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My free Avast and Norton have stopped working now :/

I'm installing Malwarebytes now and I'm going to download Kaspersky too.
Should I be safe enough with these two?

Are these the official sites to download them safely?
https://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://www.kaspersky.com/

Connection to http://www.kaspersky.com/ doesn't have "confirmed identity" so I would like to get confirmation about this is the real site.

Edit:

Looks like I really needed it :-[
https://i.imgur.com/7aXTEum.png

Because linux is horrible to use IMO and I like windows.
And there is viruses for other os too.

You are never safe.

Remember that and you will be safer

I'm using free version of Avira, and it works perfectly fine for me. I use it now 5 years, and still happy!

You should give it a try, very light, nearly no impact on your system.

Of course, be careful with what you download as well :)

I second that. I switched to Avast recently, but I started out with Avira and had it for like 5 years. Seriously great stuff.

I would just use a free solution and not pay for one because they all pretty much do the same thing warn you about possible virus.

I always stick with browser plugins like ghostery/noscript.
malwarebytes & spybot S&D + ccleaner to keep system in shape (all free).
from my experience a virus always needs a careless user to execute it.
be cautious with download sources, email attachments and external storages esp usb sticks.
For a more secure environment throw linux on a second partition to boot from.
i'm no expert but i'd say linux on VM doesn't help much if your computer is already infected.

and finally i make a fresh install of windows at least once a year, depends how littered the system gets with the time.
If your setup is more complex with many types of software a mirrored backup of the partition with the virginal system is also quite handy.
(in case your fed up with hour long installations of adobe suite et al)

Best thing I've seen today.

+1

Well, I have been using Kaspersky from more than 5 years now and it works like a charm. Use to buy at first but i found this one online and
it's been working without any problem from more than 8months, it's a 1year version so you can check it out. Link (http://kickass.to/kaspersky-anti-virus-2013-365-fully-licensed-t7412770.html#main)

i have no antivirus installed but still my computer working fine no prolbems at all i got.

http://sd.360.cn/ you can try this free one.

Try free avg, so far no problem with it..

You can try mcafee antivirus too, it's an good antivirus.

There are many, but itś better to use vmware image. In case there is a virus - you can always go back to older copy

Honestly, what I use at home on my windows machine is Microsoft Security Essentials...Seems to actually work okay and does a decent job. 

If you download something sketchy and it doesn't pick it up, run your proccesses to see if anything weird is running.

AVG
it's free and better than avast imho

Free antivirus normally has 30 days validity. So now you need to buy antivirus.

malware bytes anti malware pro + windows defender. make sure you configure the firewall and when uninstalling new programs remove the rules, and you should be good to go.

Malwarebytes is the best antimalware
Bitdefender is the best antivirus.
using a cocktail of both of these is very effective.

Haha there are a ton of 9 month bitdefender antivirus codes floating around, I got one for $1. Try and find a guy that has one.

Antivirus is dead!  Even Norton engineers say so......

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2150743/antivirus-is-dead-says-maker-of-norton-antivirus.html


At the most, they only detect maybe 45% of what's out there.  But hell,  it does give users that "false sense" of security!  :)

Oh shut the fuck up. You have no idea how security works. The journalist wrote a tear-grabbing article to seem edgy. End-device AV isn't a catch-all solution, but it's a layer of security. "45% of what's out there". That's an absolute fucking shit number. Say there's 100 new viruses, brand fucking new. It catches 45 / 100 on day 1. Then day 2 it catches another 10 more (as definitions are updated). By the end of week 1, all 100 viruses are in the signature database. The only way the virus can remain undetected is polymorphic code and self-modification. In the end, heuristic scans can detect that sort of behavior.

Of course, you read an article on pcworld, so you must know everything about security and the entire security field. Right?

Honestly, this entire fucking thread gave me cancer. Seriously, it's not that fucking complicated to download and install an AV product.

Even if the real number would be 45% it is much better than 0%...
So I see no reason to bury these "dead" antivirus programs.

BitDefender is best antivirus and antimalware software now is no.1 on mostsafty antivirus list

Wow...somebody hasn't got laid in a very loooong time!  Your sexual frustrations are showing in your posts. 

Anyhow,  although I agree with some of your post, reality is antivirus programs are weak at best and give users a false sense of security.  There is know way for them to know and detect everything being released day after day.  They pretty much can only detect what they "know about" in their already discovered database. This gap is where people are vulnerable.  So unless you are sand boxing your new installs and not running in admin mode you are at a potential risk.  I am not stupid so I do run antivirus on my PC, but it's days as a useful utility are numbered.  People need to take additional precautions and not solely rely on their AV suite.

Btw...I run NO antivirus protection on my Ipad.(lol)...and it is jailbroken.

Buy this (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JXQ6XQM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00JXQ6XQM&linkCode=as2&tag=blog0200-20&linkId=PDRNIEJKTUCC2WBB).
Nothing is better, than it.

I don't use anything and just restore if I get something. Anti virus software are made by the very same people who create the spyware malware viruses in the first place

"Oh, I'm wrong. I better insult him by saying he doesn't get laid often." Makes sense if you're 14.

Bullshit about the whole "being smart". All it takes is a well known site that you frequent to be exploited. Hackers toss in a 0day drive-by vulnerability, and you're owned.

Literally the shit coming from your mouth is exactly that, shit.

I'm using Kaspersky Internet Security for years, it's pretty good but don't forget you're not 100% safe with an antivirus, you have to be careful.

Malwarebytes is good enough for me. But yeah, an ondemand antivirus is sometimes nice. But I think it's more annoying then anything. Linux is great, not sure what you have against it.