[brownsfan019]

Going to finish up a reformat here soon and wanted to see what virus/spyware removal programs everyone here likes.

List your favorites (w/ links if you have them).

Thanks!

[timokrates]

I use a software called AntiVir.
It's free and does the job very well I believe.

Only the daily auto update is a bit annoying

http://free-av.com/

This software should be more common in german speaking countries, don't know if this is very popular elsewhere.

[Head2k]

http://www.avast.cz/index.html

Home edition is for free.

[james_gsx]

Originally Posted by Head2k »

http://www.avast.cz/index.html

Home edition is for free.

This is probably a stupid question but...

What makes a product like this different than say, Norton?

[Kiwi]

Two things.
1. its free
2. the old standard for a virus writer is to test against mcafee and norton before release.

The last time I looked it was on a par with norton in comparative tests. Nothing is better than Kapersky and Nod32 but they are not free.

FWIW I run Avast but I turn it off during trading. Like a gamer I use Enditall to also shut down any background processes etc that are irrelevant to trading as well. I want all of my c2d's mighty power focussed on trading (and browsing ) And to be sure I'm safe I don't visit any sites except elite, t2w, tl and sierrachart during the trading day. A right click turns it back on again at the end of the day.

[Trader333]

Originally Posted by james_gsx »

This is probably a stupid question but...

What makes a product like this different than say, Norton?

In my view Norton is quite simply awful. It uses tons of pc resource and whenever I get a new pc the first thing I do is remove Norton completely and install the likes of Antivir etc.

If you want your pc to run faster then dump Norton.


Paul

[Bearbull]

Both AVG anti-virus and anti-spyware are free:

http://free.avg.com/ww.download-avg-...s-free-edition

can be upgraded to the pro. version with a small subscription.

Also Comodo Firewall is free.

http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.c..._firewall.html

[firewalker]

Originally Posted by Trader333 »

In my view Norton is quite simply awful. It uses tons of pc resource and whenever I get a new pc the first thing I do is remove Norton completely and install the likes of Antivir etc.

If you want your pc to run faster then dump Norton.


Paul

Absolutely.

I agree with Kiwi, Kaspersky and NOD32 are best, but not free.
To be honest, I rarely run into viruses anymore these days because almost nothing gets past my browser...

Btw, anyone tried Clamwin, the open source scanner, yet?