Re: Do I Really Need an Antivirus Program?
- From: husky86 <husky86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:24:12 -0700
Many thanks for this very helpful info!
"Kayman" wrote:
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:40:21 -0700, husky86 wrote:.
I have just about had it with all antivirus programs. They slow down my
system, they cause problems with individual programs -- for instance Adobe
Acrobat 8.1 cannot convert webpages to PDF documents when antivirus programs
are installed -- and in general they just seem to make my computing
experience much more of a headache.
A 'slow' system may not necessarily indicative of a particular software
program.
Monitor programs like Process Explorer, System Explorer or What's Running
can give you an indication what's running in the back ground of your
computer.
You could perform a scan with:
Kaspersky's AVPTool
http://downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com/devbuilds/AVPTool/
There's no updating involved since the scanning engine is updated
several times a day and you simply download the updated scanner whenever
you want to do a scan.
I have tried Norton, AVG, Avast, McAffee, and others (free and full-paid
editions). Once I remove any of these programs from my system, it's like the
sun has come out, the rain and clouds have gone away, and everything
functions beautifully.
A number of experts agree that the *retail* AV version of McAfee, Norton
and Trend Micro has become cumbersome and bloated for the average user.
The major criticisms are related to stability and footprint, the most
common problem being slow-downs because of the massive system resources
these applications hog. Sadly, the new version AVG has lost is lustre and
has turned in to a resource hog as well.
I know that this is an age-old question (at least in computer terms), but do
I really need an antivirus program running on my system?
Especially if I don't open any attachments from any known or unknown
senders, do I really need to have an antivirus program running in the
background? Is it really essential?
No, you don't; But this is a very controversial issue! The average user
who never heard of operating system hardening etc. should use a good
quality AV application :-)
To keep it simple:
Why don't you try:
Avira AntiVir® Personal - FREE Antivirus
http://www.free-av.com/
--or--
ESET NOD32 3.0 Antivirus for Win XP/2000/Vista 3.0 (30 Day Trial)
http://www.eset.com/download/free_trial_download_int.php
PS: prior downloading/installing the AV apps. ensure that AVG is removed
from your system *completely*.
How to remove AVG Free Antivirus
http://askabouttech.com/how-to-remove-avg-free-antivirus/
--or--
Revo Uninstaller
http://www.revouninstaller.com/
Good luck :-)
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