what's a good anti-virus (free)?

**nugundam93** · November 18th, 2006 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by boybi

can i install more than one antivirus in my PC?

delikado yun. in most cases, mas malala pa damage sa OS mo kesa sa virus itself. heheheh.

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 18th, 2006 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by radiazone

also i don't recommend pc-cellin (doubt penicilin) tama ba spelling ko? hindi mo na marun ung mga program mo after detecting and cleaning virus lalo na yung win32 na virus....

My uncle has PC-Cillin. It detected some 22 trojans and virus in my uncle's pc (due to his nephews and nieces). It cleaned them all out. Some apps wouldn't run because they had been infected or were the cause of the infections and had been deleted. To me, that's the way it should be because I don't want any trace of the infection lingering. PC-Cillin didn't mess around with any of my uncle's apps which were all legit.

Personally, I use AVG on this pc which does a good enough job of detection and healing. I also use the firewall features of the Nvidia Forceware drivers as my main pc firewall.

My wife's pc uses Cox Cable's free security suite for all aspects of internet/pc security as does my daughter's pc. Both are set to auto-update at startup.

My daughter's Mini and iBook 800 doesn't connect to the internet at all. True, they're safe from the effects of pc malware. But, they can still act as a carrier. For now, she does her internet surfing with Mom at Mom's pc. I may grant internet access for my daughter with her Macs/pc later when she's more responsible with her surfing.

**the_wildthing** · November 18th, 2006 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by j_avonni

I'm using Sophos - it's free, including the monthly updates. But our company is paying for it.

Eto ang malupit.

**haeroman** · November 18th, 2006 09:56 AM

maraming ok na anti-virus software pero kung hindi tama ang settings mo, puwede pa rin talaga may maka-pasok na virus sa PC (heuristics, active scanning, auto-scan email, scan instant message, auto-update, etc.). Kung enable mo naman lahat ng features (like yung heuristic para maka-detect ng virus na wala sa library niya), babagal talaga ang PC mo unless you really have a powerful PC setup. pero syempre di natin maiwasan na pumasok yung mga bagong virus (di naman full-proof ang heuristic eh). so ingat lang sa sites, email at mga files na ilalagay sa PC ... and don't forget to update your virus library.

for the free anti-virus software, syempre wala kang makukuhang support dito pero marami naman diyan na ok talaga (AVG, MS Windows Defender, Kaspersky, etc.). Most big-time companies would still go for McAfee, Norton, Trend-Micro (yung mga hindi free) kasi they want support, guarantee and enterprise solutions.

if you want to know the top anti-virus software sa market, check out these sites:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/124475-1/article.html
http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
http://antivirus.about.com/cs/before.../aatpavwin.htm

**russpogi** · November 19th, 2006 01:28 AM

Originally Posted by j_avonni

I'm using Sophos - it's free, including the monthly updates. But our company is paying for it.

Pa-copya! hehehe

**swimstroke** · November 19th, 2006 01:32 AM

Internet hygiene ang pinakamahalaga. :D

**Red Bureau** · November 19th, 2006 02:22 AM

I'm using zone alarm internet security. Okay naman and still aliva nd kicking pa rin ang laptop ko. I hate norton, masyadong bumabagal yung computer.

**batang_raon14** · November 19th, 2006 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by boybi

downloading avast now.

i've received an email from grisoft informing me that they will stop support for their free version starting 2007.

Sir, totoo po ba yan? Ang alam ko po kasi eh titigil na talaga ung support nila for the free and pro version of 7.1. Pero magcocontinue ito for their version 7.5. Which I'm using right now as free.