Billabong Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 In my opinion, Avast! does what it says on the tin: It stops viruses without slowing my computer down uncessasarily. And it plays nice with XP64. It only the stops the viruses it knows about, There is a review somewhere on how many viruses gotten by certain programs, Avast let a good few of them by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 In my pre-Windows days, I use to run multiple anti-virus packages because there would be some viruses that package "A" picked up but not package "B" and visa versa. No one single program will ever stop 100% of all viruses. Virii? Tomātoe. Tomătoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabong Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Running multiple AV will seriously screw up and bring your comp to a halt, which is why you want the one that will catch the majority of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Yeah, well like I said, that was BEFORE Windows. Like, DOS 5 or DOS 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 ...So, ....no matter what Microsoft says or does, I don't see the majority business community budging on their reluctance to upgrade to Vista any time soon. So, I would have to guess that Microsoft will push harder to get the next version of their OS out. This probably means it will have a ton of bugs also. I think they really, really need to do some housekeeping/cleaning on Windows. It's waaaaay too bloated. Apple's taking a pretty sensible approach to their next version - they've already told us to expect almost no new features, and they've barely changed the name (from Leopard to Snow Leopard). It's going to be a rewrite of some core components, for fixes and API updates and to get up to speed on some things like coprocessing on the GPU. If Microsoft spent a year doing that they could probably drop 5 gigs from the Vista install and make it much more stable and faster - and let's face it, Windows needs this kind of work much more than OSX, which already threw out the old code in the basement a few times in the last decade - but instead the next version is going to be Vista plus stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic H Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 im never moving from xp 64 tbh. avast free version for all, lightweight dependable, helps prtect you from the bad shit embededded in lots of cracked demo software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The other easy way around the bad shit embedded in cracked demo software, is to not use cracked demo software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabong Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 im never moving from xp 64 tbh. avast free version for all, lightweight dependable, helps prtect you from the bad shit embededded in lots of cracked demo software. I really can't believe you said that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic H Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 i pay for all the software i use actually - i shouldnt have written that in such a way that would bait sorry. i was speaking from an experience i had 8 years ago when i was a did open a exe keygen and it buggered my computer, i didnt have antivirus. also im sure one of you have downloaded a movie from bittorrent ever have you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I thought you meant the case was crack! man, I feel silly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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