[DISCUSSION] Antivirus and antimalware solutions for Windows

Discussion in 'Application Software' started by apoorvasheth, Nov 22, 2008.

  1. ThomasMann

    ThomasMann MDL Expert

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    Agree, I used for more than a year and never got ONE SINGLE warning that was not a false positiv. Which is the actual real problm I have with basically all AV software. Win Defender never does that....
    But I will try these Emisoft and Zemana portable ones. Malwarebytes works fine, but this continuous harrassing with their updates to allow them tzo collect all the data they want, is getting on my nerves. Everytime you use it, you have to remember to answer No THREE TIMES!
     
  2. UmbraEmsi

    UmbraEmsi Emsisoft Community Manager

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    the updated database is large , it probably took the rest of the space.
     
  3. Mr.X

    Mr.X MDL Guru

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    Emsisoft gotta do something about this, not good. Unlike Zemana's which is quite small.
     
  4. UmbraEmsi

    UmbraEmsi Emsisoft Community Manager

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    At least you don't need an active internet connection once it is updated to use it on offline machines.
     
  5. Mr.X

    Mr.X MDL Guru

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    Well yes. This is an upside anyway.
     
  6. UmbraEmsi

    UmbraEmsi Emsisoft Community Manager

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    I like Windows Defender on win10 because it is built-in and system aware, i don't like MSE on Win7 because as a standalone product i have to install, i rather install something way more solid.
     
  7. ultimo404

    ultimo404 MDL Member

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    For free, I prefer Kaspersky or Avast. Emsisoft and ESET are the best paid in my opinion.
     
  8. Luke Cage

    Luke Cage MDL Novice

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    I think it's better you stick with Kaspersky Anti Virus because it gives advance level of security what others hardly offers in that range, rest assured of the sluggishness of pc after installation of kaspersky Anti virus as I myself a avid user of that brand.
     
  9. R29k

    R29k MDL GLaDOS

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  10. Demencial777

    Demencial777 MDL Junior Member

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    Any oppinions regarding AVG? I replaced Avast with that one, mainly because of the bloatware Avast had (even if you can disable it, it was annoying)
     
  11. TairikuOkami

    TairikuOkami MDL Expert

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    I would stay away from it, considering that Avast and AVG are made by the same company, Avast is a better choice, but I guess they will merge eventually.
     
  12. ThomasMann

    ThomasMann MDL Expert

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    You miss the point.

    They ALL are companies and understandably want to earn as much money as possible.
    There software per definition has access to EVERYTHING in your computer. What is to prevent them from using this?

    If a software is free. YOU are the price.
    Much more interesting is the question: Why use any of them?
     
  13. TairikuOkami

    TairikuOkami MDL Expert

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  14. ThomasMann

    ThomasMann MDL Expert

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