Well if we're doing techie stuff
Does anyone know anything about Panda antivirus? It's a kaspersky one and someone recommended it to me because I was moaning about AVG taking too long to load.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:04, archived)

save yourself headaches and heartaches and use Avast
free and open source supported, best damn free personal virus protection on the planet.

avast-home.en.softonic.com/
( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:06, archived)

Thanks
I'll ty that. I think I've seen Avast recommended on here before.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:09, archived)

it has a sexeh male voice too that tells you when it's updated itself

( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:11, archived)

Mine's a Geordie accent
it says "why eye man, your database has been updated like"
( Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:35, archived)

it´s shit
and it´s free for a reason....

you don´t get half the amount of engine detection and cleanup like you do in the full version. and thats not even mentioning heuristic scanning.

For a home PC, nod32 and kaspersky are good choices. When I worked in the labs these used to have the highest detection rates, although Kaspersky can have a few false positives.

edit: also panda is shit. their offices are in madrid. They are like the noobs of anti-virus detection.
(El Guiri the only b3tan who is not fat, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:20, archived)

or if you're willing to shell out £40 for a year, nod32
second to none for me, they have a smart secuirty suite or the standalone antivirus
*virus and trouble-free for 5 years with it*
www.eset.co.uk/
it also uses piffling amounts of resources compared to 'most' other AVs
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 19:12, archived)