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Please don't waste your CPU cycles. No AV product on the Mac as ever stopped a real malware in the wild. Most nag you about cookies and slow your io down.
 
Antivirus 2011 for Windows! I didn't even have to install it, just visit some site in Internet Explorer and it installs on its own. Best of all, I don't have to worry about accidentally uninstalling it.:)
 
for your Windows PC ... try AVG

False. Try Microsoft Security Essentials if you're looking for free. Several IT friends in large & mid-sized companies are in love with it. It's simple and unobtrusive. Surprising, since it comes from MS...
 
How is that false? While it may not be your preference, AVG works extremely well, and it's free.

AVG used to be good. Their footprint has gotten bigger and bigger since they released 8. 7 was awesome though.

Microsoft Essentials + Avast FTW! :cool:

Edit: assuming you're using a PC.
 
AVG used to be good. Their footprint has gotten bigger and bigger since they released 8. 7 was awesome though.
I haven't tried version 8, but previous versions were much lighter and less resource-consuming than many other options.
 
How is that false? While it may not be your preference, AVG works extremely well, and it's free.

False, because I've had to do factory restores on 2 computers running the paid versions of AVG when they failed to prevent those PCs getting dragged through the gutters of virus/spyware land. False, because AVG failed to do what it's advertised as, anti-virus.
 
False, because I've had to do factory restores on 2 computers running the paid versions of AVG when they failed to prevent those PCs getting dragged through the gutters of virus/spyware land. False, because AVG failed to do what it's advertised as, anti-virus.
I've never used the paid versions, but I've installed the free versions on more PCs than I can count... never had a single bit of malware get through.
 
I was just throwing the AVG out there because there was an IT guy at a Printing Company I did some work for ... he was putting it onto about 100 Windows PCs and swore by it.

I told him ... don't worry about my office I use a Mac.
 
I've never used the paid versions, but I've installed the free versions on more PCs than I can count... never had a single bit of malware get through.

Well the two computers belonged to a 16 year old and a 15 year old. Obviously mileage varies.
 
Well the two computers belonged to a 16 year old and a 15 year old. Obviously mileage varies.

Agreed. If you know how to surf...virus protection isn't needed on a PC either. After fixing my aunt's PC for the fourth time in 18 months, I told my aunt her kids are the problem and she should buy them a Mac.
 
Antivirus 2011 for Windows! I didn't even have to install it, just visit some site in Internet Explorer and it installs on its own. Best of all, I don't have to worry about accidentally uninstalling it.:)

LOL! I hope nobody here who reads this takes your advice.

Agreed. If you know how to surf...virus protection isn't needed on a PC either. After fixing my aunt's PC for the fourth time in 18 months, I told my aunt her kids are the problem and she should buy them a Mac.

So it's not possible for a Mac to get any malware at all?
 
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