Decent Antivirus

[Giorgi]

Hey guys im in research of a good intivirus with a good interface cos im design freak,
And good virus detection of course
I have Mcafee ATM, i had Kaspersky before but my key ran out

[KernelPanic]

http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net/av/

[Giorgi]

first time i hear about it, can u give me some info? For windows btw!: D

[bedouin]

This mirror was missing from VoidMan's site.

A computer is like any other investment.  If you want to have the best you either have to put the time and effort into customizing it and tweaking it (Linux & other open source alternatives), or just buy a luxury model (Mac).  If you want to drive a 1970s Gremlin (Windows), expect to encounter problems.  Not to mention the ethical dilemma of supporting Microsoft (with funds or not).

[Aloone_Jonez]

That's it don't tell him about good Windoze anti-virus as as that'd be offering Winblows support and it'd be against the roolz.

By the way is there any anti-virus software Winbloze that's open-source, surely you're alowed to tell people about that because you're promoting open source otherwise people will just use warez and that's no fucking good at all is it?

[bedouin]

That's it don't tell him about good Windoze anti-virus as as that'd be offering Winblows support and it'd be against the roolz.

Actually, if I did know I'd probably tell him.  As far as I'm concerned there is no 'good' anti-virus, firewall, spyware removal tool, etc, anymore than there is a 'good' prison, or 'good' car accident.  They're things you shouldn't have to worry about; you should just be able to use your machine, free of protective tools consuming 25% of your resources; Linux and OS X offer that.

I don't know of any 'we don't support Windows rule.'  If someone wants to answer a Windows question be my guest, but I'm not going to waste my time when something else will just get corrupted, broken, or infected the next week.

[Aloone_Jonez]

Actually, if I did know I'd probably tell him.  As far as I'm concerned there is no 'good' anti-virus, firewall, spyware removal tool, etc, anymore than there is a 'good' prison, or 'good' car accident.  They're things you shouldn't have to worry about; you should just be able to use your machine, free of protective tools consuming 25% of your resources; Linux and OS X offer that.

Only beacuse they're not the most popular, why would anyone bother to write a Linux/Mac OX virus? :rolleyes:

Oh sorry, I forgot Windows uses root access, but not if you're sensible like me and only use a restricted user account under SP2 which has a built in firewall and use FireFox you'll be ok 99.99% of the time.

I don't know of any 'we don't support Windows rule.'  If someone wants to answer a Windows question be my guest, but I'm not going to waste my time when something else will just get corrupted, broken, or infected the next week.

What the fuck, look at the forum rules then.

Do not post troll posts. Troll posts include:
request to fix a specific Microsoft product

 :rolleyes:

[bedouin]

Only beacuse they're not the most popular, why would anyone bother to write a Linux/Mac OX virus? :rolleyes:

If there was a diversified OS market there would be less viruses and trojans because it would be too difficult to target one population.  I'm encouraging that.  The whole "OS X, Linux, BSD" is less popular, so it's not compromised as much argument is weak in the first place, but I'll let someone else attack that.

What the fuck, look at the forum rules then.

There are no rules except, A) no spam, B) no flooding, C) no illegal activity.  Learn it, live it, love it.

[MrX]

the best one is Anti-Vir http://free-av.de it is freeware also.

don't be such a complainer, you 'people'

Mr X

[skyman8081]

There are no rules except, A) no spam, B) no flooding, C) no illegal activity.  Learn it, live it, love it.

 And what, pray tell, do you define those as?

The current rules are just that, within a more rigid definition that fits the forum culture.

"I'll know it if I see it" is a very dangerous definition, because it means that a mod or admin could twist those loosely defined rules to fit whatever they want them to, this makes mod bullying easier, not harder.

I won't love it.

But this discussion deserves its own thread, instead of clogging this one.

[Aloone_Jonez]

If there was a diversified OS market there would be less viruses and trojans because it would be too difficult to target one population.  I'm encouraging that.  The whole "OS X, Linux, BSD" is less popular, so it's not compromised as much argument is weak in the first place, but I'll let someone else attack that.

Well I'll attack it myself,
I've heard all the arguments that UNIX (whether it be Linux BSD or OS X) is more/less secure than Windows. The Internet is packed with articles suggesting either case, my personal view is BSD is the most secure operating system around as almost everyone using it knows what their doing. Windows will be the worst as it has the most uneducated userbase, anyone who's made the switch to an alternative will be more educated than the average Windows user. In general security comes down to the user more than anything else.

But this discussion deserves its own thread, instead of clogging this one.

I'm sorry for mentioning the forum rules, indeed it should be against the rules to mention the rules unless the thread is about the rules. One very annoying thing about this forum is that the discussion of the rules seems to crop up too often and hijack threads.

[Calum]

good job i haven't posted anything here yet, or we'd have to wade through 3 pages of retaliation flames/spam!

[MrX]

BeOS is the most secure OS ever. :beos:
apart from my searching on goolge newsgroups for beos virus and vulnerabilities and such, there was none except for some 3rd party programs having various 'bugs' that could be vulnerabilities but where pacthed long ago. beos has no virus, no spyware, etc just pure BeOS. i rule.

Mr X

[skyman8081]

BeOS also has no users, support or decent applications.  It's only use is to say "I use BeOS".

BeOS is dead, get over it.

[piratePenguin]

Once/if GNU/Hurd is ready it quite probably will be the most secure OS.
Because it tries to do everything perfectly, and that means using the least amount of privileges possible.