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What Free Antivirus Do You Install On Windows?
Techman83 writes "After years of changing between AVG Free + Avast, it's coming time to find a new free alternative for friends/relatives who run Windows. AVG and Avast have been quite good, but are starting to bloat out in size, and also becoming very misleading. Avast recently auto updated from 4.8 to 5 and now requires you to register (even for the free version) and both are making it harder to actually find the free version. Is this the end of reasonable free antivirus, or is there another product I can entrust to keep the 'my computer's doing weird things' calls to a minimum?"
HAVEN'T gotten*
Gah. no preview = epic fail
Living With a Nerd
Thank you so much!
I had no idea there were other operating systems!
Excellent [buy v1agra] product. I haven't have any malware [|\|iger1an 419] detected since I installed it [install Antivirus 2009 today!].
I work for Geek Squad and what is fdisk?
www.ubuntu.com Been using it for years and no viruses yet.
::dramatic chipmunk::
Living With a Nerd
I'm so glad you told us what you were running there at the end! I was reading along and I was like "His GIRLFRIEND'S PC?!?!?!?! What about HIS PC?!?!" And then you told me you run OSX and I was like, sweet dude. Sweet.
This anti virus program also keeps tigers away. You don't see any tigers around do you? Bitsmack.com
Reinterpretation of "buy a mac or use linux" mantra every time someone asks for an Windows related advice in all too familiar car terminology:
Windows user: I have this $non-descript-japanese-model hatchback and.... ...
Pundit: Scrap that shit, get a Mercedes!
WU: Well, it's just this noise...
Pundit: Mercedes! Japanese cars are shit!
WU: I can't afford that - anyway I was saying...
Pundit: Then you have to go for a tank!
WU: A tank? WTF? Is this a car service?
Pundit: Or F22 fighter jet. It will happen sooner or later, sonny boy, you car is a piece of shit, it will fall apart any day. Why delaying the inevitable? Switch to proven quality!
WU: Uh... ok, I'll go with it. How do I drive a tank? How do I even get the fucking tank?
Pundit: It's free! You just have to join the military and pass the training and you're good to go!
WU: Can I drive it to work?
Pundit: Not really but who cares! It's rock solid!
WU:
And so on...
"Blah blah blah." - [citation needed]
Because hearing "VIRUS DATABASE HAS BEEN UPDATED" is a moodkiller during sex.
Really? We use it as our cue to do the insane "monkey banana swing" position, which yes includes making monkey noises mid-coitus.
You gotta keep your lovemaking fun, know what I mean?
Living With a Nerd
Must feel good to know that your wife and kids are virus free!
I was helping a doctor clean out his family computer when he asked how does one contract a computer virus.
I respond by visiting the seedier parts of the internet looking for cheap thrills and free software/porn.
In a flash of understanding he responds, 'Oh, just like real diseases.'
I then proceded to show him where to obtain free porn without needing to visit the sites that were infecting his computer.
HTH.
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Based on my experience the last time I used Norton, you'd be better off with the virus.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Where might I find one of these wives with the ability to natively run x86 code?
I installed the Ubuntu anti-virus and now everything looks different and my games and a bunch of Apps I use don't work!
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Stepford! they have a whole set
One virus
Two viru's
Take off every 'sig' !!
The ads pay for the sites. If you block the ads, you're stealing content. Didn't you get the memo? Have you no respect for intellectual property? This may even be a DMCA violation - are you giving legal advice?
Help stamp out iliturcy.
The best thing is to drop all this and let your system's natural immunity develop. Overprescription of AV software just encourages the growth of AV resistant viruses. Basic hygiene is still important, so wash your computer and all peripherals daily with warm soapy water. That will eliminate 99.9% of all viruses. Also data.