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young3dvard

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Quote from: 1123581321 on December 17, 2013, 10:10:10 AM

Why would you install a cracked AV? Now the one thing protecting you from malware might have malware baked-in. MSE, Avast, and several other decent ones are free...

This, any cracked version cointains malware I believe. My friends telling me they scan with AV to be sure there is not malware in cracked versions but I believe malwares not detectable by AV are there

1123581321

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I'm on Debian and what's a virus?

But seriously, NOD32 is excellent if you have to use a Win box. Low resource usage, and you can visit malware-infested sites for fun. Kaspersky is a close second in terms of identifying malware, but it gets too many false positives and uses too many resources.

Why would you install a cracked AV? Now the one thing protecting you from malware might have malware baked-in. MSE, Avast, and several other decent ones are free...

nastybit

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using Norton here, pretty good!

bryant.coleman

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Quote from: pand70 on December 16, 2013, 08:04:33 PM

No matter how i like businesses accepting bitcoins i will not choose my antivirus based on that. Undecided

No. I wasn't asking anyone to purchase AV software only if they could buy it for BTCs. I was just inquiring whether any AV brands offer that choice or not.

And for me personally, the decision to purchase an AV software depends on a number of issues. BTC compatibility is one of them.

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Quote from: Kenshin on December 16, 2013, 08:40:33 PM

I am using Linux, no need for Anti-Virus. Grin

Well, there's Clam for Linux.

There must be some kind of virus for Linux too Cheesy

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I am using Linux, no need for Anti-Virus. Grin

Itun

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I'm using Norton.

I'm pretty happy with it.

Affordable and good service. All I need Cheesy

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I'm an avid Avast! user as well. We shall keep it up!

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To be honest, I pirate all my software and still don't have a true, real-time AV program running on a regular basis. I've installed a cracked version of Bitdefender 2014 recently. It will receive regular updates for the forseeable future. I keep a free version malware-bytes updated and run scans regularly on my laptop. IMO, it's going to pick up anything that a traditional AV client would, without hogging the CPU and slowing the system down. I regularly check the processes I have running, to see how processing power is being distributed but also to check for any fishy-looking processes.

Every once in a while, I'll install an AV client and run a full scan just to see if my current configuration is still picking up everything I think it will. If the scan results don't impress me, the program's getting uninstalled.

I'm rarely surprised by the scan results of MB. Either I expect nothing, some tracking cookies, or a full-blown, massive infection if I know I've downloaded or installed something questionable recently. I have other tools to maintain the registry and check for changes made to it. I don't see any reason to leave installed an unnecessary AV client at this point.

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Quote from: dogedealer on December 16, 2013, 09:31:36 AM

Just send every non-signed exe file to https://www.virustotal.com/
Think twice before running any app as administrator.
Or just use linux Grin

There have been malwares that infect machines without using obviously executable files; including ones that you only need to open a website to get infected, hell there have even been viruses spread by image files and even shortcuts with malformed icon data, that you only had to open the folder they are in to get infected.

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Almost all my life I was using ESET NOD32 and it did not fail me once, though the darkest porn sites and script-kiddy forums.

My mom had a little fail using severely outdated version, but thats only case of nod failing us.

I tend to install MSE(windows defender) lately, on people's computers. It's not confusing them, not eating resources, and (wow!) actually is a quite good antivirus.

Me myself - I sit behind a very anal firewall and limit my exposure.

EDIT: I ditched nod 1.5 years ago, and mostly sat behind windows defender too. But with BTC it seems too risky.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on December 16, 2013, 10:16:12 AM

Talking about various anti-Virus software, are there any who accept Bitcoins for subscription? If there are none, then we should ask Kasper to consider creating a Bitcoin payment platform for the purchase of its AV. Kasper is based in Russia, and it is relatively easy for it to accept BTCs, as compared to Norton and McAfee.

No matter how i like businesses accepting bitcoins i will not choose my antivirus based on that. Undecided

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Talking about various anti-Virus software, are there any who accept Bitcoins for subscription? If there are none, then we should ask Kasper to consider creating a Bitcoin payment platform for the purchase of its AV. Kasper is based in Russia, and it is relatively easy for it to accept BTCs, as compared to Norton and McAfee.

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Quote from: Azukki9 on December 16, 2013, 05:57:09 AM

I am using avast! and I have been pretty satisfied with it.

Likewise, been using it for a few years now. Previously I used to use AVG and also tried Avira, but found they were both too heavy on CPU usage and gave me tons of false positives, avast seems to be much more lightweight, and still maintains a high detection rate.

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Need any help ? Just PM me

I using kaspersky and it help me a lot

pand70

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avast + malwarebytes do the job for me. Also commons sense can be the most effective antivirus.

dogedealer

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Just send every non-signed exe file to https://www.virustotal.com/
Think twice before running any app as administrator.
Or just use linux Grin

Open4lies

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Im using Kaspersky antivirus, but the best protection is browsing trusted sites only and do not download shit

Ravocado

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NOD is my choice...i'm sticking with it for a long time, and of course being careful is best protection.

tyrael78

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I've always found av-comparatives.org to be helpful in deciding on AV software: http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php

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