Computer question

[Davy Crockett]

Are there any reliable antivirus programs that don't cost an arm and a leg ?

 

[deleted member]

yes. first, how much is an arm and a leg worth to you?

 

[Rut2much]

IT guy at work says AVG.

 

[lunkerslayer]

dont buy Norton those titty sprinklers stopped supporting the NRA I went with Kapersky

 

[Sluggo]

I, and several of my family and friends use AVAST. The free version. Haven't had a virus for years.

 

[ndfinfan]

I've used Webroot Antivirus for years on my laptop and desktop at home...never had a single virus...easy renewal each year too. Think it is about $35 for 2 machines per year?

 

[SDMF]

Buy a Mac, virus problems solved.

 

[sl1000794]

Buy a Mac. Had one since '92 - never had a virus!

 

[shorthairsrus]

the one built into windows is probably sufficient. They are catching up to Apple.

 

[Vollmers]

X2

Buy a Mac, virus problems solved.

 

[WormWiggler]

Buy a Mac. Had one since '92 - never had a virus!

same Mac since '92? impressive.

 

[deleted member]

i use the paid for version of AVAST. i got along fine with free shtuff forever though. had a PC or two since the early to mid 90s. never had a virus on my home or personal computer. once on a work computer. but, i blame the work IT guys for that. i never had admin authority on it. anyway... now that i can afford it and have multiple computers to protect, i just pay for it. one plan covers 3 computers i think. probably a waste of $

 

[sl1000794]

same Mac since '92? impressive.

Not same one - have had several desk and laptop Macs over the years.

 

[Ponyroper]

Been using Avast Free version for years. Highly rated and easy to stay up to date although they beg you to upgrade to the paid version every once in a while. For what I need it's more than enough. I run CC Cleaner and Malwarebytes every once in a while just to check to turn off junk that automatically installs on startup. Keeps the 'puter from getting bogged down with stuff that doesn't need to run in the background. Generally I turn off the stuff like Adobe and Java updaters that run in the background and want to update itself. I don't turn off anything that's Windows related from Microsoft or updates for my printer.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Thanks, I'll give Avast a try.

 

[Sluggo]

Thanks, I'll give Avast a try.

Do this too as espringers mentioned: "i never had admin authority on it." Basically this means that whichever "account" you sign into your computer with on a daily basis, make it a Standard type user and not a Administrator type user. This prevents you from accidentally installing some crap.

 

[eyexer]

Free versions of avast or avg is all you need