Firewall/anitvirus

ok I have just completed a Reinstall of Vista on my pc and i have decided it's time for a change I did use Zone Alarm for my firewall and AVG or NOD32 for my antivirus, I am thinking of using AVAST! this time round... but I thought what better place to ask than here... what do you use/ recommend? What is best for gaming or doesn't it matter these days?

Eset Smart Security includes NOD32 anti virus and also a personal firewall. Works fine.

IMO Antivirus is a crock of ****. Everyone i have every met who had an infection, was running AV.
And some AV and Firewalls are incompatible, so check it out.

The Argumentalizer wrote:IMO Antivirus is a crock of ****. Everyone i have every met who had an infection, was running AV.
And some AV and Firewalls are incompatible, so check it out.

At the end of the day its the user that lets the viruses in by downloading "hacks", "codecs" to watch pr0n, clicking the enlarge your penfifteen ads etc, also certain viruses are designed to attack certain AV, e.g when I was using Norton 2003 I was sent a picture file that ended in .exe I know now but then I was noobie so accepted and my AV (norton) knew there was a virus but could do fack all about it, anyway after 4 hours messing around asking people I found out I had to downlaod the actual virus client itself which was prorat1.8 and dissable the "local server". Prorat is suposed to be a remote administration tool so the site said.

I use my routers hardware firewall and the XP firewall.
I recomend Nod32, I have been using it for 3 years now and its saved me a few times from those pesky pr0n sites and dodgy keygens from dodgy torrents. I have never used Esmart security so cannot comment on it but it does include Nod32 in the package which I know is great.

Link to Esmart security 30 day free trial.
http://www.eset.com/download/free_trial ... ad_int.php
You need to get your logon details so you can downlaod the trial and update through the 30 days.
http://www.eset.eu/buxus/trial-f/?dis=03FA4034

he watches lots of P0RN!!!

The Argumentalizer wrote:IMO Antivirus is a crock of ****. Everyone i have every met who had an infection, was running AV.
And some AV and Firewalls are incompatible, so check it out.

What kind of experience do you have with computers? I don't think you are knowledgeable enough to make a worthwhile contribution to this topic.

Anti virus programs work. Your average user is probably running an out of date Norton that came installed with their computer. This obviously will not help at all. Use Nod32, proven to be one of top anti virus programs in many tests, and you should be okay. Avoiding shady websites and obvious "this is a virus".exe files helps too.

Nod32 would be recommendation as well. pretty simple, not a resource hog, and effective. nvr had any conflicts with steam while using Nod32.

Yeah they work!?!? How many PCs have you fixed that had Norton and an infection?

You are better off googling BlackViper and disabling security risks and using good habits and staying away from infectious sites.

Better still do not use the internet.
:rolleyes:

I'm using avast. I stay away from shitty sites and don't download dumb shit.

I use a program made by Computer Associates, a company known for its software to protect business machines and servers. They made a PC version of their antivirus. I have been using it for two years. Granted I try to stay away from suspicious sites, but I do download maps from alot of different places. Not only does the CA program take less resources that that crap Norton, but I have not had one problem with a virus, and if it does fail, the company has quaranteed replacement of whatever was damaged if it cant be fixed due to the virus, spyware, etc. It even considers IRC flood to be a virus and warns about it. You set the permissions for which programs you want to access the net. IMO its a great program and I highly recommend it.

I have ran no AV for 3 years now and no probs yet, it all comes down to smart usage.
I may be more fortunate in the fact that I use some 4 year old piece o shat p4 2.5 ghz with 1 gb ram and a ati 9800 pro for my everyday internet use while my game rig does nothing but game. The thing is though that even my POS has not had a virus because I dont do stupid shiat with it either. If you want to do stupid shait get your self a free(easy to find these days) P3 or P4 that is running a hacked version of xp pro, teach yourself how to reformat on a regular basis and download anything and everything your heart desires, just keep your personal info and banking on the SAFE machine.

I tend to like three levels of security firewall, av, anti-spyware

Make sure you get the good package with all three because some security programs such as Mcafee that came with my laptop slows down your system. AVG is a good company provide a decent package that does not slow shit down it is pretty easy to use with web browser plugin for firefox.

Reason why why I prefer all the firewall gives me control of what programs can access the net also it blocks out back doors to my system. Anti-virus is the last line defense if it does not pick it up your screwed and anti-spyware well three years ago I has a program that was recognized by the av but it just did not do anything to it so did a scan with anti-virus found a program got rid of it did a second scan with av and it pick up like 5 more programs and clean it all up so nice to have all three. But it no guarantee being careful where you surf and what you download is the best security.

I dont run any AntiVirus and have never had an infection of any type.
One thing i do: I dont get any email from folks who arent in my client and i dont even open email i am unsure of.

All networking and remote/universal PaP is disabled.
Im on a router/hardware firewall.
I use email for business and real personal stuff and folks know i dont open stupid attachments that go around viraL.

Again, i have fixed many PCs with infections that had AVG/Avast/Norton.
Yes Nod and CA and Kaspersky are good AVs, if you think you need them.

All you guys saying "I don't have any viruses" without an anti-virus, how exactly do you know? That's the entire purpose of a virus. It infects your system without your knowledge and can possibly steal personal information and whatever it wants. You don't know you have a virus until it's too late. Nod32 uses hardly any resources and with Eset Smart Security's firewall, it warns you everytime a program attempts to make an internet connection (inbound and outbound, in interactive mode). Better safe than sorry.

And yes, Norton sucks balls, everybody knows this.

avira beat avast at last trials, so thats what i use.

Yes I agree with Voxtex. I paid over $3000 for my computer and I use it almost every day. The first version of the CA antivirus software I got was free as a promotion in 2007 from Tigerdirect. I paid $29 to upgrade it in 2008. If it costs me about $30 a year to keep it up to date I consider it money well spent to prevent the aggravation of dealing with a virus not to mention the time it would take away from being able to play. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

all the anti-virus programs are a rip-off the only time i've had any virus probs
were when i had anti-virus programs running at full strength !!

i use simple free progs for spyware, malware and the likes,
then i use hack type progs like "hackthis" to get rid of all unwanted bs.

i live by it!!!!!!!!

btw anti-virus programs are all viruses

wow thanks all.. that's a lot to read lol, atm i'm using Avast! (I'm a bit of a sad geek i like tha way it says "virus database has been updated" lol very sci-fi) I am going to give these all a go and decide what's best. And yes Norton sucks balls!!!

i tried nod32 and all those others but i would have to say kaspersky is the best by far.

Kaspersky is good but not compatible with Zone Alarm firewall.

"What kind of experience do you have with computers? I don't think you are knowledgeable enough to make a worthwhile contribution to this topic."

Typical Voxtex! He knows everything and dozens of built and repaired PCs going back to Cyrix represents no knowledge!?!?!!!

Maybe keep your useless opinion to yourself, ass.

There is also another alternative to a running AV process and that is Pandascan online. The only drawback is real infections infect your internet processes
You can also use What's Running and Hijack This to see whats going on.

Delete suspicious and researched files in SAFE mode.

Just found this nice guide for Nod32 3.0.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=197509

i like it cause it oinks like a little piggy when it finds trojans and ect...

Blasphemy wrote:i tried nod32 and all those others but i would have to say kaspersky is the best by far.

kaspersky is a beautiful thing huh?