Joe Mamma Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 So my OEM Norton A/V 2004 subscription just expired and they want US$35 to renew. As I contemplate giving them my money, it occurred to me - If I owned an Anti-Virus software company, how would utilize my developer workforce? 1% developing antivirus software - 99% developing virii ????? At any rate, it really pisses me off having to spend money on anti-virus software. Is there a consensus on the best for the price??? Quote Joe Mamma Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Amendment 9: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
neodammer Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 I hear you man. They will argue it takes clever coding and super research by hundreds to patch and watch out for virii.. SOmething ill never believe. While I believe and know it takes coders and a good research team. Hundreds if not thousands doing the research and coding?? Are we in that bad of need for jobs? I guess so :rolleyes: If you know the binary patterns of virii you can stop them and remove them with your own program. So what there are 1000's of virii..100 people doing research and coding shoud be plenty :P 9/10 virii are really crumy and takes a virtual moron to open up the package. lol Quote Enzin Research and Development
IngisKahn Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 Virii? You mean viruses, right? Only words ending in -ius pluralize to -ii and -us only pluralizes to -i for masculine nouns, virus is neuter. The word virus was never seen in the plural form in ancient latin (it carried the general sense of poisionous). Quote "Who is John Galt?"
VagabondSW Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 I use Avast Home Edition, which is free for personal use. It includes scanners for real-time file system, P2P applications, email applications, instant messaging applicaitons and others. I turn all that crap off, except for the real-time file-system scanning. I'm not a virus prone user, but I have been very happy with Avast so far. I especially like the price. Quote "Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence." -- Napolean Bonaparte
flann Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 I've known people that use anti virus software, and those who don't. I've seen more problems with the people that use the software. I think you're right, the anit-virus companies are most likely making some of the viruses, because they stand the most to gain. Quote Flann Mortgage Calculator | Debt Free Credit Card Debt | Filing Bankruptcy
Machaira Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Free Virus Protection Software Quote Here's what I'm up to.
Joe Mamma Posted August 23, 2005 Author Posted August 23, 2005 Free Virus Protection SoftwareWow. . . 'Free' means 20 bux a year. I didn't know that! :rolleyes: Quote Joe Mamma Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Amendment 9: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
wayneph Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Wow. . . 'Free' means 20 bux a year. I didn't know that! :rolleyes: 2 extra clicks on their site takes you to their Free for home use version: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 Quote wayne The Road Goes on Forever and the Party Never Ends - Robert Earl Keen
*Experts* Nerseus Posted August 23, 2005 *Experts* Posted August 23, 2005 You can also scan your PC for free with TrendMicro's software: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ Before you say "Wow. . . 'Free' means $50 bux a year." wait! The software to monitor costs money, but to scan is free. I bought McAfee from Costco for around $20 for one year. That was worth it to me. I turn most of it off and scan manually for the most part. If I ever download something to install/run then I turn it all on to get a little more protection. -ner Quote "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut
neodammer Posted August 24, 2005 Posted August 24, 2005 Im aware that virii is wrong :p rofl I did it to sorta quote Joe lol anyway you can almost tell for the m ost part if you have a virus running through a few checks. But I use mcafee and like Nar does i do the same i just turn off the check until i feel i need to manualy scan. I dont know about you but sometimes Mcafee when left on Automatic hogs up alot of cycles. Quote Enzin Research and Development
IngisKahn Posted August 24, 2005 Posted August 24, 2005 Cycles I can spare, it's disk IO that swore me off AVs. Quote "Who is John Galt?"
neodammer Posted August 24, 2005 Posted August 24, 2005 That reminds me.. kinda off topic but I have a 250gb 7200rpm hd that I have about 50% full... now its defragged etc.. and still makes noise in search but when its 1-30%ish full it doesnt make a sound. I wonder why? Defraggin should put files where the head doesnt have to go back in forth so much right? hmm Quote Enzin Research and Development
Machaira Posted August 25, 2005 Posted August 25, 2005 2 extra clicks on their site takes you to their Free for home use version: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 Thanks for pointing that out. I guess I should have been more careful with my link. :) Quote Here's what I'm up to.
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