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[Khm]

Avast have worked for me for the past years!

Ewww, i had a lot of problems with it, I'm done from Avast...

[Mr. Goobii]

Ewww, i had a lot of problems with it, I'm done from Avast...

What kind of problems did you have? *curious*

[Petarda]

Never installed anti-virus since I bought this PC, I never had problems.

[Kewlizm]

Never installed anti-virus since I bought this PC, I never had problems.

 

[Khm]

What kind of problems did you have? *curious*

Viruses everywhere, ads like this, annoying Avast advertisements too, made the pc so heavy, what else want me to say. :S

[Petarda]

Viruses everywhere, ads like this, annoying Avast advertisements too, made the pc so heavy, what else want me to say. :S

Actually every antivirus slows down your PC, unless you have down syndrome and do not know where you click on the internet you should not install one.

[Khm]

Actually every antivirus slows down your PC, unless you have down syndrome and do not know where you click on the internet you should not install one.

Not with Norton that i am used with in those 2 years...

[Petarda]

One question, how do you even get all those viruses?

[Khm]

One question, how do you even get all those viruses?

Projects from school computers, internet etc...

[eymas]

I do not use an antivirus except the one built into windows 8.1, since I am rather careful with where I go.
However, I still am vulnerable to human error, so I've rounded up a few tools that help me to ensure that the battle is enjoyable and effective.

Whenever I get a form of malware I take these steps:

• Acquire Malwarebytes and ADWcleaner, also having a spare liveCD of a Linux distro just in case.
• Use Malwarebytes as first layer of attack: Let it scan the computer and locate the malware, as well as quarantine.
• Write down the paths to the files in question. Who knows; they might be needed later.
• Then run ADWcleaner as the second layer; Malwarebytes is effective but not 100%. ADWcleaner removes, clear the browsers of any unwanted plugins/addons, and clears the registry as well.
• Several reboots later (Gotta love windows) I run an extra scan with both tools.
• Then, I follow the paths to ensure that the infections are removed. If they aren't and I cannot remove them in windows: Then I use linux to force removal (yay rm -rf /file)

I had an infection a few days ago, and instead of restoring a backup image, I run this army over my PC 

[Pandalink]

I am using it since 2 years and I've never seen any problem in it...

Then why have you made this thread?

[AK47]

AVG 

[SugarD]

Never installed anti-virus since I bought this PC, I never had problems.

That you know of! If you don't have anything to detect malware, then you don't know if you have any. Not all malware slows down your system these days.


I agree with the other users here. Norton is not a good anti-virus anymore, and is a waste of money now by a corporation that no longer cares about getting the job done. I would strongly recommend getting one of the well-known free ones from a reputable website. (Meaning don't click on a random link in Google. Go to the actual company's website).

[Khm]

What do you suggest me then guys? (No avast and no AVG please...)

[LoHi]

What do you suggest me then guys? (No avast and no AVG please...)

Microsoft Security Essentials is fine, but ABSOLUTELY scan your computer with a few anti-spyware tools, like the ones mentioned by others in this thread and Hitman Pro.