Antivirus Guide & User Reviews.

[tkin]

@tkin: I am currently using Free Avast Antivirus+ MBAM , do you think I should upgrade to the paid version of Avast. BTW, your avatar(DP) is so soothing that it makes me feel sleepy

No, the paid version is not worth it, just use free, and run the malwarebytes anti malware once a week, and you're all set, note here I use a third party firewall(COMODO Firewall), as I need more control, but windows firewall is just as good.

 

[Abhishek Nama]

No, the paid version is not worth it, just use free, and run the malwarebytes anti malware once a week, and you're all set, note here I use a third party firewall(COMODO Firewall), as I need more control, but windows firewall is just as good.

Thanks for the suggestion. I have been planning to try out Comodo. Will do it now

 

[Minion]

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Minion bitdefender is heavy on system & i dont like wasting my cpu or ram in antivirus

I was talking about this
Free Antivirus Software - Download Bitdefender Antivirus Free
It is extremely light on PC.

Akil last question should i use comodo firewall or avast firewall is good ?

If you need 3rd party firewall i recommend you zone alram free firewall. Decision are taken by firewall itself and not end user its very easy to use.

 

[gameranand]

Thanks for the suggestion. I have been planning to try out Comodo. Will do it now

Prepare to be slammed by a hell lot of notifications when running processes.

 

[ajayritik]

Guys have an old PC with P4. Recently installed Mcafee and it's become really slow. Any advice on a good AV with low memory usage?

 

[Jay1234]

@ajay IMO AVAST COS IM USING IT & IT IS LIGHT

 

[Abhishek Nama]

Prepare to be slammed by a hell lot of notifications when running processes.

I did use Comodo in the past, and I uninstalled it because of those pesky notifications. What firewall do you recommend?

 

[tkin]

I did use Comodo in the past, and I uninstalled it because of those pesky notifications. What firewall do you recommend?

Did you ever check the settings? There is a option there to decrease no. of popups, and also an option to create rules based on file signature(Hash), and also if you tick the remember choice button while answering pop ups, you only have to answer them once, not more than 10-15 the first time. And all real firewall work that way, they are suppose to tell you when a program is trying to connect to the internet, it could be a trozan(worst case scenario).

 

[Abhishek Nama]

Did you ever check the settings? There is a option there to decrease no. of popups, and also an option to create rules based on file signature(Hash), and also if you tick the remember choice button while answering pop ups, you only have to answer them once, not more than 10-15 the first time. And all real firewall work that way, they are suppose to tell you when a program is trying to connect to the internet, it could be a trozan(worst case scenario).

Yes, I did tweak the settings according to my preference, and after I formatted my Hdd for some reason, I just didn't have the patience to do all that again
However as you said, a firewall is supposed to work that way- absolutely true. That is why I am going back to Comodo

 

[Chaitanya]

So (bitdefenderIS,KIS) < avast+malwarebytes+comodo firewall+aware user??

Should i save my money?

 

[tkin]

So (bitdefenderIS,KIS) < avast+malwarebytes+comodo firewall+aware user??

Should i save my money?

If you're smart.

 

[d6bmg]

So (bitdefenderIS,KIS) < avast+malwarebytes+comodo firewall+aware user??

Should i save my money?

Comodo Firewall is great and so is Zone alarm.

And answer to your question: yes, why not?

 

[tkin]

Comodo Firewall is great and so is Zone alarm.

And answer to your question: yes, why not?

Way too much CPU load, won't feel it on my rig, will feel it on a laptop.

 

[ithehappy]

Using NIS for 5 or more years, is there REALLY any better out there? I've tried Kaspersky, Bit defender once, didn't like them! Oh and forget about Quick Heal, wasted my money!

 

[tkin]

Using NIS for 5 or more years, is there REALLY any better out there? I've tried Kaspersky, Bit defender once, didn't like them! Oh and forget about Quick Heal, wasted my money!

Try avast free for a few weeks, get COMODO firewall with that.

 

[rohit0571]

Try avast free for a few weeks, get COMODO firewall with that.

I have seen that avast does not give virus alarm on the keygenerators / patches whereas AVG and MS Antivirus does?

Comodo is v.good, but it is problematic to configure & set its rules as it takes lot of time. Any solution for it.

 

[tkin]

I have seen that avast does not give virus alarm on the keygenerators / patches whereas AVG and MS Antivirus does?

Comodo is v.good, but it is problematic to configure & set its rules as it takes lot of time. Any solution for it.

If the keygens or patches are not a malware then why would avast warn about them? Its called a false positive, avast has very few false positives.

You can check the option in COMODO configuration "Create rules for safe applications." Then it will only warn you about unknown files.

 

[rohit0571]

If the keygens or patches are not a malware then why would avast warn about them? Its called a false positive, avast has very few false positives.

You can check the option in COMODO configuration "Create rules for safe applications." Then it will only warn you about unknown files.

But then why is AVG and MS AVirus detecting these files as malware / virus.

 

[ajayritik]

Guys have an old PC with P4. Recently installed Mcafee and it's become really slow. Any advice on a good AV with low memory usage?

Guys anyone?

 

[tkin]

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Guys anyone?

Avast avast avast.

But then why is AVG and MS AVirus detecting these files as malware / virus.

Forget AVG, its false positive galore, if you are suspicious about any files, check it here: *www.virustotal.com/en/