yellowhello Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 i know i can get a antivirus thing but theres a problem i dont have a cd to burn it on and i wanna burn the free trials is there any antivirus program that you dont burn on a cd and it has a free trial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade995 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 http://free.grisoft.com A good free virus scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowhello Posted March 11, 2006 Author Share Posted March 11, 2006 but you need to save it on a disk i have no disk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collective Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Perhaps you could explain what you're talking about? AVG does not need to be burned on a disc. All you need to do is download it, run it and follow the installation instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezcake Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 "Save to disc" means save to your hard drive. Is that what you read? ==================================Retired tip.it moderator.Teaching and inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxbamxx Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Well im no compuet expert. but i use the following viruses protecters and they are free. Avg and Ad-aware se. both downloaded at http://www.download.com Rip. Archer3 and runescapeAchieved 99 Hitpoints At 8:36PM June-05-09Achieved 99 Strength At 12:17AM March-08-09Achieved 99 Attack At 3:57PM April-24-?09Achieved 99 Firemaking At 5:41PM September-17-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avsfreak1000 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Ya, but all these free anitviruses arn't as good as norton or others right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krunkthemonk Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Ya, but all these free anitviruses arn't as good as norton or others right? "You get what you pay for" It may not be the best stuff around but it's better than nothing. It's free so you really shouldn't complain. AVG is by far the best free Anti Virus around but it fails in comparison to Norton. You should look into getting a firewall too. You can download Zone Alarm for free. The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezcake Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I don't think AVG fails compared to Norton. I actually think AVG > Norton. :? ==================================Retired tip.it moderator.Teaching and inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collective Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 As the top user-review on download.com for Norton Antivirus 2005 states: "It drains RAM like a whirlpool drains your bathtub." When I used Norton (only because it came free with my computer) it had a bad habit of quarantining parts of my favourite programs. It also checked .txt and .log files for viruses (which is just plain daft, since anyone who knew what to paste in a logged MSN/IRC conversation could make Norton do a dance on your computer). If you really want to pay for anti-virus for some reason then I beg you, for the sake of your own sanity and that of anyone else using your computer, don't go with Norton. You can be sufficiently protected with free software, so there is no need to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I always wondered what spec pc's these ppl running NAV05 are using to say it lags. Because I have Norton AV and its fine. I think ppl just havnt got in configured right because my PC doesnt lag at all. Bashing Norton seems to be a bit of a bandwagon if you ask me. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collective Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 The computer I had was, for the time, excellent. I haven't used Norton for a couple of years, perhaps it's gotten better, but the fact that Norton's firewall currently disconnects it's users from IRC channels whenever someone says a certain word hardly instills great confidence. Perhaps false positives are the price of "good protection", but it's protection I have done fine without with for the past two+ years, so I won't recommend people spend $40 on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 For a start you are confusing Norton internet security with norton anti virus. Two different programs. Norton AV does NOT lag, slow down or drain ram. I have used NAV on dozens of computers and NEVER come accross any symptoms like the ones people describe Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collective Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 For a start you are confusing Norton internet security with norton anti virus. Two different programs. Thank you for your concern, but I never said they were the same program. I already stated issues with Norton Antivirus's false positives, I was merely stating that the state of their firewall didn't inspire me to purchase their products again. It shows that they are continuing to add rules to their programs that not only prevent something from working locally but are remotable 'exploitable' (even if it's just an annoyance). This is not a quality I look for when purchasing software. Plenty of people do have the symptoms, regardless of whether or not you have personally experienced them, and even if they didn't I wouldn't recommend spending $40 on it. Edit: Actually, I got bored and went on a Google spree. Seems the firewall problem was fixed recently, even if it was around for 2 years with noone lame enough to exploit it noticing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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