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Downloads always got rightclicked scanned by av & spybot or malwarebytes before being opened/run. I'm careful w/ emails, where and what I download and what I run/install.
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Since 2002 I've browsed the web behind a hardware firewall w/ av & software firewalls & windows kept up to date. It hit so hard and fast I never found out where it came from. That virunda or vurunda or whatever infection was the first infection I ever had. If I try antivir I'll read their license agreement carefully and if there's nothing that says not to, I agree w/ Martin H that I should be able to set file permissions and I'll try the command you provided. I don't want one w/ popups either but I do want low system resources. I certainly don't want a free version that is less effective at preventing/id'ing malware than its paid version. When I went to replace SEP on my thinkpad at the end of 2008 because a vurunda infection rapidly and totally crippled it I found out about rootkits while researching av's so I looked at av's w/ supposed anti-rootkit functions and I checked out those 3. I thought free avg, avast & bitdefender all had the same engine - by which I mean ability to detect malware - as their paid versions. PC Cillin, McAfee, Symantec: Either not so good malware detection or considered as bloatware. Nod32: Version 2.7 actually was quite good, too.
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Also the popping ads for the Pro version became annoying.
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Unfortunately, after the update to version 9 it seemed to me the latest version is not fully compatible with Win2k. Somewhat rigid support people.īitdefender: Free edition comes without on-access scanner, I'm only using this as an alternative for on-demand scansĪvira: Version 8 was quite OK, the only negative thing to mention were lots of false negatives (basically every packed executable generates a warning). Kaspersky IS (free v7 Computerbild Edition, available in Germany): FW has a all or nothing approach to non pre-configured apps, fine tuning is not trivial the free CBE edition wants a license renewal every 3 or 4 months which is annoying. My current recommendation for the best mix of protection, small memory footprint/CPU load, Win2k compatibility, configurability:įW: Sygate Pro (non-free, still available for a couple of bucks since no longer developed or maintained but who cares) I think over the last couple of years (I'm using Win2k for 10+ years now) I basically tried every program available. I think it was a DLink and I do remember it got fried by lightning.įinding the right AV and FW apps is not a trivial task. I remember a router that had a firewall w/ port & alert configuration options. For firewall function maybe I need to look into current router choices.
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I don't know if there is such a thing or if it would take me two years to figure out how to configure it. Since I have 3 computers networked, what I'd really like is a program I could put on one computer to monitor all network traffic. Symantec's updates also stop all other action until it's done - and it quickly says it's 99% done and then goes on and on and on, grrrr. Scheduling times doesn't work since I'm in a high lightning strike area and when I'm not using the computers they are turned off and unplugged. Avast 4.8 pro does that w/out any impact on system resources. What I really like in an av/malware program is for it to automatically update shortly after the computer boots.
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I think most of the free/paid av's have the same engines and the paid versions have things like automatic updates and schedule/configure scan options. I do forget to do the right click > WOT when I'm following links.Īntivir seems to be maintaining its high performance scores over time and if it's also low system impact I think I'll try that first and see how this old machine handles it.
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I check Norton Safe Web &/or McAfee's software download check site before downloading any software. I mean to put Spywareblaster on here too since it doesn't use any resources other than when its updating the forbidden cookie lists. I use firefox w/ noscript, web of trust & betterprivacy, so I'm not as likely to wander where I shouldn't, only scripts I OK get run and regular & flash cookies get cleared whenever I close the browser. I might not need a firewall other than the router. Win2k doesn't have a software firewall, so I might should go w/ Kapersky. I don't mind paying for av+firewall if it includes understandable instructions - including what I do if I get an alert or positive scan.