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What Anti-Virus do you use for Windows/Mac and Why?

Poll: Which Anti-Virus do you Use?
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Avast! Anti-Virus Free/Pro
28.57%
 4 28.57%
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010/Internet Security 2010
14.29%
 2 14.29%
McAfee Total Protection
0%
 0 0%
Nod32
14.29%
 2 14.29%
Avira Premium Suite 2010
21.43%
 3 21.43%
Other
21.43%
 3 21.43%
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What Anti-Virus do you use for Windows/Mac and Why?
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10-15-2010, 11:24 PM (This post was last modified: 10-15-2010, 11:56 PM by Resistance.)
What anti-virus(s [secondary+]) do you use? I use:

Primary: Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 (Activated)

Secondary: MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware (Activated)

Really good stuff, I can tell you that.

The only things that are detected as a virus are the small malicious codes I used to make when I was 11/12.

I use Kaspersky for its efficient scanner and internet protection. And that safe run is a great feature.

Mbam, is something everyone should have that I know for sure, its really great, especially Malicious IP Blocking.
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10-15-2010, 11:31 PM (This post was last modified: 10-15-2010, 11:32 PM by GuJJu.)
By my point of view, Avast 5 Free Edition is the best.
It works smooth than any others and even detects viruses. Tongue
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10-15-2010, 11:41 PM
(10-15-2010, 11:31 PM)GuJJu Wrote: By my point of view, Avast 5 Free Edition is the best.
It works smooth than any others and even detects viruses. Tongue

Smoother, to be correct and thats not entirely true, yet its scanning is effiecient. If you ask me, it has an insane file monitoring system, just like Kaspersky. Again, if you ask me, Kaspersky is just 0.1% better than avast.
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10-15-2010, 11:47 PM
I don't use one, why? because i use Linux.
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10-15-2010, 11:49 PM
(10-15-2010, 11:41 PM)L3g1tWa5te Wrote: Smoother, to be correct and thats not entirely true, yet its scanning is effiecient. If you ask me, it has an insane file monitoring system, just like Kaspersky. Again, if you ask me, Kaspersky is just 0.1% better than avast.

Main thing of Avast 5 is that its free. What else do you need. Tongue
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10-15-2010, 11:51 PM
I don't use AV.
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10-15-2010, 11:54 PM (This post was last modified: 10-15-2010, 11:55 PM by Resistance.)
(10-15-2010, 11:51 PM)Cybr Wrote: I don't use AV.

Thats like saying I don't use medical supplies such as pills, motrin, and treatments for sicknesses. Are you crazy! I wanna slap you silly!
(10-15-2010, 11:47 PM)cheeseburger Wrote: I don't use one, why? because i use Linux.

Why? Because that OS is extremely unpopular.
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10-16-2010, 12:00 AM (This post was last modified: 10-16-2010, 12:01 AM by cheeseburger.)
(10-15-2010, 11:54 PM)L3g1tWa5te Wrote: Thats like saying I don't use medical supplies such as pills, motrin, and treatments for sicknesses. Are you crazy! I wanna slap you silly!
(10-15-2010, 11:47 PM)cheeseburger Wrote: I don't use one, why? because i use Linux.

Why? Because that OS is extremely unpopular.

Why? Because Windows fails.
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10-16-2010, 12:00 AM
(10-15-2010, 11:54 PM)L3g1tWa5te Wrote: Thats like saying I don't use medical supplies such as pills, motrin, and treatments for sicknesses. Are you crazy! I wanna slap you silly!
You don't need it if you're safe.

(10-15-2010, 11:54 PM)L3g1tWa5te Wrote: Why? Because that OS is extremely unpopular.
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10-16-2010, 12:01 AM (This post was last modified: 10-16-2010, 12:09 AM by cheeseburger.)
Ooops, didn't mean to double post.
I see you have changed the name of the thread now to "What Anti-Virus do you use for Windows/Mac and Why?".
It was previously What Anti-Virus do you use and why? otherwise i wouldn't have posted in this thread.
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