Virus Protection Programs

[kinktheride]

So I have tried Norton in the past, which failed miserably. Games such as Hl2, BF2, CS:S, and other steam apps would become blocked. After starting up the games, I would immediately be kicked out with one of those error messages. Well after a while of no gaming, I called up one of the game companies; EA, and they followed me through a specific process of re-installing without virus protection on, and then turning it back on once installed. I did this for all of my games, and for only about a few minutes was I happy, untill the same error appeared.

Are there any other virus protection programs that work better than Norton that are stable for games? Some of my friends have Mcaffee. If you know of any better apps let me know.

 

[mechBgon]

I probably recommend this enough to sound like a broken record, but try AOL Kaspersky. First uninstall any old antivirus you have. When you install this one, uncheck the box for the optional security toolbar (you'll see it during installation).

Besides really good protection, it also has a feature where it tries not to hog the CPU power when you're doing something that needs lots of CPU. If you don't like it, just shut it off and uninstall it and try something else. The next-best free one is probably AntiVir from http://free-av.com.

It's worth the time to go through the Settings panels and look at your options in there. You can set up a scan to run every day at a time when you won't be on the computer, and other stuff like protection levels, what to do when malware is detected (I like auto-delete).

There's more info and more choices in the Consolidated Security Thread too.

 

[John]

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