Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 49325
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2008/3/4-7 [Computer/SW/Virus] UID:49325 Activity:kinda low
3/4     Hi, what's the best free anti-virus software for XP?  What about
        anti-spyware?  Currently I'm using Active Virus Shield and Spybot.
        Thanks.
        \_ I've used: avg, spybot s&d, adaware, trend micro's housecall.
           \_ Does Spybot S&D protect Firefox?  It soulds like the injection
              feature only supports IE.
              \_ I'm not as concerned about the browser part as the registry
                 protection/alert part.  But to answer your question, no, I
                 don't believe it helps FF as much as it does IE.  I surf FF
                 with javascript off, java off, no plugins, no flash, and
                 adblock+.  When I need flash for various stupid sites, I
                 use the FF IE Tab plugin to reload in IE (where I have flash
                 installed), but only for that site.  Then I kill the IE
                 session.
                 \_ Why not just use a Mac?
        \_ While it may conflict opinions of what's best, if you're still
           in an active status with UCB as a student or staff, keep in mind
           that Symantec AV is free. For firefox protection, I use NoScript.
           \_ I'm looking for something that updates its virus/spyware database
              periodically, and doesn't eat up much RAM.  Right now I'm using
              Lavasoft Ad-Watch, and it eats up ~50MB on my 256MB machine which
              makes the machine swap a lot whatever I run.  -- OP
              \_ You do realize how cheap memory is these days right?
        \_ I used Avira AntiVir for a while, it seemed ok to me. It has an
           ad banner that pops up when it updates itself, which would be a
           dealbreaker but you can disable the executable that does that.
           If you watch deal sites you can often find AV software for free
           after mail-in rebate. I am using Kaspersky through this. I shoulda
           posted that deal to the motd I guess.
        \_ I used to like AVG Free.  Dunno what the hell happened but it stopped
           working a couple of weeks ago.
        \_ I used to like AVG Free.  Dunno what the hell happened but it
           stopped working a couple of weeks ago.
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