Anti Virus Review: Renew or Replace

kwikbreaks

fiddiwebb wrote: »

What software is that kwikbreaks?

It's a little freebie program that holds all your passwords in an encrypted database. I have tried exporting them and importing into alternatives but it always wants manual fiddling or I didn't like the new software etc.

I have the old version 2 of this. I don't recall where I got it - magazine disk probably.
http://www.secureyourpasswords.com/
Maybe the current version doesn't have the problem but I've never bothered upgrading.

RussJK

aliEnRIK wrote: »

I use Avira. I dont know why everyone moans about a daily popup. Its free !!!!!!. Hardly the end of the world..........

"It's my 'puter, and it runs how I want to, ... runs how I want to'

Grammatically awkward, but you get the picture.

To the OP - you can compare the performance of the various AV solutions here:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_report25.pdf

Shows what we already knew about McAfee - pretty terrible program. Seen so many infected computers with up-to-date McAfee, and steered people onto other programs. Antivir did well. AVG not great. Avast didn't do as well as I'd have expected, so I've returned to Antivir and removed the popup. I've sent enough business their way so I don't feel guilty about that.

On my main laptop I use Threatfire (http://download.cnet.com/ThreatFire-AntiVirus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10726873.html) as a complementary realtime scanner along with Avira realtime protection. They work well together, although Threatfire does do the occasional false positive (not nearly as bad as A-Squared!), but you can whitelist processes easily. Similarly, I use Malwarebytes Antimalware with the realtime protection (lifetime licence). All three work fine together.

Lastly, I use the Spyware - Search and Destroy browser immunisations, but don't bother scanning with it routinely as it is becoming obsolete.