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    Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents

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    09/29/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Free Security Essentials Antivirus Goes Final
    Been using it since released to beta. And in the name of research, I've forced myself to browse porn websites daily to check its protection capability and it has, in fact, done its job. Now I must back to the lab for more research...
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    Image of ArrEmmDee ArrEmmDee
    09/29/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Free Security Essentials Antivirus Goes Final
    I was actually looking forward to this, but I remembered my university gets me a free copy of Norton (which is fantastic, because my university doesn't do much else for me). Norton seems a lot less bloated than usual so I'm very happy with it, but I will probably still try this out when I get Windows 7.
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    bagellord promoted this comment ArrEmmDee was starred ArrEmmDee was unstarred
    Image of bagellord bagellord
    09/29/09

    @ArrEmmDee: Dear god man. What is wrong with you!? Quick, somebody get this man some Avast/Avira/AVG stat!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/29/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Free Security Essentials Antivirus Goes Final
    AVG is free, but AVG is also shit. Shitty shit shit as it were. I may have to sample this. Avast is actually not bad, but those who hate stupid noises may get irritated by the fact that it speaks to you by default, so you have to go into its settings to turn that nonsense off. I for one welcome our long-time coming freebie AV software.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 09/29/09 2:32 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of madog madog
    09/29/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Everyone loves free shit.
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    Edited by madog at 09/29/09 2:36 PM madog was starred madog was unstarred
    Image of Jux Jux
    09/29/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I wasn't sure if it was just my install, but it was a bitch to get AVG off of my machine.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Jux was starred Jux was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/29/09

    @Jux: Some AV software behave like malware/spyware. Avira, for example, is a pain in the ass. There's a way to make it stop flashing ads at you to buy it, but nuts to that nonsense; it would be nice if it simply notified me that it stopped working and I need to pay a fee to get it up again. I don't need a huge window with happy business people telling me "This shit is GREAT! It's like a big CONDOM for the internet!", so I deleted that sucker. AV programs should not behave like adware. They shouldn't screw around with you. If they're trials, they should simply give me a notice that the trial is expired. They're intentionally annoying to force you to pay.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 09/29/09 2:45 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of aec007 aec007
    09/29/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: AVG Shitty shit shit.. Why?

    Been suing it for nearly 5 years now... Zero problems tons of viruses averted.

    @Jux:

    I've installed and removed several versions of AVG with zero problems for years...

    What are the problems you guys speak off?
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    bagellord promoted this comment aec007 was starred aec007 was unstarred
    Image of bagellord bagellord
    09/29/09

    @aec007: Do tell me, why have you been suing AVG for several years? Lol. Typo's are wonderful aren't they?
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    09/29/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Free Security Essentials Antivirus Goes Final
    I've had to clean a couple of people's home computers that were infected even with an updated version of AVG on it. I used to swear by it, but no more. I'm installing either Avast or Security Essentials now. I've been part of the beta on SE and have had good results.
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    GitEmSteveDave_JustAddHotWater promoted this comment token_illiterate_commenter was starred token_illiterate_commenter was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    09/29/09

    @token_illiterate_commenter: Where these trojans/backdoor programs/malware, which AVG tells you it doesn't protect against, and are usually installed BY the user willingly? [lifehacker.com]
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    Image of Nick2 Nick2
    09/29/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_JustAddHotWater: Is it wrong for me to start crying halfway through this horrible horrible video. MAKE IT STOP! I'LL BE GOOD! PLEASE END THE USER STUPIDITY!
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    GitEmSteveDave_JustAddHotWater promoted this comment Nick2 was starred Nick2 was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    09/29/09

    @Nick2: I'm cleaning a computer right now that got Cryptor that exact same way. Doing a system restore/repair as it infected the registry and also won't allow ANY program to go online now, even after I cleaned it out. I think it infected files, and there was no way to strip the virus, so the baby got thrown out with the bathwater.
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    Image of Pixlmonkey Pixlmonkey
    09/29/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_JustAddHotWater:

    check the hosts file, it probably got altered.
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    GitEmSteveDave_JustAddHotWater promoted this comment Pixlmonkey was starred Pixlmonkey was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    09/29/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Free Security Essentials Antivirus Goes Final
    oh, man. this is gonna be like when matthew broderrick made the W.O.P.R. play itself in tic-tac-toe.
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    Image of thaeral thaeral
    09/29/09

