looking for a good anti-virus program

NTM2003 · Mar 12, 2017

looking for a good pc protection, I used Norton for years and just don't seem the best.I was looking at mcafee. I want something more for online gaming and just overall better performance. any ideas. something other then Norton.

Killerdroid · Mar 12, 2017

Kaspersky.
But please remember it's Russian and they may hack you

NTM2003 · Mar 12, 2017

haha I am in the USA so yea they might lol

Arctucas · Mar 12, 2017

Tallencor · Mar 12, 2017

I use a combo of Super anti spyware and malware bytes free. I run them once a week and am careful with DL's and browsing. I dislike the idea of having a program hogging cycles is all. Haven't had a problem in 7 or 8 yrs with this method.

Killerdroid · Mar 12, 2017

NTM2003 said:
haha I am in the USA so yea they might lol

Joking aside it's a rock solid AV Firewall combo. Plenty of features and light on the OS.

NTM2003 · Mar 12, 2017

I use a wifi router to if that helps and want something for my iPhone to

newtekie1 · Mar 12, 2017

Avast Free Edition or Kaspersky if you want to pay for some reason.

Killerdroid · Mar 12, 2017

Tallencor said:
I use a combo of Super anti spyware and malware bytes free. I run them once a week and am careful with DL's and browsing. I dislike the idea of having a program hogging cycles is all. Haven't had a problem in 7 or 8 yrs with this method.

No firewall then?

NTM2003 · Mar 12, 2017

firewall to yes lol

Killerdroid · Mar 12, 2017

NTM2003 said:
I use a wifi router to if that helps and want something for my iPhone to

Kaspersky multi device.

NTM2003 · Mar 12, 2017

I am looking there now and I don't mind paying for a good one.

Norton didn't trust msi mobo software or stuff like that I had to turn it off to download the software from MSI

Killerdroid · Mar 12, 2017

NTM2003 said:
I am looking there now and I don't mind paying for a good one.

It's worth every cent. The free one's sell your data and don't mind letting you know about it.

NTM2003 said:
Norton didn't trust msi mobo software or stuff like that I had to turn it off to download the software from MSI

That's crazy. Sounds like a false flag issues they should have rectified.

NTM2003 · Mar 12, 2017

yea and I think it did it for corsair link 4 to when I tried to download that

Killerdroid · Mar 12, 2017

NTM2003 said:
yea and I think it did it for corsair link 4 to when I tried to download that

Bin it dude and don't look back. Never had that issue with Kaspersky.

NTM2003 · Mar 12, 2017

I like the gaming mode for Kaspersky I look more into that one and see.

Killerdroid · Mar 12, 2017

NTM2003 said:
I like the gaming mode for Kaspersky I look more into that one and see.

Works fine. I used to use it when abusing steam games a few years ago.

Tallencor · Mar 12, 2017

Killerdroid said:
No firewall then?

Just Reg old win 10. I do admit that i get tracking cookies but hardly worth fretting about and cleared once a week.

Killerdroid · Mar 12, 2017

Tallencor said:
Just Reg old win 10. I do admit that i get tracking cookies but hardly worth fretting about and cleared once a week.

Once a week is enough for the said cookie invaders to suck up your data. You should set the browser to clear cookies when you close it.
Get CCleaner too.

NTM2003 · Mar 12, 2017

the pop ups are really annoying on Norton I know I can turn them off but sometimes it will crash my game for some odd reason. but it hasn't done that in a while.

Killerdroid · Mar 12, 2017

NTM2003 said:
the pop ups are really annoying on Norton I know I can turn them off but sometimes it will crash my game for some odd reason. but it hasn't done that in a while.

I dislike babysitting any software, especially when I've paid for it.

Tallencor · Mar 12, 2017

Killerdroid said:
Once a week is enough for the said cookie invaders to suck up your data. You should set the browser to clear cookies when you close it.
Get CCleaner too.

Ccleaner, Ghostery, Ad block plus and Ad Aware Ad block as browser ad ons.
Edit: Installed.

Solaris17 · Mar 12, 2017

Personally

Kaspersky
Avast
Sophos
Emsisoft

Malwarebytes I use more for a quick scan vs a protection device.

Killerdroid · Mar 12, 2017

Tallencor said:
Ccleaner, Ghostery, Ad block plus and Ad Aware Ad block as browser ad ons.

Nope. Ccleaner, Ublock origin. Disconnect and HTTPS Anywhere.

Ghostery allows ads through.

Tallencor · Mar 13, 2017

Solaris17 said:
Personally

Kaspersky
Avast
Sophos
Emsisoft

Malwarebytes I use more for a quick scan vs a protection device.

You should link to your thread about this very subject.

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