Antivirus programs

[brainface]

YOU"RE USING NORTON
YOU NEED TO UPDATE
HEY DUDE YOU NEED TO UPDATE
DUDE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION HAS RAN OUT
YOU'RE NOT SAFE FROM THE INTERNET DUDE
DUDE YOU'RE NOT ON THE INTERNET
DUDE IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE INTERNET I CAN'T UPDATE
DUDE YOU NEED TO GET ON THE INTERNET SO I CAN UPDATE SO I CAN PROTECT YOU FROM THE INTERNET
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[Ravenspath]

I agree with using AVG. I have been using it for years and never had a problem with it. And it has stopped a number of viruses.

[Hibou]

What about anti-spyware? Does AVG deal with that or?

[Ishmayl-Retired]

No AVG doesn't, but Spybot for the win, yo!

[Poseptune]

Adaware is good for that was well.

Trendmicro's housecall will also scan for spyware. (Only thing is you have to run it through IE, I've had trouble running it through Firefox or Netscape)

[Hibou]

Ish, does this free version of AVG keep staying free or does the trial eventually run out? Mine says it's valid until the end of November... what happens then?

[Cantus]

It should stay free...  If it does stop working you might've grabbed an old install file. Look around their site and try and find another.

[Jharviss]

I was just over at my university's IT department and we talked viruses for a while.  They said ASG was the best thing on the market, and it's free.  They also said that they'll uninstall Norton as soon as possible.  As Brainface said, having a virus is better than having Norton.  Also, getting the new Spybot, Search and Destroy is the best anti-spyware program on the market.  And it's free too.

McAfee's not bad, but it's not the best.  AVG and Spybot.  Also, CCleaner is nice if you have it.