Is Avast! still the official anti-virus of /g/?
>>51241585
Common sense 2015 home edition.
>>51241585
>AV
>using windows
notevenonce.bat
>>51241671
Common Sense 2015 (+ Linux for autists)
>heuristics are those of an autist
>detects text strings of virus names as malware
THE AVAST VIRUS DATABASE HAS BEEN UPDATED
Avast is FUDware
>>51241585
lawl
>>51241671
>home edition
>not ultimate
ayy
>>51242957
damn avast went downhill since 4.8.. talk about botnet and bloat lmao
>>51242997
What the fuck Mail Shield or Secure Line does even do..
I use AVG, is this bad?
>>51243023
yes
Should I get the free avast or is there a torrent you would recommend?
>>51243044
Bitdefender free
eset?
>>51241585
>/g/
>official anti-virus
There ain't such a thing. Common Sense all the way.
>>51241585
Avast sucks. I used to work repairs and my boss insisted on putting it on all of our clients machines. On more than one circumstance I was working on a computer that was obviously fucked with viruses and Avast had no idea.
You could maybe argue that it is good for preventing the user from getting a virus in the first place with its annoying ass pop ups. These users probably ignored its warnings fucked themselves in the process but still, then you are back in the realm of common sense. A dumb shit is going to get the virus anyway. If Avast can't at least get rid of it then what is the point?
>>51241585
The one and only: http://www.360totalsecurity.com/en/features/360-total-security-essential/
ClamWin uber race!
I've been using ESS for years; no problems, ever. Lately it started being a faggot after I switched between a proxy internet in the campus and my home internet. Firewall is all fucked up, it blocks my wifi hotspot for some reason and doesnt let me play lol. I want to change it and I'm looking for something with the same user/pass system or maybe something that can be cracked, because no moneys.
>>51243225
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>>51241585
No, BitDefender is the new master race
>>51241585
GNU/Linux + ClamAV
Also, how good are the free versions? Like BitDefender free or Avira? How are they different from the paid versions?
>>51243288
why are you on /g/?
No Java/Flash (unless run in VM)
ublock origin
don't run stupid shit in general
EMET to make zero-days ~1% less likely to fuck you
Best AV 2016, you can even turn off windows defender now
>>51242957
> secure virtual machine
Wut ?
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>>51243576
>>>/r9k/
This isn't a secret club anymore. Get over yourself.
>>51243599
Nice dubs.
I have literally never browsed r9k for any frequent amount of time, normals are still a thing, and they still need to get the fuck out.
>>51243612
Maybe OP is asking for a relative or something. I heard some Colleges in burgerland force you to use antivirus in order to use the College's network.
>>51241585
dunno breh, i'm on linux like most of /g/
>>51243654
>like most of /g/
Most of /g/ uses Windows. This has been show by the multiple strawpolls made asking 'what OS are you using'.
>>51243696
he was obviously meme'ing
>>51241585
I used to use it but it got really annoying with ads for other products. They added to much new stuff to it and ruined the interface. It also thought one of the battlefield 1942 expansions was a virus and ruined my game file and I'm not going through putting all 6 discs back in to install again. This is after years use and I was actually going to donate when my time to renew came around again. It was the only antivirus I liked until it died.
>>51241585
it never was.
>>51241585
outside of kaspersky, still the most convenient and performant one available.
>>51242942
>not using it in silent mode all the time.
PS: image says a certain number of days, but that's because I uninstalled it to try out various AV solutions and found none of them as satisfactory.
>>51243258
Bitdefender holds downloads till the entire thing is transferred before informing the program doing the download that data has arrived.
This becomes a problem in gigabyte-sized downloads in browsers.
>>51243258
>>51244533
addendum: unfortunately, it also appears to not like torrents, frequently locking up both the AV and the torrent client and slowly stalls everything till a proper shutdown becomes impossible
>>51243928
see
>>51244504
just set it to silent and feel safer.
you still have to be careful, but it does catch the errant POS software.
also, disable HTTPS scanning, it scans things as they enter the filesystem anyway.
also, enable PUP detection, to also nab some adware and toolbarware bullshit.
everything ends up in the vault, so silent works great.
>>51241585
Avast has some issues. Namely, every once in a while, it'll freak out and say the compilers installed on my machine are probably a virus.
also, it seems to have been flagging the Chocolate Doom source port website as a malicious URL for the last year or so for no reason, which is completely retarded
>>51243012
mail shield scans mail (eg, if you're using a mail client and not webmail)
secure line is Avast's VPN service
>>51241585
Make sure to use it on windows 10™ for ultimate botnet experience.
BitDefender is the best.
Kaspersky is the second best.
The results are based on actual real-world tests, and not some random anon's opinion.
