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Anti-Virus
« on: November 27, 2010, 10:22:42 am »
Hello, I bought Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 a week ago, and I've been using Kaspersky Anti-Virus for a few years now.

However, I've heard about Microsoft Security Essentials being free and very good, anyone using it that recommends it?

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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2010, 10:30:51 am »
I've never used Security Essentials, so I don't know about that.

But, from my experience, Trend Micro works pretty well.


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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2010, 10:33:51 am »
http://us.trendmicro.com/us/home/

In the last few months, a huge variety of anti-virus came to the market, because before people only used from a range of 5 (Norton, MCAfee, Kaspersky, Panda, AVG). It's good to see more availability, though :)

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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2010, 10:58:52 am »
Yep. I loves me my Trend Micro.


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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2010, 12:23:05 pm »
Yep. I loves me my Trend Micro.

Paid version? If yes, how much?

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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2010, 12:26:41 pm »
Paid version.
I have something slightly older than the Titanium stuff they're offering now, but it was the top one, so it would be similar to the Titanium Maximum Security. I think it was called Trend Micro Internet Security Pro, but I could be wrong as I don't have my laptop with me.


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My big personal project, an original RPG about dimensional travel and a few heroes tasked with saving the world.
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Spoiler For Finale's Super Insane Tunnel Pack of Doom:
I will be combining Blur and Collision Course into a single gamepack. On hold.

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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2010, 12:28:22 pm »
Paid version.
I have something slightly older than the Titanium stuff they're offering now, but it was the top one, so it would be similar to the Titanium Maximum Security. I think it was called Trend Micro Internet Security Pro, but I could be wrong as I don't have my laptop with me.

Yes, I saw all that 'Titanium' advertisement in their website.

Names like 'Titanium Version' really make not wanna buy it, it's a name which goal is to sell more copies :S
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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2010, 12:54:42 pm »
Hello, I bought Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 a week ago, and I've been using Kaspersky Anti-Virus for a few years now.

However, I've heard about Microsoft Security Essentials being free and very good, anyone using it that recommends it?


Think about it: the company that makes the software that has more holes than the Titantic wants you to download more software to fix the holes present in the original build.
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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2010, 12:56:06 pm »
Hello, I bought Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 a week ago, and I've been using Kaspersky Anti-Virus for a few years now.

However, I've heard about Microsoft Security Essentials being free and very good, anyone using it that recommends it?


Think about it: the company that makes the software that has more holes than the Titantic wants you to download more software to fix the holes present in the original build.

Could you explain me that as if I were a 5year old kid, since I can't follow your though :(
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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2010, 12:59:28 pm »
Hello, I bought Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 a week ago, and I've been using Kaspersky Anti-Virus for a few years now.

However, I've heard about Microsoft Security Essentials being free and very good, anyone using it that recommends it?


Think about it: the company that makes the software that has more holes than the Titantic wants you to download more software to fix the holes present in the original build.

Could you explain me that as if I were a 5year old kid, since I can't follow your though :(

 patches for software that has holes in it makes the stuff from that company look bad.

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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2010, 01:00:00 pm »
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patches for software that has holes in it makes the stuff from that company look bad.

Well, seen from that point of view, TITANIUM looks a fair name :D

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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2010, 01:00:09 pm »
Microsoft makes Windows. The security of Windows is exploited by almost every computer virus known to mankind. Rather than just fixing the holes in the software they wrote, Microsoft instead produces an additional security program designed to fix the holes in the program they write and maintain. It takes up extra disk space and given how well Windows is written for virii...  ::)
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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2010, 01:01:33 pm »
Microsoft makes Windows. The security of Windows is exploited by almost every computer virus known to mankind. Rather than just fixing the holes in the software they wrote, Microsoft instead produces an additional security program designed to fix the holes in the program they write and maintain. It takes up extra disk space and given how well Windows is written for virii...  ::)

That's exactly why Microsoft anti-virus might be good, the company that makes the Anti-Virus made the OS, so it must be good, even though it may not be good

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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #13 on: November 27, 2010, 01:05:14 pm »
Can you run that by me again? I'm not sure I understand how "it must be good, even though it may not be good."

It's probably just translation errors  :P
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Re: Anti-Virus
« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2010, 01:10:13 pm »
Can you run that by me again? I'm not sure I understand how "it must be good, even though it may not be good."

It's probably just translation errors  :P

I mean, if we know that the Anti-virus makers are the OS makers we suppose the antivirus is good. However, it may not be code, even though I'm certain it is (in Microsoft's case)