Security Suites

[Luke]

Why not use NOD32 then if it is the best?

I mean its not perfect. I've tried it. I've tried multiple ones, AVG Security Suite, ZoneAlarm Security Suite, McAfee Total Protection, BitDefender Total Security, Norton Security, Trend Micro Security etc.

Its interesting how people think security suites shouldn't leave a footprint at all. People seem to want the most protection possible, without realising the more protective you are, the slower your computer will be. A lot of these suites are often set by default to constantly scan your files for viruses, the problem of course being that when its scanning these files, which is often all the time, it effects other stuff. I know of people, a friend of mine comes to mind, who i've put different securtity suites on in the past, and he's often removed them because they have slowed his PC and Laptop. I want something thats lightweight to a certain degree, but people need to realise that in order to have a certain level of security, you'll need to loose some speed and performance. However it is definatley worth it.

I hear of people who don't use antivirus programs claiming they can see when a virus comes on their PC and can remove it manually. Often these people just look out for obvious signs - things not working, e.g. Windows Update, other security programs etc. Things turning up from nowhere, users sure they didn't instal them, things going slow etc. However as viruses become more clever, it can be a lot harder to realise you have one without an antivirus.

What really gets me the most is how people often don't learn. For example we have a family computer, seperate to mine. My dad has lost a loft of stuff mutiple times in the past, because either himself or my brother has got an infection or something, and whatever it was got too deep and ended up needing a reformat. He would always complain, often saying he'd lost stuff he'd have to start from scratch and so on. Yet everytime I told him he should back up his stuff he's just ignored me. I have an external - everything gets backed up, so if my PC breaks, I've got all I need. I often put large files/downloads onto my external to - then remove them from my PC. So if I need to re-install it I've got it on my external and the download itself isn't taking any space on my main pc. However you don't need an external - a disc or even a small pen drive can hold quite a few documents.

It just seems a lot of computer users don't learn from their mistakes. My brother would never look after the family PC, and I was always called to fix it. What really annoyed me is when there was a virus he wouldn't let me on his computer, as it was still working at the time. He wouldn't try to fix it either, in other words just wanted to play on his games, even when I warned him he might not be able to play on them soon if the infection got worse. Each time it did, and he'd complain. Why don't people just learn from their mistakes lol?

Who made a mistake here?

[peteyt]

Who made a mistake here?

Sorry?

[Luke]

You posted that as if someone was complaining in this thread?

[peteyt]

I didnt mean it to sound like that I was just posting observations