what are some good free virus protection programs? I use spybotSearch & Destroy + AdAware but I don't think that's enough and I'm pretty naive in this area. What else should I use?
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Anonymous2006-05-15 20:28
avg
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Anonymous2006-05-15 20:38
avast
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Anonymous2006-05-15 20:49
Avast! Home. Free and made of win
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Anonymous2006-05-15 20:50
antispywares ≠ antivirus. You need both kind of programs.
AdAware and Spybot are antispywares. Spybot is pretty decent. You can also try Microsoft's WindowsDefender (formerly Antispyware).
Whatever you do, don't buy Norton products, they'd just make the matters worse, don't think your software will protect you if you take risks, make backups, and allow the antispyware and antivirus to auto-scan and auto-update.
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Linux sucks sure there's a distro for Linux but it just get dropped to /dev/hda1, with some softare statically linked, and it's full of OPEN SORES, which means that it is an INSECURE os.
You should pirate a decent AV. I don't see any point in having a low-grade freeware AV. If one virus can get through, what's the point of stopping the rest? Check out 9Down and nSane Productions.
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Anonymous2006-05-16 4:02
>>8 If one virus can get through, what's the point of stopping the rest?
No antivirus ever protects you from ALL viruses, genius.
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Anonymous2006-05-16 4:33
>>9
Go back to your Grisoft. You don't understand this world.
The web has a very limited amount of active viruses. No AV can detect every virus created, but there are plenty of AV which detect every virus that is a threat. This freeware shit is not included.
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KNOWN vulnerabilities. Opera is neither open sores, so you can't find bugs by inspection, nor is it in any way popular, so it's not worth the crackers' time trying to brute force their way in.
If I may quote a cliche: "security is a journey, not a destination."
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Anonymous2006-05-16 9:46 (sage)
>>12
Opera sucks sure there's an ebuild for opera but it just get dropped to /opt, it's statically linked, and it's CLOSED SOURCE, which means that it is a BINARY package.
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Anonymous2006-05-16 9:48
>>14
Either way, less security problems for me! HAHA!
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Anonymous2006-05-16 9:56
>>16
Please stop talking about real world security.
We are talking about absolute theroretical security concerns here.
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Anonymous2006-05-16 14:41
Do no get Norton after you expensive subscription runs out it will screw with you system blocking random shit .
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Anonymous2006-05-16 15:12
Best anti virus program is DON'T RUN PROGRAMS YOU DON'T KNOW and DON'T USE A BROWSER THAT WILL RUN STUFF BEHIND YOUR BACK