is my move correct? - Page 2

s18000rpm · 13-03-2007, 02:05 AM

nice, but its only for OS, what about your precious files???, if they get infected then what???

shantanu · 13-03-2007, 02:09 AM

hmmm, i keep all my files(docs,reports, programs and all) in the locker software provided to US by M$,, and its virus free,spy free and itself free..

nishant_nms · 13-03-2007, 07:34 AM

use avast+comodo firewall the best combination

Kiran.dks · 13-03-2007, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by shantanu_webmaster

why you guys use AV ,

just joking , never inmy life i installed a AV, had in 2002, when i bought a P4 of HCL, that too norton 2001, after that naa, i never installed any AV, yeah beta tested some from kapersky, loved there products, but not using any >>>

Bizaree! One will never come to know that his/her PC is infected till an AntiVirus and AntiSpyware software is installed and scanned. Shantanu, Install a good antivirus and antispyware software and perform a full scan. I bet you that you will be annoyed to see the infections. If not Virus, I am sure you will be having atleast 10's of Spywares.

tango_cash · 14-03-2007, 12:04 AM

i use norton 2005 and i am satisfied with it. everybody here says norton is bad.
cud u ppl tell me apart from slowing ur p.c (i have lot of ram so no problem with me) has norton caused any other problem???
any case where ur free antiviruses like avg or others detected something which norton did not????

s18000rpm · 14-03-2007, 12:14 AM

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any case where ur free antiviruses like avg or others detected something which avg did not???

happened with me, when the Norton's license expired (provided with HP Pavilion PC), i installed AVG Free & it detected 6-7 virus/trojan.

to try Norton's power, open limewire & download any file, sized @ less than 1MB (its virus/trojan), Norton will not detect anything. (scan with AVG & it'll detect the culprit)

shantanu · 14-03-2007, 12:28 AM

as per recommendation by Kiran_tech_mania , i installed AVG business solution complete security package, and scanned my system (vista),

as i said before so virus,SPYWARE or anything, (this happens coz As vista comes with defender, so it does not allows anything to pass by.

BUT really a user shoudl have an AV etc. installed, mine is an expection

, but this cant be with everyone, might be my luck till date...

shashank4u · 14-03-2007, 12:31 AM

hey yr move is right jsut install zonealarm also and u r done..

Wannabe_a_techie · 14-03-2007, 06:10 AM

The DVD with this month's issue of Digit has the latest version of AVG (7.5)

abhi_10_20 · 14-03-2007, 01:15 PM

yup, installed AVG 7.5.........
good thing is, every it gets updated when PC starts....

really dunno, if you guys claim AVG is such good, then why is it free of cost?

Shasanka_Gogoi · 14-03-2007, 02:55 PM

Firstly, loved ur

If u love something....set it free........
if it returns, its yours.......
else it was never meant to be with you......

Use Avast antivirus. I recommend it to all, u r not bound to go by my recommendations but give it a try. Its lite and free and even has a Web shield, network shield, P2P shield, etc, etc , which serve similar to a firewall and are good or u can pair it with ZA like I do!

Kiran.dks · 14-03-2007, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by shantanu_webmaster

as per recommendation by Kiran_tech_mania , i installed AVG business solution complete security package, and scanned my system (vista),

as i said before so virus,SPYWARE or anything, (this happens coz As vista comes with defender, so it does not allows anything to pass by.

BUT really a user shoudl have an AV etc. installed, mine is an expection

, but this cant be with everyone, might be my luck till date...

Hmmm.....Nothing? I said there might not be virus issue, but spywares?....since u tried that, give one more try. Install "Spybot-Search & Destroy", Update its definitions and perform a full scan....

Let us know what happened.

shantanu · 14-03-2007, 06:36 PM

will spybot run on vista ?? and where can i get it ??

krates · 14-03-2007, 08:10 PM

Yes It's Good But Keep On Updating It

abhi_10_20 · 14-03-2007, 10:33 PM

ahh..
'AVG' && 'ZoneAlarm' && 'Spybot'
would these three combinedly make my system as slow as Norton was
doing????
i am sure they will......

Kiran.dks · 15-03-2007, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by shantanu_webmaster

will spybot run on vista ?? and where can i get it ??

Spybot "S & D" is compatible with Vista.
Download it from here. One change when installed in Vista is, it requires admin rights.
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Originally Posted by abhi_10_20

ahh..
'AVG' && 'ZoneAlarm' && 'Spybot'
would these three combinedly make my system as slow as Norton was
doing????
i am sure they will......

Nope it will not slow down your PC. Amoung these, only AVG and ZoneAlarm are real-time scanners. Spybot doesn't have real-time scanner. It is to be manually updated and pc should be scanned occasionaly. For real-time scanner option, use Free Windows Defender or AVG Antispyware paid version.