Virus Protection (PC not swine flu)

[ltrain37]

Any advice on what to run for virus protection/security for a PC running Windows XP?  Preferably something thats not a resource hog.  PC is fairly old but I can't bring myself to buy a new one.  Wife and I don't use it for much more than web surfing, personal finances, uploading photos, stuff like that.  We don't do much in the way of movie/music downloading or anything like that.  TIA.

 

[Saulbadguy]

I like Avast.

[steve dave]

Avast

AAARRRRR!

[pissclams]

:buyamac

[ew2x4]

Avast, AVG Free, NOD32, Kapersky, etc.

[fatty fat fat]

antivirus.ksu.edu

[ksu_FAN]

I like Avast.

The free version?  I need to get something on my laptop at home.

[hemmy]

antivirus.ksu.edu

u ever tried to uninstall it?  password required, wtf

:buyamac

Apple recommends you use an antivirus on OSX FWIW

[AzCat]

I like AVG (free) I've used the free version of Avast as well and it seems to work reasonably well also. 

[yoga-lika_abana]

I like Avast.

love it. Virus Database has been updated.

got conned into buying a month long version of kaspersky once worst mistake ever.

[pissclams]

antivirus.ksu.edu

u ever tried to uninstall it?  password required, wtf

:buyamac

Apple recommends you use an antivirus on OSX FWIW

no need.  i'll just not download and install pirated software and be fine.   

[Fledermaus]

AVG free is going away?  My AVG is attempting to force me into buying the 8.5 upgrade.  Can't find a free version as an alternate.

[hemmy]

antivirus.ksu.edu

u ever tried to uninstall it?  password required, wtf

:buyamac

Apple recommends you use an antivirus on OSX FWIW

no need.  i'll just not download and install pirated software and be fine.   

MAC virus/hacker problem growing quickly, if they ever gain a significant market share Apple will be pissed they can't lie about not getting viruses on their commercials anymore.

[pissclams]

they recommend using antivirus and then lie about not getting viruses?  i'm getting confused   

i'd say based upon Microsofts latest ad campaign that they're more than worried about apple gaining a "significant" market share, whatever that is.

[hemmy]

Apple recommends it on their website, but refuses to acknowledge it in commercials.  Apple's ad-campaign is 100% based on smearing Windows with bold-faced lies.  Microsoft's ad-campaign does not do the same to OSX.  Quit being a douche.

[pissclams]

Apple recommends it on their website, but refuses to acknowledge it in commercials.  Apple's ad-campaign is 100% based on smearing Windows with bold-faced lies.  Microsoft's ad-campaign does not do the same to OSX.  Quit being a douche.

you get so emo, it's funny. fwiw, i think you'll make a great Geek Squad team member some day, so you've got that going for you, which is nice.

[Ghost of Stan Parrish]

I guess I'm a sucker for paying for Norton/symantec.  Any downside to using Norton, other than it's not free?

[AzCat]

AVG free is going away?  My AVG is attempting to force me into buying the 8.5 upgrade.  Can't find a free version as an alternate.

That's the one annoying thing about AVG, every year or so they do this and don't make it particularly easy to find the free updated version.  It's just a version change you can upgrade (always) at free.avg.com (used to be free.grisoft.com but I suppose too many people discovered that URL). 

[pissclams]

I guess I'm a sucker for paying for Norton/symantec.  Any downside to using Norton, other than it's not free?

it's a resource hog and can be pretty painful to remove/uninstall unless you know what you're doing as its fingerprints get all over your system.  your best bet would have been to not install it in the first place and use Avast and AVG.

[Joker]

It's impossible to discuss anything computer related without a PC/Mac war breaking out.

[steve dave]

Absolutely love the PC/Mac fanboy wars on this board.  Any by love I mean 

[pissclams]

seriously, i said :buyamac as a joke.  anything apple related and the resulting flame war belongs to hemmy.

the dude is such a weirdo it's fun to screw with him about it.

[steve dave]

seriously, i said :buyamac as a joke.  anything apple related and the resulting flame war belongs to hemmy.

the dude is such a weirdo it's fun to screw with him about it.

go sit in the corner

[yoga-lika_abana]

seriously, i said :buyamac as a joke.  anything apple related and the resulting flame war belongs to hemmy.

the dude is such a weirdo it's fun to screw with him about it.

why don't you stop being such an iBully.

[Thin Blue Line]

Might also want to install SuperAntiSpyware. I installed it after having problems that AVG didn't catch. SAS caught everthing else and cleaned it right up.

[Ghost of Stan Parrish]

I guess I'm a sucker for paying for Norton/symantec.  Any downside to using Norton, other than it's not free?

it's a resource hog and can be pretty painful to remove/uninstall unless you know what you're doing as its fingerprints get all over your system.  your best bet would have been to not install it in the first place and use Avast and AVG.

I've definitely noticed this, and it's frustrating at times.  I don't think it's worth firing up the flux capaciter just to undo this decision, however.

[hemmy]

Apple recommends it on their website, but refuses to acknowledge it in commercials.  Apple's ad-campaign is 100% based on smearing Windows with bold-faced lies.  Microsoft's ad-campaign does not do the same to OSX.  Quit being a douche.

you get so emo, it's funny. fwiw, i think you'll make a great Geek Squad team member some day, so you've got that going for you, which is nice.

I currently write software for road profiling test equipment

Not a PC fanboy, just an Anti-mac boy