File from disk (because technically I did break it)
Marhis:
Quote from: lgfuad on 2009 April 16, 22:45:25
I just got the comp two days ago. I have to go buy the antivirus tonight.
Buy? Seriously? Avast is free http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
morriganrant:
Quote from: lgfuad on 2009 April 16, 22:45:25
I just got the comp two days ago. I have to go buy the antivirus tonight.
What is this buying of an antivirus that you speak of? With most of them, you are paying for a resource hog that doesn't even work like it should. Norton's own uninstall doesn't even work and you need a third party removal tool. Most of the time, you end up having to pick up a freeware program to fill in the gaps that the virus scan that you payed for is missing. Get Avast, it works well and has an extremely useful scan on boot option. Malwarebytes is good for removal viruses or trojans that you know that you have, or that you don't. AVG is a good choice if you can't be arsed to run a virus scan once a week or so and would prefer to set a schedule for the virus scan to do it on it's own. Complete this with something like Adaware are you are good to go.
The only problem with AVG or Avast is that it might mark any cracks you have a false positives, but so does Norton and MCafee. However, there are plenty of viruses and trojans out there that specifically target both Norton and Mcafee, rendering them even more useless then they were.
Seriously, the only time I had a virus(and the virus scan just skipped over, and ignored) was when I had a payed for and updated Norton.
lgfuad:
I was thinking of NOD, is that what it's called? I've done the whole downloading antivirus programs things. That's how my last comp died. Which makes sense I guess. The best place to hide a virus is in antivirus software. I know Norton or whatever is terrible, I had it. I just want to be extra safe this time.
dragoness:
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The idea is that you download well-researched and well-known antivirus programs such as AVG, Avast and the others mentioned in this thread. You do not download and install ZOMG ANTISPYWARE 2009 or whatever the trojan-of-the-week is the moment you get a popup ad warning you of your "infection."
jolrei:
Quote from: lgfuad on 2009 April 16, 22:45:25
I just got the comp two days ago. I have to go buy the antivirus tonight. I didn't install the arrred al or ft yet. Just downloaded them. But one says it needs to be mounted on a disk, which is what I did for Ikea. I guess I'll have to obtain BV that way too.
You read, but the meanings do not stick in brain. As mentioned, you do not buy antivirus, unless you enjoy parting with money for no apparently good reason. You download the free ones.
As to arrred versions of the game, the easiest thing is to mount the torrent image onto a virtual drive - get Daemon Tools for this. Faster and saves the step of burning anything onto a physical disk. And yes, get BV that way - the disks have SecuROM. The Arrr version is therefore the superior product.
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