Author Topic: Symantec's Norton Antivirus now with embedded malware? (Read 10615 times)

Hellstryker · **Reply #20 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:14:28 am

Quote from: High Max on March 12, 2009, 10:31:30 pm

I have Norton but now I'm worried to update it and use it. I did search my system for that bad exe file and it wasn't on my system. I guess I can try and update it and then search my system for that nasty exe file again to see if it installs it.

Just rip that stuff off your HD right now and download AVG Free edition and MBAM. Trust me.

Topgun · **Reply #21 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:55:46 am

what antivirus would you recommend then?

Hellstryker · **Reply #22 on:** March 13, 2009, 11:34:17 am

Didn't I just say that?

redsniper · **Reply #23 on:** March 13, 2009, 12:14:53 pm

avast! is good too.

BloodEagle · **Reply #24 on:** March 13, 2009, 02:23:56 pm

I think that it is important to note that Symantec was bought out by a large company a few years back.

Solatar · **Reply #25 on:** March 13, 2009, 04:41:36 pm

I use Linux for day to day stuff, and AVG for my Windows partition. AVG has worked quite well for me.

blackhole · **Reply #26 on:** March 13, 2009, 04:48:04 pm

AVG free is a godsend.

I used to like Norton, but over the years it got worse and worse and now i just use AVG because its easier and I don't need heavy-duty protection from viruses because I'm not an idiot.

pecenipicek · **Reply #27 on:** March 13, 2009, 08:36:50 pm

COMODO is the only thing i trust personally. Works extremely well, doesnt hog up the PC, actually uses intelligent scheduling regarding "background scanning" and such.

another plus is non-resource hoggin on-access scans, intrusion detection and... hmm. anti-everything if you desire so?

Mr. Vega · **Reply #28 on:** March 14, 2009, 08:26:59 pm

AVAST, NOD32, and Kaspersky are the three best out there.

The E · **Reply #29 on:** March 14, 2009, 10:04:48 pm

*facepalm* You know, it's supposed to do that? Modern virus scanners hook into Windows' basic IO to monitor any read/write access to your HD for suspicious activity. When they register that one of their core processes is being shot down, they restart them for your convenience. I don't know what hardware you got, but a modern-ish system using a modern-ish OS shouldn't really slow down noticeably.....

pecenipicek · **Reply #30 on:** March 15, 2009, 05:27:08 am

except it does. Always.

try comodo. freeware, x32/x64 availible, works extremely well, is actually user-friendly.

avg, avast and nod are the 3 worst offenders when it comes to antivirus proggies.

Androgeos Exeunt · **Reply #31 on:** March 15, 2009, 05:54:43 am

It's all Windows except for Avast!.

ssmit132 · **Reply #32 on:** March 15, 2009, 06:25:02 am

Quote from: pecenipicek on March 15, 2009, 05:27:08 am

avg, avast and nod are the 3 worst offenders when it comes to antivirus proggies.

What do you mean by 'offenders'?

AVG Free works fine for me.

Androgeos Exeunt · **Reply #33 on:** March 15, 2009, 06:27:06 am

I'm more interested in the meaning of "proggies".

Rick James · **Reply #34 on:** March 15, 2009, 06:29:26 am

Quote from: Androgeos Exeunt on March 15, 2009, 06:27:06 am

I'm more interested in the meaning of "proggies".

Diminutive of "program", which is dumb because they both contain the same goddamn number of syllables.

castor · **Reply #35 on:** March 15, 2009, 06:45:35 am

Quote from: The E on March 14, 2009, 10:04:48 pm

I don't know what hardware you got, but a modern-ish system using a modern-ish OS shouldn't really slow down noticeably.....

In my experience its unnoticeable only when the system is unresponsive to start with - one more shovel of **** on top of a big heap won't make much of difference..

karajorma · **Reply #36 on:** March 15, 2009, 07:20:41 am

I've never had any serious problem with AVG either but I would also recommend Comodo too, simply for the fact that it allows you to run your anti-virus, firewall and anti-malware from once single place.

I will however warn that although the virus protection is very quiet the other two frequently send up pop ups.

pecenipicek · **Reply #37 on:** March 15, 2009, 10:32:39 am

Quote from: castor on March 15, 2009, 06:45:35 am

Quote from: The E on March 14, 2009, 10:04:48 pm
I don't know what hardware you got, but a modern-ish system using a modern-ish OS shouldn't really slow down noticeably.....
In my experience its unnoticeable only when the system is unresponsive to start with - one more shovel of **** on top of a big heap won't make much of difference..

exactly.

@kara, the popup count can be adjusted via a slider. virus can either be completely silent or it can warn you about every damn thing it finds

also, on the count of dedicated av-only programs, i'd reccomend ClamAV also. silent, fast, deadly to viruses.

karajorma · **Reply #38 on:** March 15, 2009, 11:00:32 am

Like I said, the virus thing is fairly quiet. It's the firewall and Defence+ that are noisy. Yeah you can slide them down until they are useless but that defeats the point of having a combined solution.

Hellstryker · **Reply #39 on:** March 15, 2009, 02:48:28 pm

AVG does cause noticable slowdown. So do Kaspersky and NOD32. I keep AVG free around for one reason: Link scanning. I use MBAM for actual weekly virus scans (Which it is a lot better at than AVG. ie: AVG couldn't find Vundo, MBAM did.)

But the best defense against viruses and trojans in the first place is "Don't do anything stupid" Which does not translate into
"all pr0n has viruz lolz" I've only ever gotten a virus from a porn site once, and it was from doing something very dumb. (Actually downloading something)

Edit: Just for the record, I have never used a firewall, and have never needed one. They generally seem to cause more problems than they're worth.

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