Anti-virus software? (Boot-camped Mac)

[Bug-eyed Earl]

I'm going to be Boot-camping my Mac Pro soon and I would like to know what you guys using Windows XP out there use for Anti-virus software? If there are any people out there running on boot-camped Macs for Macs running virtual machines, you can give me some input too!

 

[Raziaar]

Just curious, what does Boot-Camping mean?

For Windows XP, I use the free and great AVG Free. Some people say bad things about it, but I have nothing to say except good things. It has a small footprint, is free, and has detected many bad things before they messed up my computer. And I do all sorts of stuff that might put my computer at risk.

 

[Bug-eyed Earl]

Just curious, what does Boot-Camping mean?

For Windows XP, I use the free and great AVG Free. Some people say bad things about it, but I have nothing to say except good things. It has a small footprint, is free, and has detected many bad things before they messed up my computer. And I do all sorts of stuff that might put my computer at risk.

Here is the link the Apple's website for the information, they tell you what it does better than I can tell you.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

 

[Raziaar]

You want to know why they call it Boot Camping? Because the scrawny mac really has to beef up to get up to snuff to Windows standards. :E

 

[Bug-eyed Earl]

You want to know why they call it Boot Camping? Because the scrawny mac really has to beef up to get up to snuff to Windows standards. :E

Err. . .not really. Did you look at the link that I posted? Macbook Pros can run Oblivion and super-duper graphics games fine and iMacs do just fine as well. I think the main problem that Apple had until recently was that you had to use virtual machines to run windows or linux, but now Boot Camp solves that problem. You also have to realize that not everyone plays video games. I use my Mac Pro (the tower) to record music and now I use it to do 3D graphics and animation which I'm going to be using in mods for a few games. I think that there are a lot of people out there who really underestimate what a different computer can do.

:thumbs:

 

[Asus]

I use NOD32. Pretty fast for full hard drive scanning. I hardly notice it is running. Very light on the resources and no pop-ups unless there is actually a virus/trojan etc. I have had it freeze a website download and then prompt me to let it terminate the connection when it detected the file had a trojan. It has the best record for detecting ?in the wild? viruses under the tests done by Virus Bulletin (passed with 100% 45 out of 47 times).

 

[Raziaar]

Err. . .not really. Did you look at the link that I posted? Macbook Pros can run Oblivion and super-duper graphics games fine and iMacs do just fine as well. I think the main problem that Apple had until recently was that you had to use virtual machines to run windows or linux, but now Boot Camp solves that problem. You also have to realize that not everyone plays video games. I use my Mac Pro (the tower) to record music and now I use it to do 3D graphics and animation which I'm going to be using in mods for a few games. I think that there are a lot of people out there who really underestimate what a different computer can do.

:thumbs:

Sorry, you must ignore me. I'm a smart ass. What I said above was simply a joke.

 

[Bug-eyed Earl]

Sorry, you must ignore me. I'm a smart ass. What I said above was simply a joke.

I'll take note of that.

Cheers.:cheers:

 

[DreamThrall]

i actually don't run any anti-virus/malware software... just have to be smart about who you open emails from, and i also run firefox with NoScript and Adblock Plus.

 

[Raziaar]

i actually don't run any anti-virus/malware software... just have to be smart about who you open emails from, and i also run firefox with NoScript and Adblock Plus.

It's still smart to run a backup with a low memory footprint. Better safe than sorry as they say.

 

[bigburpco]

Source engine games currently have problems with some anti-virus software; AVG 7.5 and NOD32 cause crashes and need to be uninstalled FULLY. Other anti-virus software have workarounds apparently.

Link

 

[evil^milk]

AVG is terrible.

Look into BitDefender, Kaspersky or NOD32.

 

[Raziaar]

AVG is terrible.

Look into BitDefender, Kaspersky or NOD32.

I don't think AVG is terrible. I've had great success with it. :cheers:

 

[bigburpco]

AVG has been very reliable for me, shame about having to uninstall it though.

 

[Asus]

I'm sure AVG catches a lot. Although it doesn't have as good of a track record as some of the better AVs (which means it also doesn't catch some).
If you are smart then you might never run into those (partly luck).

<-Has no crashing in Source or Steam games with NOD32. Must be a system configuration thing in conjunction with Steam + some AV apps.

 

[DreamThrall]

It's still smart to run a backup with a low memory footprint. Better safe than sorry as they say.

I run daily backups onto a MyBook :thumbs:

 

[evil^milk]

I don't think AVG is terrible. I've had great success with it. :cheers:

Sorry, I was overly harsh. AVG isn't terrible, but it isn't the best from my experience. I used to use it until I discovered I had several undetected viruses on my PC (used Panda online virus detector).

 

[Raziaar]

Sorry, I was overly harsh. AVG isn't terrible, but it isn't the best from my experience. I used to use it until I discovered I had several undetected viruses on my PC (used Panda online virus detector).

An online virus detector? I usually trust those to give me more false readings than anything out there so you'll buy their products.

Besides... I think Panda is a Scientology company.

 

[Stigmata]

<-Has no crashing in Source or Steam games with NOD32. Must be a system configuration thing in conjunction with Steam + some AV apps.

Me either. I've had zero problems with Source + NOD32, and I've had both for over a year.

 

[Nemesis6]

AVG has been very reliable for me, shame about having to uninstall it though.

You sure? I'm running Nod32, and I'm having no problems with the Source games.

By the way: Panda, scientology company? Wait, don't tell me - Its investors are scientologists? Anyway, I can just see it now:

Virus detected(Heuristics): High thetan-levels
Trojan detected: W32.Xenu

 

[Raziaar]

You sure? I'm running Nod32, and I'm having no problems with the Source games.

By the way: Panda, scientology company? Wait, don't tell me - Its investors are scientologists? Anyway, I can just see it now:

Virus detected(Heuristics): High thetan-levels
Trojan detected: W32.Xenu

It's founder is a scientologist apparently.

 

[AtomicSpark]

Source engine games currently have problems with some anti-virus software; AVG 7.5 and NOD32 cause crashes and need to be uninstalled FULLY. Other anti-virus software have workarounds apparently.

Link

I haven't had any problems with source games and anti-virus programs. I'm running BitDefender 2008. Before I start a game, I enable "game mode" (alt-g) so there are no pop-ups or alerts, and real-time protection is set to permissive.