Friday, August 20, 2010

Are anti virus programs really necessary?

I have tried several different anti virus programs. They seem to slow down the computer, cause conflicts with software. And in the end do not protect. I was running a major one and then checked with an online scanner and my computer was still infected. I am sure that there are virus programs that will destroy hard drives and raise havoc. Can't we protect the computer from the real bad stuff without having to load these huge and ineffective anti virus programs. Or should I just forget about it and switch to Linux. Help!



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The antivirus program that you should use is Avast. This program doesn't slow down your system. Some virus comes form everyday things like check the news on CNN.com or checking emails. So we do need it.



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I use avgfree from downloads.com. its very effective. and a lot of your on-line scanners are advertisement that will tell you you are infected just to get you to buy their product.
A journalist for the Guardian wrote this article about how he had no antivirus software for three years and was just sensible in avoiding dodgy websites and emails.
The major players like Norton, Mcafee etc are pretty useless and resource hogging.

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