>>51245230
bitdefender is shit I've tried using it 2 different times before and it's not usable
>>51241585
>>51244504
I used Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 recently while cleaning a computer and it cleared everything on the computer and all my recovery tools on my USB because they was potential threats, I spent weeks looking for all of that software and it calculated to 2GB, took a while to copy them but it was beautiful, I don't use it because of that reason.
Faggot here, what's the best anti-virus? I'm pirating AVG right now because I uninstalled Norton for being too fucking shitty
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>>51241585
Stop saying that as if it has ever been. Avast is a piece of shit in every way.
Nod32 with trial keys or avira.
>>51243225
>chinese product
ahahahahahahahaha
Looking for a good antivirus right now.
I found Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2016 for only $24. Should I get it or something else?
>using free antivirus
>browsing habits being sold to the black market
>>51241585
>anti-virus
>on Linux
Now why would I do that?
From reading all of people's responses, I can't come up to a conclusion to which is the best free antivirus to use, can someone help on this? I use avast for 5 years now, I had no problems with it, but which antivirus is the best?
Avast is bad in my experience.
I experienced many false positives, high memory and cpu usage as well it's a fucking botnet.
Uninstall that shit and use some commonsense .
>>51252068
Common Sense 2015.
Upgrades to Common Sense PRO (any linux distribution) available for free at your nearest internet outlet.
>>51252068
if you want privacy go with 36 total securtiy and they are light weight antivirus instead of bloat and bot net. But if you don't care about bot net use avast still they, are the best antivirus. But becareful which antivrus you do download, they have been caught making viruses.
>>51243258
BitDefender is botnet.
When I was using it, there was always a connection to an IP in the USA every time I clicked on the start menu. It disappeared from peerblock after I uninstalled it.
>>51252117
360 my bad
>>51252117
How good is 36 total security?
>>51252068
Just get malwarebytes and commonsense
>>51244504
>still the most convenient and performant one available.
https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/windows-8/
Nope. Bitdefender, Avira, and Panda are all better performers in the free AV category.
>surfing porn clicking a shit ton of links
>avast alerts me that im being hijacked or some shit
>ignore and continue fapping
>computer explodes
shit antivirus/10
>>51241585
Literally a trojan.
I care about privacy so what is the best antivirus I can get?
>>51252068
The only free antivirus program I'm aware of is ClamAV.
>>51241585
>boot time scan
aww yiss
>loads windows and scans before login
aww noes dis not boot scan
>Avast
>>51252199
pretty good download 360 total security
Where the fuck is malwarebytes in this shit?
>>51252592
don't forget too get peerblock
microsoft security essentials is good again
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2493962,00.asp
http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-security-essentials-scores-incredibly-well-in-new-antivirus-tests-495622.shtml
So in conclusion from the information I gathered from this thread, BitDefender sucks, avast sucks in terms of privacy, commonsense and 360 total security are the best
>>51252626
>peerblock
>anything but placenta
>>51252655
commonsense is bulit into your computer so 360 total security unless somebody finds a torrent for it
>>51252685
>placenta
never heard of it
>>51252710
>implying you don't realize I'm being fetus and meant placebo
>CTRL + F
>"malwarebytes"
>Only mentioned twice
What the fuck guys.
I honestly don't even use antivirus on my windows install. All I use windows for is gaming and programs that are OS dependant. Just use MBAM and ccleaner. For others I usually give them AVG or Avast!
Add others have already said, common sense b is the best defense there is.
>>51242957
>being a retard
>>51243536
Exactly
>>51241585
it never fucking was, its fuckin malwarebytes yo
back when i was a skiddie do you know how i figured out how to bypass avast and avera?
by fucking changing the exes embeded .ico
i fucking shit you not
Kaspersky?
lol
>>51243225
i'd rather use a russian product than a chinese one
>>51253617
Malware bytes isn't an anti-virus, retard.
>>51252640
no its not. they even said its not and to get a real AV software.
>>51254515
malwarebytes isn't an AV program though. you have it along with an AV and scan your shit with malwarebytes couple times a month.
>>51252068
just raw dog and bail breh
>install avira on my system today after running for more than a year without antivirus
>do a system scan
>no viruses or malware found
>>51241585
distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20150924/install-amd64-minimal-20150924.iso
>>51255558
probably infected with viruses that hide i got 360 this evening did a full system scan found 18 things
>>51255740
I'd have to be pretty lucky to only get viruses that can hide themselves from Avira.
>>51254669
>still parroting articles from 5 years ago
Get out of here, paid antivirus shill.
>>51243023
as fuck
Someone gave me some eset keys plox
>>51255558
>virus so imbedded into the root of windows that it can't be detected anymore
>not doing a complete wipe and fresh install
Does Avast still hijack SSL certificates?
>>51243225
Same. Great, but have had 6+ hour scans due to it using 5 engines
>>51257275
Refer to >>51255829
