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I personnaly use Sophos products; almost never had any problem, and does not have the drawbacks of other A/V I have tested so far. There does not exist a free version, though; corporate users are granted a free licence for home, but something has to be done to allow clients to update on the company's servers instead of Sophos' ones.
I never finish anyth
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Currently I'm using the free version of bitdefender, it is 100% automatic, you can't set exceptions, it is not nagging with banners or too much information, it simply works and it is not a resource hog.
Just give it a try, you'll have to register and then let it work.
Tried Kaspersky time ago and the computer was terribly affected by it, Norton was more or less like Kaspersky, avira was nice, but it's free version is showing adverts each hour or so...
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What does the Outlaw Programmer need an anti-virus for?
I thought that when a virus got on your system, [insert Chuck Norris joke here].
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Because I can't always travel to kill virus authors myself...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Yes, TSA is getting rather picky about letting us aboard much of anything with the proper tools for the job.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Quote: (caused by failing hardware),
Your fault that you are not using virtual PCs  
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I've had good results with ESET Nod32 the past several years.
Not free but I'm pretty sure they have a trial version.
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I use it as well and I am quite happy with the results and the performance
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Agreed, I switched to eset and now have a 10pc license for it.
I have it on all the machines I have.
Very efficient (unlike others, slowing my machine down).
I have exactly ONE complaint.
- If I try to exclude scanning *.XXX files, it applies it at the time for known drives only.
So if I connect to a VPN (I do all the time), it scans *.XXX files over the VPN, which is slow.
I don't want to turn off network scanning, but I get forced to if I have a slow VPN.
One complaint, like that, after years of usage.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: what is the current consensus on A/V software
IMO, no consensus.
I use Kaspersky, and it has works fine. But have friends swear by McAfee, aka Intel Security.
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Interesting, I only know people that swear at McAfee, me included, we have the enterprise stuff at work and it is REALLY irritating to see a processor taken up by the AV.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Exactly. It is the IT guys who swear by McAfee 
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I tried BitDefender (on a friend's laptop that they had just bought). It really slowed it down during start-up.
I generally recommend Kaspersky for neophyte friends, they have a good 3-license deal for multi-computer homes.
I suffered from Sophos at work and would not let it anywhere near one of my own computers. I suspect that it is mainly popular due to an excellent central management interface.
Personally I still use the Symantec Endpoint Protection client in stand-alone mode (do not confuse with Norton AV) - I don't use the network protection/firewall that it has and it is entirely unobtrusive, even on older, slower machines.
And did I mention that I don't like Sophos?
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I use MSSE, whatever the testing labs tell.
Other antiviruses that I tried reported several false positives.
Additionally they bragged about *viruses* that they thought they had found in the spam or in deleted emails.
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I use Kapersky. It found two rootkits on my son's computer and one on my wife's computer that Malwarebytes had not found. It will detect NSA viruses. For the most part, it does not interfere. There is sometimes a bit of a slow down when it scans while the computer is being used. I set it to not do that when games are being played. Unfortunately, not all apps are games. There is another setting to not scan when the power cord is unplugged, so I set that on, and, when the computer slows, temporarily pull the power cord to stop the scan. Kind of a kluge.
Others I have tried are Malwarebytes, BitDefender, Symantec, Norton, Sophos. Malwarebytes is good, but Kaspersky is better. BitDefender started putting emails in the junk folder without asking and sometimes caused performance problems. Symantec is used at work, but has caused enough lockouts and slowdowns that I won't use it on my own computers, besides not being as good at detection as Kaspersky. Norton was only used temporarily once because it came with the computer, but it is like Symantec, only is pushy enough that I think it is more like a virus itself. I have tried Sophos temporarily and liked it, but just decided on Kaspersky because of its detection of the NSA virus.
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Personally, I use Avast, you get a free and a paid-for licence. Currently I use the free one (and have done so for the past 7 years or so) and have yet to find fault with it. Switching it to "gaming mode" turns off any notifications/sounds that would popup.
It hasn't failed me yet. Whenever I suspected something wrong I downloaded the Kaspersky One-time scan, ran that in safe mode, so far it hasn't come up with anything either. (That said, I make a habit of formatting my PC at least every 2 years, so that might squish any of the sneakier buggers)
I've had exposure to McAfee and NOD32 as well. McAfee seemingly super-effective finding magical threats to remove at least twice a day, but I kick it out as soon as the trial expires and haven't ever had issues since (went through that on 2 machines). NOD32 is what my workplace uses, and it has yet to disappoint, the only complaint I might have would be the discreet definition update notifications, which I sometimes mistake for an email notification. (Which is, to be honest, a silly complaint and can be easily ignored)
Whether or not AVs are still a thing? Depends on the user. I'm too lazy to make sure my PC is airtight manually, so I get someone else's software to do it. Though I generally distrust anything paid-for, because those tend to have the most motivation to make viruses to begin with.
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"Diagnose fast" makes no sense; try "Diagnose quickly" instead.
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Context is everything...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Maybe you just haven't seen that ad on the home page yet.
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FailFast is highly appropriate however.
This space for rent
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And I've always thought "failsafe" was a contradiction in terms.
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Microsoft's customer experience improvement program;
1) Collect data
2) stick finger in both ears
3) Chant lalalalalalalalala
This ain't Burger King, you don't get it your way!
New version: WinHeist Version You didn't fall from the stupid tree you got dragged through the whole dumbass forest.
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Mike Hankey wrote: 1) Collect data
1.1) Bin data
2) stick 2 fingers up to customers in both ears
3) Chant lalalalalalalalala
FTFY!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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 Sorry, but 'fast' is both adjective and adverb and has been accepted as such for centuries. In other words, 'fast' and 'quickly' are exactly synonymous. The only thing that doesn't make sense is your objection (as is usually the way with grammar pedants!)
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Is it hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they take things literally?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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