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Anti-virus-ness
12:46 PM August 04, 2008

Well, I recently discovered that my sisters have been using my computer without permission and without care. >_< They open their USBs without scanning it with my anti-virus (Nod32), a big no-no since Bern's computer is so infected with all sorts of viruses it barely functions. @_@ And it has some viruses that can't be found by my computer's anti-virus program once it is able to enter. -_- Grr... So I spent most of my Sunday morning surfing the net, trying to find anti-virus programs to help improve my computer's state.

Here's what I have:

Nod32. My current anti-virus. I allowed it to scan and it found a couple of viruses which I deleted, and a few that had to be quarantined. This is recommended by Gremio, and I trust that she knows about such things. ^^

Avast! 4.8 Home Edition. It's completely (and legitimately) free, and it does a good job too. (It found 3 viruses/worms/trojans that Nod 32 didn't find.) This is the third most popular anti-virus in CNET's download.com.

Avira AntiVir. This also has a legitimate free version available on-line. And this anti-virus seems to work fine with other programs, so I installed it too. The funny thing is that it came across the Nod32 quarantined files and quarantined them as well. As soon as they quarantined it, Nod32 sent out an alert that it found new viruses in Avira's folder (the quarantined stuff). -_- At least they're very thorough. But I decided to uninstall this anyway because it seems to find the same viruses that Nod32 does anyway. Plus my computer says it doesn't have "virtual memory" left. I have a lot of hard drive space left, but I have a pretty small RAM, so I'll just install it again when I need it. :p This is the second most popular anti-virus in CNET's download.com.

AVG Free. I downloaded the latest version, unfortunately, it can't work with Nod 32, so I didn't install it. I'm keeping in mind, however, that it's an available option, cause Sig uses this and she doesn't seem bothered by viruses. But then again, she doesn't have people who infect her computer with a bazillion viruses living with her. ^^ This is the top anti-virus in CNET's download.com.

Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2008. This program was recommended to me by Sig several years ago, and it's supposed to remove all sorts of malware. Again, this is completely free, and it works fine too. This is the top spyware remover in CNET's download.com

I need to upgrade my RAM. And while I'm at it, my hard drive as well. Grr... I've been saving up for this, but it's no longer safe to store money in the house. T_T (I was robbed right?)

come fly ~ gen