{"id":43,"date":"2011-07-13T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/?p=43"},"modified":"2011-07-21T18:22:39","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T18:22:39","slug":"anti-viruses-one-mans-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Viruses: One man’s story"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I bought my new PC back in January, it came bundled with Norton Anti-virus 2011<\/strong>. It was a 60 day trial, and worked perfectly fine.<\/p>\n

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Norton, tried and tested, but also a bit heavy.<\/p><\/div>\n

We all know that free anti virus software is now available, but I was also given for free eScan Internet Securtiy Suite<\/strong>. It has mixed reviews on the web and as it was free to me, I decided to give it a whirl<\/p>\n

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One word: Avoid<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

That was one of the worst mistakes I have made. Avoid this product at all costs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t want to bore you will what it did to my computer, suffice to say it forced me to reinstall a lot software on my computer, and didn’t even have a log that told me it was interferring and deleting files on my computer that it shouldn’t.<\/p>\n

I have used AVG <\/strong>successfully over the years and would recommend it to anyone, although the last time I tried it it wouldn’t run with Zone Alarm <\/strong>one of the best known free fire walls.<\/p>\n

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Very good anti-virus<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The current antivirus I am using is also free: Avira AntiVir Personal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Has found viruses other prodcuts have missed<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It is the first time I have used this product and it has been fine to use. Whenever I get an antivirus, I update it\u00a0with latest\u00a0definaitions and run a full scan on all drives. This antivirus actually found 2 previously unfound virus\/trojans on an external harddisk. Soo imediately it was in my good books. The unfortunate part about this product, even though it is free, has a nag screen that will pop up ever now and then. Which actually has the oposite effect; I wan’t to pay for it less.<\/p>\n

There are of course other free antiviruses you can use such as Avast <\/strong>and Panda Cloud Antivirus<\/strong>. I have used both and they are both good anti-viruses.<\/p>\n

As I update my website and blog you will find reviews for all the anti-viruses featured in the blog. Stayed tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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