LoneKiller
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I'm currently using a 3 month trial of "Panda Antivirus Pro 2012". Does the paid activated version do a better job of dealing with viruses than the trial?
LoneKiller said:I'm currently using a 3 month trial of "Panda Antivirus Pro 2012". Does the paid activated version do a better job of dealing with viruses than the trial?
Sprint said:LoneKiller said:I'm currently using a 3 month trial of "Panda Antivirus Pro 2012". Does the paid activated version do a better job of dealing with viruses than the trial?
Generally, activated versions of AV applications offer more features than a simple trial version.
Also, once the trial period is over... there will likely be no more updates of the definitions .. which will render the program useless to you.
Skorian said:... Cracking a product with code to make it work. That is theft. ...
Skorian said:...I personally only use free anti viral software. ...
Skorian said:... The most important tool you need is something that lets you see what services are running, what those services are, and help you remove anything that shouldn't be running.
Skorian said:I think there are even a couple open source programs that can help remove virues.
Skorian said:There are some anti virus programs out there that are actually themselves viral in nature. Some run keyloggers, spyware, and other nastiness.
Sci-Fi said:I pay for it, I've used Norton on and off over the years and tried others and always go back to Norton. I used McAfee for awhile and liked it but after buying my new computer I went back to Norton. I tried AVG at one point and it screwed up my computers. I had a hell of a time getting rid of it, it was worse then a virus. I had to do a system restore, Windows Defender did a better job and a free trial of McAfee found the infection and got rid of it as where AVG wanted to make it worse. My local computer tech said he doesn't even recommend AVG and 90% of the work he does on computers that had virus protection had AVG installed. My brother uses AVG and swears by it, he's had more problems then I have had using Norton, which I pay for. As far as I'm concerned anti virus software should be free, but I'm more then willing to pay for something I can trust and haven't had issues with.
I did a lot of research when I bought my new computer, before subscribing with Norton. Most of the recommended, trusted anti virus programs I came across in reviews were ones you had to pay for, very few were totally free. Even these "free" ones had upgrades you had to pay for to get better protection.
I was once told that there are viruses that target Norton specifically. Judging by your post though, that doesn't appear to be the case I guess. Which is a good thing! lolSci-Fi said:I pay for it, I've used Norton on and off over the years and tried others and always go back to Norton. I used McAfee for awhile and liked it but after buying my new computer I went back to Norton. I tried AVG at one point and it screwed up my computers. I had a hell of a time getting rid of it, it was worse then a virus. I had to do a system restore, Windows Defender did a better job and a free trial of McAfee found the infection and got rid of it as where AVG wanted to make it worse. My local computer tech said he doesn't even recommend AVG and 90% of the work he does on computers that had virus protection had AVG installed. My brother uses AVG and swears by it, he's had more problems then I have had using Norton, which I pay for. As far as I'm concerned anti virus software should be free, but I'm more then willing to pay for something I can trust and haven't had issues with.
I did a lot of research when I bought my new computer, before subscribing with Norton. Most of the recommended, trusted anti virus programs I came across in reviews were ones you had to pay for, very few were totally free. Even these "free" ones had upgrades you had to pay for to get better protection.
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