--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > What's the best programme you use ? The new pc wants to install Norton and > > fill the pocket of that gun-touting fellow, but surely there must be some > > free and good stuff out there ? > > > > PS: must work with the WIN8, the worst blingbling shoppingmall pretending > > to be an operating-system on the planet ! > > > > Any suggestions you might have are very welcome ! > > > > Personally, I use the freebie version of Avast: > > http://www.avast.com/index > > I'm very happy with it, but it doesn't mean I'm free to be a complete idiot. > When I check my Spamcop spam folder and see that there's an email with a file > attachment, I often release it just to see if Avast catches it. Sometimes it > lets it come through, at which point, I save the file in a special folder and > run a virus scan on the file every day until Avast catches it. It can take a > day or two until they update their virus definitions to detect it. > > Any time I download freeware, I always do a scan on it with this very useful > site: > > http://www.virustotal.com/ > > They scan the file with just about every antivirus program in existence. If > they declare downloaded freeware to be free of malware, I trust them. I also > run those saved virus attachments by that site, and it is interesting to see > which antivirus programs are right on top of the newest infections; Norton > and Kaspersky are two that are pretty consistent in catching them, but once > in a while, no one catches it.
Great, thanks ! When two wizards suggest avast it must be good. If you don't mind me asking: It's still a few days until I must pay for the Norton. Can I run both at the same time ?
