AVG 7.1 out, 7.5 in

Post by **Big Kahuna Burger** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:54 pm

"STAY PROTECTED: Your AVG Anti-Virus Free 7.1 will be discontinued on 15. January 2007!"

AVG 7.5
AVG 7.5 Free

fyi

Post by **Tsakali_** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:58 pm

the overhead of running antivirus programs is almost not worth it.

Post by **Lieutenant Dan** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:59 pm

AVG isn't a bad free anti-virus program, I used to use it.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:04 am

Tsakali_ wrote:the overhead of running antivirus programs is almost not worth it.

ARe you still running a 486? windows 95?

simply put, i tested this VERY same thing, and i lost 10 3dmarks, 1Fps in a q3 timedemo, and nothing in BF2 ( most likly GPU limited )

as much as what you are saying was true back in the Day with... *cough*Norton*cough* it dosent really hold true these days.

Post by **Captain** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:04 am

AVG is pure excellence.

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:05 am

I have no need for av at home since I'm not stupid enough to catch any nasties

Post by **Tsakali_** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:06 am

Ami, I'm not interested enough to look much into it but the 7.1 free version seems to have a hold on my xp system ...a noticeable hold, specialy on bootup...yet it's possible it's something else doing this to me now you obligate me to figure out my issue :icon32:

Post by **Captain** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:10 am

BTW, another AVG 7.5 thread already existed...

http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25523

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:21 am

dzjepp wrote:I have no need for av at home since I'm not stupid enough to catch any nasties

Anyone who still subscribes to that line of thinking should do themselves a favour and read up on rootkits. Without real-time protection its tough to tell once a 'kit has been installed since it is masked from the file system and process list.

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:27 am

Well I should have probably said I have no need for real-time scanners then

I do a manual av scan about once a month, never catches anything. Scan for rooktkits once in a while, except for 1 or 2 false-positives it's clean. Spyware scans come up clean as well.

I'm just one of those people that dosen't like having any type of scanner running real-time, I'd rather do the scanning myself.

Post by **Lieutenant Dan** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:07 am

dzjepp wrote:I have no need for av at home since I'm not stupid enough to catch any nasties

I'm not using any anti-virus protection either, as long don't act like a fucktard on the internet, you'll pretty much be fine.

Post by **Captain** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:20 am

TehChozenTwo wrote:I'm not using any anti-virus protection either, as long don't act like a fucktard on the internet, you'll pretty much be fine.

How do people like you get access to the internet? :/

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:27 am

TehChozenTwo wrote:
I'm not using any anti-virus protection either, as long don't act like a fucktard on the internet, you'll pretty much be fine.

Yeah, keep telling yourself that :icon27:. I've worked in this industry long enough to know how fast new viruses, malware, and propagation methods are released.

Dzjepp: You realize that the rootkit detection utilities are far from perfect right? Once one is installed theres a good chance those utilities still won't detect it. Mcaffee and Symantec corporate editions have better detection now but both of them still have a long ways to go so real-time protection is the best way to go to prevent a machine from being compromised in the first place. Consumer-level AV products that I've seen so far have minimal rootkit detection if any at all.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:28 am

Post by **Captain** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:29 am

STILL NOWHERE NEAR AS OLD AS YOU, FOSSIL.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:29 am

dzjepp wrote:I have no need for av at home since I'm not stupid enough to catch any nasties

lol

Post by **stocktroll** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:33 am

dzjepp wrote:I have no need for av at home since I'm not stupid enough to catch any nasties

just keep thinking that if ur a noob
there are much more subtle ways to catch something than downloading and running something called song.mp3.exe
even if you only browse secure sites you should have antivirus protection

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:58 am

To the both of you:

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:00 am

Post by **Lieutenant Dan** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:01 am

Ohkay, I lied..

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g70/g ... iVirus.jpg

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:02 am

Post by **K-mart Shopper** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:22 am

I have no use for antivirus software, or adware detection software... I've been doing fine for so long without them it's pointless to start.

It may be stupid, but under no circumstances does using the internet mean you're infected with anything.

However anyone using IE6 or lower is another story.

Post by **Ryoki** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:53 pm

I use AVG :icon14:

Post by **Grudge** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:05 pm

I use Norton Antivirus, never noticed any slowdowns because of it.

Well except that time I was playing F.E.A.R and my scheduled scan of the entire computer was running. It played fine, but the load times between the levels became really looooong. I do have a dual core A64 X2 4600+ and 2GB of RAM though which I guess helps.

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:19 pm

K-mart Shopper wrote:
It may be stupid, but under no circumstances does using the internet mean you're infected with anything.

However anyone using IE6 or lower is another story.

Yes, that really is stupid. Ever hear of something called an exploit? Dipshits like you are the reason bot-nets exist.