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princedylan101
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***Before you guys go crazy about how I should know where I can and can't go to avoid viruses please note that this is strictly for my parents.***


Alright so here is my problem, my parents want to move away from Norton 360 and get something that is free, but gets the job done. I have advised them to use malwarebytes along with some free antivirus protection, but I don't know what they should use. My dad is hooked on Avast after doing some online searching, and I am currently checking out bit-defender. Any suggestions as to what they should use? I see mixed reviews online and figured that I would get a better answer by asking here.

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Avast. Only thing I would recommend. AVG is a never, since it detected itself as malwalre and deleted itself.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

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REALLY???? Holy crap xD that's too funny.

You remember the thread "Antivirus test 2014 is out"? I post that there and got like 60 likes from that. It was that funny.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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Avast. Only thing I would recommend. AVG is a never, since it detected itself as malwalre and deleted itself.

Maybe AVG was depressed and committed suicide. Poor AVG.

"Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity"

- George Carlin (1937-2008)

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@princedylan101

In terms of protection Bit-Defender, Norton, and Avast are all very similar in what they provide (I'd rank them in that order).

TBH I'm not aware of any anti-virus suite that offers much more than they do.

I do know that Comcast offers Norton free, and that Bit-Defender is 1 year free right now.

I'd say just pick one out of a hat and run it.

Then run Malwarebytes full system scan once a month.

Other than that just don't do anything stupid online; don't click fishy ads, don't visit fishy sites,etc.

And on that note, Adblock is also fairly good for security since it prevents pop-ups and other ads which could be used to infect your computer.

Linus Sebastian said:

The stand is indeed made of metal but I wouldn't drive my car over a bridge made of it.

 

https://youtu.be/X5YXWqhL9ik?t=552

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