idiot Programming, Threat Prevention Prevention Software:

  • Norton's notorious for this sort of thing:
    • Norton Internet Security blocks any and all images with certain dimensions, specifically those that are commonly used for advertisements. Problem is, at least one of the sizes is also commonly used by sites for non-ad purposes. In older versions, this could not be turned off without disabling all filtering completely.
    • Some older versions of Norton products, particularly Norton SystemWorks and Norton Internet Security, cannot be uninstalled without risking damage to the computer—PCs would wind up crashed, bricked or with corrupted files on the hard drive (including Windows Registry). Symantec had to create a special program for the sole purpose of safely and cleanly uninstalling Norton products, dubbed the Norton Removal Tool.
    • It is not unheard of for Norton Antivirus to declare itself a virus, and attempt to delete itself.
    • Norton 360 in particular...
      • ... will block and delete any less-than-common executable run by the user. This includes coding written by the user themselves.
      • ... deletes DLL files at random. The screen does not let you override this. The "Learn More" button directs to a Japanese version of the Norton product page.
      • ... disables (as of October 2012) ALL network access, including offline, even when the firewall is listed as disabled in the options. The only way to address this is by removing Norton, and this must be done with the Norton Removal Tool in order to reverse the damage done to networking components.
      • ... increases the time needed to boot Windows by more than 500%.
    • Norton has also fallen prey to a host of other problems, such as a rather frivolous firewall and a bad update that forced users to perform a system restore.
  • Symantec Antivirus tends to interfere with right-click menus and, more glaringly, cause BSODs within 5 minutes of starting up your computer more often than it actually blocks threats to the operating system. One could say that Symantec is a threat to your operating system.

"Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM) is an application for computers running under the Microsoft Windows operating system that finds and removes malware."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malwarebytes'_Anti-Malware
Anti-Malware isn't an Anti-Virus.

You need an actual Anti-Virus engine running beside Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes cannot protect against massive intruders as well as an Anti-Virus can. Malwarebytes has an easier time to find infections on your computer and an Anti-Virus has an easier time stopping ongoing infections from starting or finishing.

Malware Bytes Pro has active protection you pleb.

Malware Bytes Pro has active protection you pleb.
Even the creators of Malwarebytes suggest you have an Anti-Virus running side by side with Malwarebytes.

"Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM) is an application for computers running under the Microsoft Windows operating system that finds and removes malware."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malwarebytes'_Anti-Malware
its anti-malware you loving queeb

-snorp-

The set of all malicious software contains the set of all viruses.

In fact, literally the first sentence on the Wikipedia page for a virus is "A computer virus is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates by inserting copies of itself (possibly modified) into other computer programs, data files, or the boot sector of the hard drive; when this replication succeeds, the affected areas are then said to be 'infected'."


are people still on this anti-norton bandwagon.

Have you ever used Norton?
Its like a ppv service in an antivirus. It's literally worthless.


Have you ever used Norton?
Its like a ppv service in an antivirus. It's literally worthless.

i use it everyday :/


i use it everyday :/

Im so sorry for you.
Your stuck with it.
Uninstalling it is a bitch on ice.