Nirvana 4 Report post Posted May 27, 2006 (edited) i am not using any antivirus or spy ware well, thats like saying.. you do not use a helmet when travelling on a two wheeler. Many people don't use helmets when riding a bike and they have been surviving without any problem. But better be safe than sorry later. For instance... some of your friend unknowingly uses an infected floppy/CD and a virus enters your PC (when you are not at home) and destroys all your valuable data... then there would be no point in boasting that you survived without an AV for years Edited May 27, 2006 by Nirvana Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
copperco2 24 Report post Posted September 27, 2007 (edited) Remember the eicar test file? here's one more mock-trojan to test ur antivirus... check it out Its Trojan Simulator by Mischel Internet Security (www.misec.net) and that will help you to determine if your AntiVirus is Really Working Prefectly or not Download From -> http://www.misec.net:80/products/TrojanSimulator.zip do post the results here What is Mcafee OAS is it diff from Regular Mcafee and yes it did Detect as trojan and Delete the eicar test file.. http://www.misec.net:80/products/TrojanSimulator.zip even this was detected as potentially unwanted program!!!! and Deleted. Edited September 27, 2007 by copperco2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KumaarShah 143 Report post Posted September 28, 2007 Well I am using avast! for the last 2 to 3 years and till date there has been no problem. Auto Updates of virus definitions and program takes place regularly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted September 28, 2007 ^^^ I too am using the AVAST antivirus now a days my dear friends. And never have any virus problems with it. The best thing with AVAST antivirus is that it come with Anti-spyware. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srk006 21 Report post Posted September 29, 2007 Avast Antivirus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vishal Gupta 4 Report post Posted September 29, 2007 Yes. As I told to "copperco2" in FREE avast! and AVG are good and if you want paid anti-virus then Kaspersky and NOD32 are the best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hritik123 4 Report post Posted October 1, 2007 avast is good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
copperco2 24 Report post Posted October 8, 2007 Yes. As I told to "copperco2" in FREE avast! and AVG are good and if you want paid anti-virus then Kaspersky and NOD32 are the best. i will get kasp as and when suitable.. or as and when mcafee starts giving me problems.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theking 35 Report post Posted November 1, 2007 have been using Zone Alarm Security Suite + Spybot (teatimer active) since the past 1 year...didnt face any probs since then... a question...do u guys recommend switching to AVG for anti-virus and keep zone's firewall? what bout the system resource utilisation? will it remain the same after that or will it putup more load? take care Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
h1ghlander 9 Report post Posted November 5, 2007 mcafee is a good one reason 1) you can have a superdat file downloaded and install it whenever u reinstall the av, really useful when os crashes this avoids a huge download for updates. 2) load on os is very low 3) keeps scanning in backgroud 4) scheduled updates (good one for those using in night unlimited) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
punbros 3 Report post Posted November 16, 2007 Kaspersky! it rocks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I_C_U 10 Report post Posted November 18, 2007 Currently using AVG 7.5 Free as Anti - Virus and Spybot S & D as Anti Spyware. Both are Good. I prefer AVG over Norton as in my case Norton was unable to detect a Virus (Gameof1), which AVG detected as soon as I selected the particular File. Since then I am stuck to AVG. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srikanth_kv 3 Report post Posted November 19, 2007 my anti virus is avg i have recently added spybot its working fine no interactions both are free ..and u get free updates too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
