does anyone know of a site to protect PC from viruses (free)

[Emlyn]

hi, trying to find a virus protecter (free) cant seem to find one that doesnt have a pop up saying to stop this pay a fee ect,
any recommendations?
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[remotebandit]

Emlyn , i use AVG on my old laptop and it used to be free so follow that up . :)

[remotebandit]

What i love about AVG is that it silently runs in the background and pops its head up when it finds a thread . Norton on the other hand pops up every frikkin time you open something to ask you if you want to allow it

[Emlyn]

cheers guys ill check it out

[KingBob]

Personally i try and protect my pc from viruses, never have i known anyone who wanted to protect the viruses! :P

[Emlyn]

ROFL, changed.

guys im downloading AVG now thanks for the heads up, do you know if it stops pop ups aswell?
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[Kai]

I use this thing called Mac OS X it works realy well, I have never had a virus in the 7 years of it being around

P.S. here we go again.......

[Emlyn]

LoL

[remotebandit]

I use this thing called Mac OS X it works realy well, I have never had a virus in the 7 years of it being around

P.S. here we go again.......

wow , thats amazing kai pitty it wont run mamba software , pity its not compatible with allot of games , pity its not compatible with a colour calibrator i use to tune plasma tvs ... nah but their great mate .

[Matt]

http://www.grisoft.com/au.93967.tpl-mcr1

[Alex]

well.... actually....

it can.

matter of fact, Apple computers even way back in the early naughtys have always been able to run PC software. Whether its by installing a hardware addon / or a software emulator such as Virtual PC and most recently Bootcamp or Parallels.

Macs have always been able to operate on both sides on the coin.. and hell of a lot more productive.

so... which would you prefer out of the two:

1. a machine that can run any operating system and lets the user choose between the two with ease.

2. an OS that attracks attacks by viruses or hacked by uber geeks who think life is full of 0's and 1's just so to prove a point and oil the gigantic machine of antivirus manufacturers.

i know which one I'd go for ;)




I use this thing called Mac OS X it works realy well, I have never had a virus in the 7 years of it being around

P.S. here we go again.......

wow , thats amazing kai pitty it wont run mamba software , pity its not compatible with allot of games , pity its not compatible with a colour calibrator i use to tune plasma tvs ... nah but their great mate .

[obzELiTe]

avg as others had said.

if macs were popular the script kiddies would make viruses for them too, and you only have to google apple and virus to see how mac users are living in a dream world if they think they are virus free.

[Alex]

never said virus free... just not as much and as constant as PC viruses...

anyway, i dont want to use a tool just because its popular... I just want to use the right tools ;)

[Alex]

and by tool i mean design / graphics.

admittedly, if i was a programmer / analysts and all other deskjob jocks, id be using pc's for sure. !devil

[SuperRoo]

Emlyn, Google pop up stopper works well.

The best tool for stopping pop ups is to get rid of Internet Explorer.

[Emlyn]

i have got rid of internet explorer on fire fox,
cheers Richard ill get the google one.

lucky my friend is good with computers and got rid of the virus.

[Matt]

you got rid of internet explorer? are you sure?

[*TOP DOG*]

we use avg free on our pcs.. its very simple too.. always pops up ONLY when there actually IS a virus.. then gives ya the only options u need.. heal and delete.. heal first delete next =D

[Emlyn]

Matt
Posted: Thu Jun 05 2008, 05:23PM
you got rid of internet explorer? are you sure?


yes i removed it when i got fire fox

[Dan]

pftt...get Mcafee just nic the disc of a mate....been using mcafee for over 5 years...never stuffed up once.

BTW another good program to get rid of those nasty spyware, adware etc. etc is "pc tools spyware doctor"...it costs $30 to buy...but i cracked it ;) its piss to do it p)
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[higginsracing]

Try AVG free. Go to www.grisoft.com & hunt around.
Ive been using it for years & its great.

[dingosrun]

avg all the way been using it for years and works a treat

[shaun]

avast

[Matt]

Matt
Posted: Thu Jun 05 2008, 05:23PM
you got rid of internet explorer? are you sure?


yes i removed it when i got fire fox


I dont beleive you.

click START
click RUN
type iexplore
press enter

tell me what happens.

[Emlyn]

wtf it goes onto internet explorer i removed it from the computer though.

[Emlyn]

how do i get rid of it?

[Matt]

You cant. It's embedded into Windows XP. Why do you want to remove it?

[Emlyn]

because thats where all the pop ups are from.