Read more.Freebie antivirus software is the “optimal” solution says University of Tel Aviv study.
Read more.Freebie antivirus software is the “optimal” solution says University of Tel Aviv study.
I've found that Windows Defender in Win8 is more than capable of removing malware. I haven't purchased an antivirus suite in nine years.
A man must have code -Bunk
Have to agree with the article. I have been buying NAV for years and for other PCs installing free antivirus like AVG and all PCs are the same to date. Both types secure so.. The only thing is NAV package costs me €10 per PC so not that big of a loss annualy.
No surprise surely.
Well I work in a large firm who use one of the brand leaders for AV security and Malware detection and we still spend a lot of time re-imaging systems that have been infected. At home I use Microsoft Security Essentials and so far its been as good as anything out there. In the event I need an extra bit to remove something, Malwarebytes does the trick.
It could be a conspiracy!!![]()
Dareos (30-11-2012)
people still pay for antivirus ! the biggest resource hogs on old PCs are the anitvirus apps. Install Win Defender and MSE and you are set, plus it updating as part of WU is great
System 001: Asus Z68 Deluxe, 2600k i7, EK Supreme HF - Full Copper CPU Block, GTX 670 FTW 2GB x 2 SLI, EK 680 GPU Blocks/EK Bridge, 8GIG Corsair Vengence DDR3 RAM CL9 @ 1600mhz, Corsair HX1000, Dell U2412M, Logitech 5.1, Samsung F3 1TB x 2 (RAID 0), Samsung 830 128GB x 2 (RAID 0) SSD (System), Antec 1200 case, Thermochill 120.4 rad, Vario Pump, Windows 7 x64, Cyberpower 1500VA UPS[main]
System 002: A8 3850 APU, ASUS uATX FM1A75 MB, 4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3, Corsair psu, OCZ Agility 3, 1TB F3, Dell 2001FP 20" LCD, £7's worth of 5.1 speakers (they rock) Windows 7 x64[wife/server]
System 003: AOpen 1557 GLSLaptop, ATI 9600 64mb, 1.5 GIG of DDR2700 memory, 60gig fujitsu HD 8mb cache, Intel Wireless and it's great! Windows 7 32bit [main lappy]
System 004: ASUS MB, Intel Core 2, 4 GIG Corsair, Silverstone HTPC case, stock cooler, GT220 1gbDDR3, Samsung F3 1TB, Kingston 40gb SSD, MCE Remote, Samsung 40" LCD (87BDX) via HDMI Windows 7 (32) [media centre]
System 005: Asus UL50AT Intel Core 2 Duo,4GB, Intel Gen 2 80GB SSD, Win 8 x64 [no justification]
System 006: HP Proliant N40L Microserver, 4x2TB drives, fan mod, Pico PSU mod, Win7 x86 [file server]
System 007: Dell Optiplex 9010, i7, 8gb, 128gb Samsung 830 x 2 (boot and VM drive), 1TB WD HDD, ATI something, Windows 8 x64 RTM [work]
It's driven me insane a couple of times....
Most notably....deciding an APK for an Android rooting app is an exploit (which it is, just not for WINDOWS!) and then moving it to some stupid folder and not letting me move it back.
It's just more dug in and less visible then MSE.....which is a step backwards IMO
Main PC: Asus P8Z77 WS / 3570k @ 4.4GHz / 8GB Vengeance Black / GTX 780 (03G-P4-2783-KR) / Areca 1680 / X-Fi Titanium / Corsair: HX 850 / 600T / K60 / M60 / 2x Dell 3007 / 2 x 256GB Samsung 830 (RAID0) / 4 x 240GB Corsair Force 3 (RAID0) / 4 x 1TB Sumsung F1 (RAID5) / Multi-boot: Win 8 x64 Pro, Ubuntu and OS X Lion
HTPC: GA-Z68A-D3-B3 / i5 @ 3.6GHz / 8GB XMS3 / 7970 (GV-R797OC-3GD) / Tevii S480 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / PS50C6900 / 128GB Kingston V200 SSD + 3 x 1.5TB + 1 x 3TB / Windows 8 x64 Pro with WMC
Spare/Loaner: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i950 / 12GB RAM / GTS 450 / Corsair 300R / Silverpower 700W modular
Server Setup: HP ML110 G5 / 8GB RAM / Areca 1210 RAID / 2 x 300GB (RAID1) / 2 x 250GB (RAID1) / 3 NICs / Windows Server 2008 R2
2 x ESX 5.1 Nodes: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 / AMD FX 6100 / 16GB XMS3 / 500W Mushkin Volta / 160GB SATA HDD / 5 NICs
NAS 1: HP Microserver N40L / 10GB RAM / 2 x 3TB + 80GB Intel SSD (Hybrid) + 2 x 1TB / 3Gbps || NAS 2: HP Microserver N40L / 10GB RAM / 2 x 3TB (RAID1) + 2 x 640GB (RAID1) + 80GB Intel SSD (Hybrid) / 3GBps || Network: TL-WR1043ND w/DD-WRT + Dell PowerConnect 5224
I'm quite happy with Avast free - prefer it to Microsofts free effort as that feels like have all my eggs in one basket.
I think the biggest security risks I see nowadays are java, old IE (both are so full of holes and seem to have new exploits daily!) and not installing random stuff off the internet (which seems to result in Fake AV apps that I've had to remove from friends PCs). Not seeing much in the way of genuine viruses now - just malware.
Well, malware includes viruses, but you're correct we don't see the binary counterparts of the real life viruses so often any more, thus all the new names to call different types of malware by. It could be due to advanced heuristic algorithms used in AV software detecting typical virus behaviour more easily than if they mask themselves as genuine user applications, who knows? But I doubt this being the case. We just have to look at what these malawares want to achieve and IMHO the answer is self-obvious: they need to rely on system libraries to effectively hide themselves from AV scanners, pretending to be of genuine value to the user. On top of that, they can be written faster (changing hash signatures before detection) and don't have to worry about finding doors to open when system APIs tell them where to look. They will get picked out by AVs in time, when their hashes find ways into 'virus' signature updates. Until then, they stay undetected, opening other doors to your system as they please. All they need is an unsuspecting computer user answering YES to a dialog box. How many do you know that actually read what's written in those warnings before giving an application permission to run? Personally, I don't know of many that do. There's no AV out there that can protect them from their own stupidity, and while MS is trying hard, they can only do that much before the system starts asking us questions such as "You moved your mouse cursor to the left. Are you sure you want to do that? Click on the button on the right to confirm.". Cheers!
Good God! People still buy Norton AV?
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