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03-21-2009, 09:36 AM
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11 Second Club / I <3 LT1s
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Troy, Mi
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Free Anti-virus
What's everyone using? My AVG 7.5 keeps popping up and saying that after April 12thit wont get updated. It then prompts me to upgrade to 8.5, but there is no free version of AVG 8.5. So, what is everyone using?
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03-21-2009, 09:38 AM
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12 Second Club
Join Date: Aug 2004
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i have 8.5.278 and it works fine, free also.
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Last edited by GrandmasterCow; 03-21-2009 at 09:39 AM.
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03-21-2009, 10:21 AM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
Posts: 6,216
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I'm using Avast.
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03-21-2009, 11:54 AM
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MIR
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 9,692
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JL8Jeff
I'm using Avast.
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This.
AVG used to be good, I guess not anymore. After I installed Avast on my step dads comp it found 5 new viruses/trojans that AVG had no idea about.
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03-21-2009, 12:29 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
Posts: 19,370
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8.5 is free, you must suck at finding links
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03-21-2009, 03:04 PM
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11 Second Club / I <3 LT1s
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Troy, Mi
Posts: 2,642
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
8.5 is free, you must suck at finding links
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true...I have 8.5 up and running now. I think the vicodin might have had an affect on me finding things this morning. 
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00 SS A4- LQ9/LS3/Stalled/3.42s 1.48/11.10/121 mph<-6spd swap in progress.
13 Silverado Z71- Sold 11/16
99 Z28 M6- -H/C/9in - sold 1/13
99 Silverado Z71- The DD - Sold 7/13
03 CBR 600RR - Sold 8/13
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03-21-2009, 03:35 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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03-21-2009, 05:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston/North
Posts: 9,214
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AVG 8.0.238 here
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
dumbass.
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03-21-2009, 05:40 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Browns Mills NJ/ Rotondo West FL
Posts: 3,054
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I have avira antivir, throughout the years ive had them all..after some research it rated the highest out of the freebies.
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03-23-2009, 11:43 PM
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11 Second Club
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Hagerstown, MD
Posts: 1,567
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i use avg
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03-25-2009, 09:46 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Wantage, NJ
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I'm not at all what you'd call computer literate...or even competent. I just recently ditched AVG for Avast. AVG let in a bunch of nasty trojans and left my computer in need of an exorcism. Avast hasn't let me down yet.
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03-31-2009, 01:20 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston/North
Posts: 9,214
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AVG doesn't let in crap. That would be a firewall, got one?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
dumbass.
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03-31-2009, 01:58 PM
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13 Second Club / Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Franklin Lakes, NJ
Posts: 8,695
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i have something called trend microscan. rutgers gives it out free to students so i loaded it to all my computers
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03-31-2009, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Mt Laurel, NJ
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Usually a firewall is used to keep hackers out of the computer, Anti-Virus should keep Viruses out of the computer even if the hackers get in via the internet.
A firewall isn't designed to detect viruses, a firewall detects unusual computer or network activity and blocks potential hackers from using backdoors to plant viruses. It is possible for viruses to slip past the firewall undetected.
Even if the firewall is breached, a great Anti-virus program should pick up any viruses, keeping in mind of course that at least 10 new viruses pop up every day, so trying to keep up with the virus technology I am sure can be quite interesting. Therefore it is possible that AVG was not able to detect the trojan horse viruses that destroyed poor 79T/As computer
Well, that's my 2.5 cents. Hope it helps out. I think that both AVG and Avast are great programs, but then again, Im one of the dummies who actually pay for Norton because it is a combined firewall / Antivirus all in one complete program (easier to update than two programs, and I can customize it)
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