[charge06]

I just uninstalled my only virus protection. and is using spy bot and windows defender for spyware.


the virus program just wasted space and slowed comp down, in the last 3 years it never found anything or my comp never became infected.
i always careful where i go on internet, and only open the emails i know.

what do you guys think.

[Advertisements]

Well... you can't really be too careful. I know people who have gotten viruses from doing absolutely nothing, or from inserting a friends infected [insert removable media] into their computer. I recommend having an AV installed at all times. Which one did you use before? Was it... God forbid... Norton?

[Chopin]

Well... you can't really be too careful. I know people who have gotten viruses from doing absolutely nothing, or from inserting a friends infected [insert removable media] into their computer. I recommend having an AV installed at all times. Which one did you use before? Was it... God forbid... Norton?

[TheQuickBrownFox]

Was it... God forbid... Norton?

oh come on, is it really that bad? I
I've never used it before and don't know any techy that uses it so I'm not in a position to really critic it.

Anywaycharge06, it's thanks to your careful habits that your AV doesn't need to spot anything. But sometimes accidents do happen.
Like Fredil said, infected devices that get inserted or even people other than yourself that may use your PC may get your computer infected.

[charge06]

im the only one that uses this comp

[TheQuickBrownFox]

Well, a single active AV shouldn't slow down your computer to a crawl, unless you have low-end parts (like me ).

[jt1990]

Was it... God forbid... Norton?

oh come on, is it really that bad?

YES!!! It's awful!!

And as far as I'm concerned, McAfee's just as bad

[Chopin]

Ditto to the above comments charge06, if you want to pay for an antivirus, I would recommend NOD32, because it's so lightweight that it hardly uses any system resources at all. If you want a free one, I would recommend AntiVir.

Edited by Fredil, 07 June 2008 - 07:51 AM.

[Ltangelic]

I've always had a bad time with Norton. I still remember the times when I was a noob with computers, and Norton ended up making my computer completely useless to the point that I had to change the hard disk.

I really liked Antivir and AVG 7, they were free and so much more efficient than Norton.

I currently run Antivir, and it's fabulous.

Edited by Ltangelic, 07 June 2008 - 08:35 AM.

[hfcg]

Was it... God forbid... Norton?

oh come on, is it really that bad?

YES!!! It's awful!!

And as far as I'm concerned, McAfee's just as bad

This is so true!!!
To the original poster, it is not a good idea to to use your computer with out an anti-virus.
You can get an E-mail that a trusted friend has fowarded to you and get some major infections.
The risk of getting a virus is great even with an anti-virus.
There are good programs that do not take up a lot of your resources that you can get.
I like Kaspersky for a paid anti-virus.