RE: FN-FORUM: Antivirus and Security

date posted 5th April 2006 14:03

Thank you all.

Well I have finally got Norton off my machine, after installing more Norton
Software to enable uninstall. I am using NOD32, very light platform and
clean install. I don't mind packages that call home, but can't stand
packages that advertise to me and steal all my resources. AVG looks good,
but I don't want to be an advertising board, most freeware tries to
advertise in my experience. I don't mind paying for antivirus, it's key to
keeping a machine free from programs that would like to damage a machine. If
I am caught using Norton again, then I am going to admit myself to a secure
hospital.

Installed CC Cleaner, neat tool, I caught the Yahoo Toolbar install, don't
want that for sure.



-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Dom Latter
Sent: 05 April 2006 14:06
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Antivirus and Security


On Wednesday 05 Apr 2006 1:39 pm, PuntersPower wrote:
> the free version of spybot is not too good on keeping upto date plus
> if you don't buy the paid for version it runs it's own little remnder
> every now and then, another piece of spyware if I am not mistaken

It doesn't install anything, AFAIK. If it pops up a reminder when you run
it, that's perfectly legit.

Anyway, best anti-spyware thing you can do is run HijackThis
*before* you have any problems, and keep the results. This will give you a
baseline to compare to if / when you do get an infection.

Actually, the best tihing you can do is rid yourself of Microsoft...

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