Do you use antivirus?

[Arwinnd]

So answer if you use antivirus, and if you want, tell us why. 

[HutchisonSorbo]

Yup, Kaspersky as It's a new build and I didn't want to risk anything.  :mellow:

[nokturrduk84]

yes, use it, to keep PC safe.

[MrAlexOneill]

I have 2 antiviruses, common sense and avg.

[whatthe_fuzz]

I use/have comodo. I have it set for Game Mode so it doesnt interrupt me so it doesnt really do anything.

I just use common sense and malwarebytes

[nokturrduk84]

Nodways systems mustn't have an issue with antivirus resources. Yep there were resource hogs maybe in the past (XP and Pentium III era), but today you can't notice system lag with any antivirus unless you still use pentium III

[Guest]

I do. Remember, the best antivirus is common sense

[Scia]

Using BidDefender / Malwarebytes. And it's hard to catch a virus if one uses his brain now and then. But I work with a lot not-as-tech-savy-as-could-be people and we have to exchange documents and the likes, so no way I get around an antivirus ^^'

[legopc]

no and why well becus i hate the notifications aobut updating and scaning 

[iAsuno]

yes. i am not the only one using my pc..

[Darell3]

Sure why not? my antivirus only uses 2mb of ram in the background

[Mixzzz]

Kaspersky Pure 3.0(Trial and using like 3-4 months already ) - just like some of its features

[brownninja97]

Not anymore i got pissed when mcafee started using 6gb of ram.

[IonR19]

Life is better unrestricted.

 

 

used to use them, and they're useless. </imo>

[Prince32780]

Avast

- you can turn off the popups, no annoyances, background auto-updates

- protects you from malicious websites

- can run apps in sandbox mode

- doesn't use too many system resources

 

[UselessBread]

No, because linux. I however have avast! on windows.

[GoodBytes]

Nodways systems mustn't have an issue with antivirus resources. Yep there were resource hogs maybe in the past (XP and Pentium III era), but today you can't notice system lag with any antivirus unless you still use pentium III

LOL! You must not tried Norton enterprise A/V. Will take a Core i5, powered by SSD, down to a P4, 4200RPM. The A/V is so aggressive anything you click does a deep scans, pretty much.

 

It's always a tradeoff: You want maximum protection -> eats your system resources.

You want maximum performance -> Doesn't catch all viruses, (normally excellent at catching all the wide spread ones, and not so much the absolute rare ones).

[GoodBytes]

No, because linux. I however have avast! on windows.

They are Viruses on Android.. that's a Linux based OS.

You even have Norton A/V for Android phones.

[Debug]

Currently rocking KIS because I got it cheap from my school. 

 

Beside, I don't see why not. It isn't much of a resource hog with all the specs we have here since we're browsing tech forum, IMO. 

[UselessBread]

They are Viruses on Android.. that's a Linux based OS.

You even have Norton A/V for Android phones.

My desktop is not running android. Also I do not know too much about linux viruses because they are incredibly rare, but I have the feeling that they are very distribution specific.

[KamiKatze]

+1 for Kaspersky. You won't even notice that you've installed it.

[JupiteL]

AVG, simply because it's free and keep things save.

[Samdb]

LOL! You must not tried Norton enterprise A/V. Will take a Core i5, powered by SSD, down to a P4, 4200RPM. The A/V is so aggressive anything you click does a deep scans, pretty much.

 

And that's the reason nobody uses Norton

[nokturrduk84]

LOL! You must not tried Norton enterprise A/V. Will take a Core i5, powered by SSD, down to a P4, 4200RPM. The A/V is so aggressive anything you click does a deep scans, pretty much.

 

It's always a tradeoff: You want maximum protection -> eats your system resources.

You want maximum performance -> Doesn't catch all viruses, (normally excellent at catching all the wide spread ones, and not so much the absolute rare ones).

Just download normal antivirus like Avast or Avira or AVG, you won't even notice anything...

[Osprey]

Yes. Kaspersky, ESET, and Norton's latest (I think it's still beta) are all good. BitDefender used to be good but now it just crashes everything.