by "Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
Published 02/19/2017 at 11:56
by "Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
Published 02/19/2017 at 11:56
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What is a dependable antivirus program that doesn’t sit there and bother you about crap all of the time? Microsoft Security Essentials is free, and it never bugs you, but I don’t know that it’s all that great. Kaspersky came highly recommended, but they upgraded it and it started pestering me. I bought a subscription to BitDefender, and it’s annoying as HELL.
Any recommendations?
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"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
02/19/2017 at 12:01, STARS: 0
Bitdefender annoys the crap out of me. It’s forever changing settings for various internet access points and inadvertently blocks access to our corporate server in the process.
"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo)
02/19/2017 at 12:01, STARS: 1
I use Avast. Never had any issues and it doesn’t feel like it drains resources.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
02/19/2017 at 12:04, STARS: 7
Windows defender and a bit of common sense.
"Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)" (galileo-humpkins)
02/19/2017 at 12:20, STARS: 1
I second the vote for Avast. The free version will most likely suit your needs just fine, register it to a fake email address if you want, that’s what I do.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
02/19/2017 at 12:22, STARS: 0
I don’t have any active antivirus. I use passive ones like MBAM and SUPERAntiSpyware that require scans to be manually run, and you know what? They very rarely pick anything up because I’m careful about what sites I visit.
"IdleInCA" (idleinca)
02/19/2017 at 12:27, STARS: 0
Windows Defender or F-Prot. The malware researchers I work w recommend only those two. They do not trust Kaspersky.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/19/2017 at 12:31, STARS: 1
I want in on this as well. I’ve been using AVG, which works well, but constantly pesters me to upgrade and change my browser settings.
"boxrocket" (boxrocket)
02/19/2017 at 12:35, STARS: 2
Windows 10, Defender, and staying off sites and links that you know are bad.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
02/19/2017 at 12:38, STARS: 1
I use to use Avast until it began saying my flight simulators were viruses. Since then it’s been Defender.
"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
02/19/2017 at 12:59, STARS: 0
Windows Defender also Tron antivirus is an amazing one time clean up script.
"Jayvincent" (jayvincent)
02/19/2017 at 13:30, STARS: 1
I’ve used Malwarebytes and AVG on different computers recently. Two minutes with the settings and you can tell them to take care of stuff on their own and not notify you for routine stuff. I’d try the free version of either for 30 days, buy whichever you like, or just keep recylcing the free versions.
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
02/19/2017 at 13:34, STARS: 0
I went away from paid ones about a year ago. Use Window Defender with AVG Free for main protection. Then occasional system cleaning with SuperAntiSpyware, CCleaner and Malwarebytes. I run CCleaner about once a week and the others about every 2-3 weeks. If I’ve been web surfing or shopping I clean with SuperAntiSpyware before any purchases. I also change my various account passwords about once a year at almost every website and have no repeated passwords. I don’t store any critical ones on computer and just print up any actual paper cheat sheet at home for family to use.
My first computer was in 1992 and I’ve only had a virus/malware shut down any computer 2 times that I couldn’t fix. Have likely owned 8 different AV programs and some of the best back in the day were ruined by company sales and mergers. Can’t remember the brand but I used to be able to easily trace where they came from after a scan cleaned up anything. So many were from the Philippines. Saw some from Germany, India and Pakistan. Searching for car info for our various Audi and my photography habit have usually been when I’ve been stung. More so than everyday web stuff.
"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
02/19/2017 at 14:14, STARS: 0
I’ve been very happy with McAfee VSE if you’re willing to go with a paid option. It’s kind of hard to figure out which of McAfee’s products you need to buy to get it, but it should be part of one of the Endpoint Protection products for under $100. Once it’s installed it only ever bothers you if an update fails or if it finds something nasty. AV is only half of protecting yourself, though. The other is back up, back up, back up. Get a good incremental backup tool that runs to an external drive every night and keep another weekly or monthly backup drive in a safe. That way if something does breach your AV you won’t be out too much.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/19/2017 at 17:40, STARS: 1
It needs to go is what I am concluding.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/19/2017 at 17:41, STARS: 0
Free or paid?
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/19/2017 at 17:43, STARS: 0
My thought is that with MSE on a Win 7 computer, the same approach might work. And MSE has
never
been a nuisance.
"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo)
02/19/2017 at 17:43, STARS: 1
Free.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/19/2017 at 17:45, STARS: 0
The commonsense approach is a good one.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
02/19/2017 at 17:45, STARS: 0
It has worked well for me so far. I briefly tried Avast at one point and got tired of the constant Avast popups and it was gone within a week.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/19/2017 at 17:47, STARS: 0
That counts for much. Thank you.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/19/2017 at 17:51, STARS: 0
Never heard of Tron, other than the movie... I’ll look it up.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/19/2017 at 17:58, STARS: 0
Which version of Windows are you using? Ever heard of Tron?
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/19/2017 at 18:01, STARS: 0
And don’t visit strange websites...
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
02/19/2017 at 18:04, STARS: 1
Malwarebytes is a good one though. I’d look into that.
"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
02/19/2017 at 18:50, STARS: 0
But if I just learn that one strange trick that doctors don’t want you to know about in 2017...
"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
02/19/2017 at 18:59, STARS: 0
https://www.reddit.com/r/TronScript/wiki/downloads/
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/19/2017 at 21:36, STARS: 0
Ya’ lost me there.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/19/2017 at 21:38, STARS: 0
This goes beyond my pay grade.
"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
02/19/2017 at 22:02, STARS: 0
Oh these stupid clickbait ads to shady sites always are advertising “One strange trick” for this that and the other. I see them even on the sites of otherwise reputable publications.
"El Darto" (el-darto)
02/20/2017 at 00:29, STARS: 0
ESET NOD32
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/20/2017 at 08:52, STARS: 1
Acai berries...
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
02/20/2017 at 10:48, STARS: 0
Using Windows 10 on everything now. Have only heard of Tron , don’t know anything about it.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/20/2017 at 11:17, STARS: 0
I have six or seven computers or laptops that I use interchangably with Windows 10 on one of them. I had to work actively at keeping any of them from updating to Win10. I have Win10 on one of the laptops, and Win 8.1 with something added to it to make it look like Win7. That one’s a work lappy. If it weren’t so much work, I’d re-image the Win10 lappy and have Win7 on it.
Part of my deal as an educator is making computers accessible to people, particularly adults. Microsoft changes their Office products significantly every year or two, foists operating system upgrades on people, and the antivirus programs pester people with questions they have no idea how to answer, and options that leave them clueless. The default interfaces of Win8 and Win10 are mystifying.
"Bourbon&JellyBeans" (bourbonandjellybeans)
02/20/2017 at 11:50, STARS: 0
I use Norton and have for years without problem. When you first install it, it will constantly bombard you with useful/less pop ups but you can turn them off.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/20/2017 at 12:45, STARS: 0
I paid for BitDefender, but it’s so annoying, and three diving trips into the settings I still haven’t managed to get all of the annoyances turned off. I’m ready to remove it and go back to MSE.