    @Nick: Shall we play a game?
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    KTK1990 promoted this comment thaeral was starred thaeral was unstarred
    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    09/29/09

    @thaeral: How about some Global Thermonuclear War?
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    Image of tehsquish - Still plays Ultima Online tehsquish - Still plays Ultima Online
    09/29/09

    @KTK1990: Whose Global Thermonuclear War just went off in my mouth?
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    Nick promoted this comment tehsquish - Still plays Ultima Online was starred tehsquish - Still plays Ultima Online was unstarred
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    09/29/09

    @tehsquish - Still plays Ultima Online: guilty!!

    /limp wrist
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    09/29/09

    @Nick: Shit, I'd piss on a spark plug if I thought it would do any good.
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    Image of Audiyoda Audiyoda
    08/25/09

    In reply to Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents
    Mmmmmm....

    Windows Security Essentials & Windows Defender (both free) do exactly the same thing.

    Leave it to the Mac-fanboys to leave that little tidbit out.
     Reply
    (Starman) AnalysisDialysis promoted this comment Audiyoda was starred Audiyoda was unstarred
    Image of (Starman) Count Von Count (Starman) Count Von Count
    08/25/09

    @Audiyoda: So? This is free, too. What's your point?
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    Image of Bs Baldwin Bs Baldwin
    08/25/09

    In reply to Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents
    isn't this the same function in vista that people hated at the start?
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    08/25/09

    @Bs Baldwin:
    No. Not by a long shot. The Vista feature darkened the whole screen and made you answer whether or not you want an action to take place. The problem? Damn near every action would trigger the nag screen.

    This is smarter. If there's malware, it lets you know. No fuss, no muss.
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    (Starman) AnalysisDialysis promoted this comment Lukasz Fabis was starred Lukasz Fabis was unstarred
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    08/25/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: Pretty much yours.
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    Image of i38warhawk i38warhawk
    08/25/09

    In reply to Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents
    So it warns you before you do something stupid, didn't Vista get dragged through the mud because of a similar feature?
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    Image of mnerd mnerd
    08/25/09

    @i38warhawk: No. Vista go dragged through the mud because it warned you before you were going to do ANYTHING, not just stupid things.
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    (Starman) AnalysisDialysis promoted this comment mnerd was starred mnerd was unstarred
    Image of Zweben Zweben
    08/25/09

    @i38warhawk: It got dragged through the mud because it was annoying, not because it tried to stop you from doing something stupid. If this feature isn't annoying, people probably won't hate it. If it is, they will most certainly will.
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    (Starman) AnalysisDialysis promoted this comment Zweben was starred Zweben was unstarred
    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/25/09

    In reply to Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents
    I was going to send this when I saw it pop up on Intego this morning (was looking for some stuff on a Safari bug), but I couldn't find any other posts about it so I figured it might be some old SS that someone made back when Apple had AV listed on their site.

    If it's true this is great news.
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    08/25/09

    In reply to Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents
    That is a awesome new feature. I hope though it doesnt full my apple software updates app with virus definition updates or anything.
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    Image of Conrad Conrad
    08/25/09

    In reply to Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents
    As Macs become more mainstream they will need antivirus.
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    Image of sneakypoo sneakypoo
    08/25/09

    In reply to Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents
    Oh my, I do believe the trolls will feast tonight.
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    MrBlahBlah promoted this comment sneakypoo was starred sneakypoo was unstarred
    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    08/25/09

    In reply to Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents
    just feel like saying Amazon has Snow Leopard on the cheap... I bought mine from Apple already. Damn Amazon changed their prices today but they were the same yesterday =[ fák!
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    Image of winkerVsbecks winkerVsbecks
    08/25/09

    In reply to Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents

    and you thought this was just harmless fun.
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    Image of MrPurpleton MrPurpleton
    08/25/09

    In reply to Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents
    I'm sorry, I don't understand why this is a "slightly unflattering feature."
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    EBone promoted this comment MrPurpleton was starred MrPurpleton was unstarred
    Image of EBone EBone
    08/25/09

    @MrPurpleton: Because Apple is admitting to the possibility of virii and malware, something they smack MS over and over about in their TV commercials.
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