I need your opinions on my selections. If I put Antivir and Ad-Aware on my computer...will this be sufficient to protect against viruses and spyware? How good is Ad-Aware? Would you reccomend anything additional or different than the aforementioned? Thanks!
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NotebookNeophyte Notebook Evangelist
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I use AVG free and Windows Defender on my XP PC, and have never had any problems. I also use Spyware Blaster, which is a pre-emptive solution. Finally, I use Firefox, which cuts down on risks.
Occasionally, I run Spybot and a rootkit detector, but I've never encountered anything nasty.
I've only ever run freeware. -
Antivir is the best choice for anti-virus, but Ad-aware is topped by Spybot Search&Destroy, and A-squared free. Get one of those instead of Ad-aware.
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Antivir is good according to some reviews but haven't tried it personally.
It's only disadvantages are high false positives, a pop up screen daily to upgrade to premium version. -
I just remembered why I stopped using the free version of Avira's Antivir: the nag screens. But if you can live with them, It's fine. I have read that it over-reports problems though, but as long as you are not a noobie, it's better than under-reporting.
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Also, Spybot has some real-time protection built in (the 'TeaTimer' app). -
As for the high false positives, I would rather it have some false positives than under-detect viruses for fear of detecting false positives. Also, the number of false positives that Antivir detects has gone down significantly over the past year.
Antivir and Ad-Aware Good?
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by NotebookNeophyte, Feb 27, 2008.