If you want good antivirus software, look at ESET's NOD32 Antivirus System.
No antivirus is perfect, but it certainly beats going without one.
Ok lets load some mac based virus’s into a mac with no antivirus and see what happens.
I just clean installed Windows 7 yesterday..good thing I have a really good virus protection
Whoever wrote this doesn’t seem to play on an even surface.
Should go without saying.
Had Vista for over a year now, I have had two computer lockups and zero viral infections. Best operating system I have ever had.
If you are running any flavor of Windows without virus protection, you are glutton for punishment.
If you want good antivirus software, look at ESET's NOD32 Antivirus System.
No antivirus is perfect, but it certainly beats going without one.
I use Zone Alarm - what do you think of that program? Is it enough? Oh - and I have WinPatrol...
Ping.
I thought that's what OS are *supposed* to do. Run programs. Our job... to know, or at least enlist the help of antivirus software, to know which programs are safe and which are not.
We're using Avast, and I've seen no performance loss with it, but I've used others including Macafee that sure did.
Was Windows (haha) Defender and firewall running? Or how about the really scary warning that your computer may not be safe, turn on Windows Update to protect it. LOLOLOL
Slightly Off Topic:
I think an OS manufacturer should make their products safe for us. These days, it’s a given that you will run across a virus or malware, or be attacked by some method, such as a trojan.
I use AVG, because it’s good, and it’s free, which falls in line with my opinion. I paid for my PC when I bought it. I paid for the OS, also, when I bought it from Microsoft or as a whole package from the OEM. I should NOT need to keep paying a “property tax”, or a “lease fee” each year, as in a subscription. I have 7 machines that I keep running, 7*60=$420.00 a year on top of the original purchase price. BS.
BTW, am I the only one that noticed that most attacks and virus’ come from overseas? And most A?V vendors are also overseas? Hmmmm!
Mac and Linux distros are of the same opinion that I am. That is, you should be safe, under most normal usages of your machine, without buying something else to protect you.
Microsoft has been leaning towards my opinion as of late. They started with defender, made some more acquisitions, and then rolled out One Care, which wasn’t good, and was a huge resource hog, as well as, it may be a snoopware application, itself.
Now, One Care is dead, a blessing. MS has rolled out “Security Essentials”. I installed it on an XP box, and it seems to be ok. At least it doesn’t use an inordinate amount of resources to operate. Next, I will install it on my Windows7 machine, and live with it for awhile, to see if it gives up any strange behavior, or of I get infected on a crackload site. haha
I'd be a lot more concerned if they didn't.
I’m a certified technician on both PC and Mac.
I like them both, and they’re both good for certain things and certain users.
Here’s the real constant: Mac users are arrogant a-holes, as you can tell by this thread.
Stick your Mac’s up your rear ends!
YOU BOUGHT THE BEST COMPUTER EVER!!! OUR PC’S SUCK SH*T!
Is that what you want? Feel better now?
Foxtrot Uniform
I’m a certified technician on both PC and Mac.
I like them both, and they’re both good for certain things and certain users.
Here’s the real constant: Mac users are arrogant a-holes, as you can tell by this thread.
Stick your Mac’s up your rear ends!
YOU BOUGHT THE BEST COMPUTER EVER!!! OUR PC’S SUCK SH*T!
Is that what you want? Feel better now?
Foxtrot Uniform
I tried W7 the other day. Explorer was a disaster. They have ruined the best part of windows. The up arrow gone, well I could live with that, but it is hard to find anything with all of the nested, hidden folders. And the search feature seems geared towards only finding mp3s and pictures. That’s it for the most part. I was however impressed with the bootup time, but that in and of itself is not sufficient for a complete upgrade. No, I dont mean THE Upgrade..but a whole partition format/reinstall of the o.s, since upgrades for xp cause major headaches.