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Originally Posted by Programmer
Personally, I use Clamwin and AdAware SE for my machine, and they both do a very good job. I cannot have a firewall on my machine due to its usage, so the more virus protection I can get, the better.
Clamwin is what I personally suggest to computer-savvy people, mainly because it requires you to remove it yourself (lol!), so thats why I don't suggest it for people who don't know squat about computers.
AdAware SE is very good for detecting adware and various types of trojans.
If I were to suggest a few good anti-virus programs for regular computer users, I would suggest the following: - Norton 2007/2008
- Avast
- NOD32
- McAfee
All 4 of these are very good, but in specific, Norton and McAfee don't get much credit because they are *very* naggy about your computer's security.
All anti-virus software gives false reports every now and then, and thats just something you have to put up with. Just exclude your program from future scans and your anti-virus software won't nag as much. |
The first version of the Microsoft Spyware Removal Tool or whatever it's called ... when I ran it for the first time, I went to get lunch and when I got back half of my programs were deleted. Apparently Firefox was a trojan back then. Ditto with iTunes.
Funny thing is, it never asked me to remove or whatever, but next time I tried it, it did. Strange ...
Anyway, I recommend Ad-Aware, Spybot: S & D, and AVG Free Anti-Virus.