Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.

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andy_65_in

Padawan
im using usa procured paid trendmicrointernet titatnium secuirty AV valid till abt 3 more months. a few days ago my email was attempeted hacked and i was forced 2 change password.now when i want 2 acces old popular websites the login fails as the readout says transfer 0f potential data information blocked-im forced to put of dtat theft prevention for 30 minutes and then login-what shud i do-shud i change my password
 
thetechfreak

thetechfreak

Legend Never Ends
Guys thinking of installing AVG 2013 on my laptop. Just uninstalled Avira v12, got bored of it for some reason.

does AVG hog too much memory etc? Is the detection good? any thing else I should be aware of?
 
tkin

tkin

Back to school!!
thetechfreak said:
Guys thinking of installing AVG 2013 on my laptop. Just uninstalled Avira v12, got bored of it for some reason.

does AVG hog too much memory etc? Is the detection good? any thing else I should be aware of?
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Why won't you get avast?
 
gameranand

gameranand

Living to Play
thetechfreak said:
Guys thinking of installing AVG 2013 on my laptop. Just uninstalled Avira v12, got bored of it for some reason.

does AVG hog too much memory etc? Is the detection good? any thing else I should be aware of?
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Well your dad will be more annoyed with the damn messages that AVG throws every now and then. I switched from Avira to Avast because Avira also gives me the messages that I don't like, still they were bearable. And yes AVG is a resource hog as compared to Avst and Avira. :)
 
tkin

tkin

Back to school!!
thetechfreak said:
I think dad will be having problem adding the yearly serial number. I think I have an installation file of the newer avast from a Digit DVD. Will install and try then :)
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Once an year, can be done from within avast window, takes 1 min and even on a GPRS conn. now compare the endless nagging of AVG.
 
RON28

RON28

Cyborg Agent
Bought so many anti virus for my OLD PCs to laptop, and from my experience, ESET NOD32 is best if you are a gamer and if you have low end P4 PC.
 
tkin

tkin

Back to school!!
RON28 said:
Bought so many anti virus for my OLD PCs to laptop, and from my experience, ESET NOD32 is best if you are a gamer and if you have low end P4 PC.
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Avast consumes less resources. The highest ram avast consumes is around 30MB total, and CPU usage is near zero, unless real time demand scanning.
 
thetechfreak

thetechfreak

Legend Never Ends
Using avast since morning. The only BIGGEST drawback is when I open folder with lot of files(irrespective of data type or even if files are on DVD) there is EPIC lag. 10-15 seconds. darn :(
 
tkin

tkin

Back to school!!
thetechfreak said:
Using avast since morning. The only BIGGEST drawback is when I open folder with lot of files(irrespective of data type or even if files are on DVD) there is EPIC lag. 10-15 seconds. darn :(
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Weird, I don't face any such issues, ask gameranad if he does..
 
gameranand

gameranand

Living to Play
thetechfreak said:
Using avast since morning. The only BIGGEST drawback is when I open folder with lot of files(irrespective of data type or even if files are on DVD) there is EPIC lag. 10-15 seconds. darn :(
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Nope, I also recently switched to Avast. No issues so far. I think something else is culprit here.
 
harshilsharma63

harshilsharma63

DIY FTW!
Hi, I'm currently using Norton Internet Security 2013. I'm like it's low resource consumption and quick detection, overall, I'm very impressed. The only thing that keeps bothering me is the update size, I download a 100 MB update through my EDGE connection, and 2 days later it asks me to download another 30 MB of update. Can anyone recommend an Internet security solution which consumes low resources, is very effective (basically everything similar to NIS 2013) and has small update size?
 
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whitestar_999

Super Moderator
Staff member
you can try bitdefender free or panda cloud but keep in mind these are cloud based meaning their effectiveness is directly dependent on internet connection(but even offline they should be able to provide at least 90% detection).i prefer bitdefender for its effectiveness but one major issue with free edition is that you can not take any action if it detects a malware/virus(& usually keygens/crack etc too) it will quarantine them & you can not manually restore/exclude as of now(there is a good chance manual exclusion will be in next update).quarantined files are not deleted but you also can not access them as long as bitdefender free is running as it locks down these files with a system driver.
 
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Minion

Conversation Architect
Re: Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.

thetechfreak said:
Guys thinking of installing AVG 2013 on my laptop. Just uninstalled Avira v12, got bored of it for some reason.

does AVG hog too much memory etc? Is the detection good? any thing else I should be aware of?
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Yes,AVG is good. very good detection rate now and it doesn't slows down PC or increase boottime,Scan is super fast too but opt out avg toolbar when installing it.

harshilsharma63 said:
Hi, I'm currently using Norton Internet Security 2013. I'm like it's low resource consumption and quick detection, overall, I'm very impressed. The only thing that keeps bothering me is the update size, I download a 100 MB update through my EDGE connection, and 2 days later it asks me to download another 30 MB of update. Can anyone recommend an Internet security solution which consumes low resources, is very effective (basically everything similar to NIS 2013) and has small update size?
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Avg 2013 too has very small updates and doesn't slow browsing when updating.
 
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