EricH Posted October 29, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 366 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 10,933 Content Per Day: 1.57 Reputation: 212 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/21/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted October 29, 2009 Moved from Worthy Welcome to General Discussion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted October 29, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.11 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted October 29, 2009 AVG is better than a lot of them and you can get it free if you do not want the hassle of paying out money that one might need to say, pay for internet service... It comes with no adware and does not take up a lot of RAM like Norton or MaAfee does, giving you he freedom to post here without wiating minutes for the boot to complete Cheers This is something I HAVE noticed about Norton; it does use a lot of RAM. Oh, and welcome to Worthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted October 29, 2009 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 598 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,128 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,857 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted October 29, 2009 AVG is better than a lot of them and you can get it free if you do not want the hassle of paying out money that one might need to say, pay for internet service... It comes with no adware and does not take up a lot of RAM like Norton or MaAfee does, giving you he freedom to post here without wiating minutes for the boot to complete Cheers This is something I HAVE noticed about Norton; it does use a lot of RAM. Oh, and welcome to Worthy! Norton's memory usage depends a lot on how you set it up and whether or not is is just antivirus or if it's a firewall and internet protection. If you are using Norton you need to turn off those services in Windows. It gets really time consuming and memory hoggish to use two of any kind of virus protection, and two firewalls can get plumb weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quietly observing Posted October 30, 2009 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 6 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 7 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/13/2009 Status: Offline Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Thanks for the advise guys it really helps, since my family knows nothing about computers lol. So with out your advise i'd be out in the cold of where to look. P.S. Very glad worthy is here Thanks again, Q.o. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Hi Ya'll, Um i'm new to this posting a topic thing .... anyhow i had a question. You see i'm thinking (very hard, in fact i think i'm ready to buy) a laptop, and i know some come with free anti-virus and such, well i'm asking which anti-virus will be the best and not so expensive. This would be the first big purchase on my young life so please help. Oh and thanks for even looking at this post. Blessings, Qo In addition to the other advise: See what is available from your Internet provider. Some offer the antivirus software for free with their internet service. Cox Communications does in my area. Check out your internet provider's web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Get a Mac and fugettaboutit Or just format Windows & install Linux and save some money . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted October 30, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 683 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 11,128 Content Per Day: 2.00 Reputation: 1,352 Days Won: 54 Joined: 02/03/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/07/1952 Share Posted October 30, 2009 AVG is great! It's free used it for years, now I'm trying another free antivirus called Avast! AVG Free Edition is the way to go... I have used Avast for years with no problem, but it depends on the application. Some of the virus stuff like AVG and Avast don't protect the root memory of your machine that well, only the more expensive ones do that (the first two are free dowloads). But if you update your operating system on a regular basis, as I do, you should be fine!(i have to, I have the dreaded Vista! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah 6:8 Posted October 30, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 426 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3,633 Content Per Day: 0.58 Reputation: 222 Days Won: 13 Joined: 03/23/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/26/1978 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Welcome, and I like avast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted October 30, 2009 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 598 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,128 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,857 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted October 30, 2009 Get a Mac and fugettaboutit Or just format Windows & install Linux and save some money . . . Actually the best idea is to install both and only use linux to surf the internet. Then you can have the best of two worlds. BTW Mac's are using a unix based opersting system now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Parker Posted October 30, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 200 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 4,271 Content Per Day: 4.95 Reputation: 1,855 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/17/2021 Status: Offline Birthday: 06/03/1955 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Microsoft is now offering a free anti-virus program. It is not the "windows anti-virus pro" that it is a virus. You download it from Microsoft's website here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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