How often do you run Anti-Virus software?

ETSA · 09-17-2006, 02:57 PM

What Anti-Virus software do you use and how often do you run it?

I use Norton Corporate Edition.

Every Wednesday.

I run Ad-Aware daily and also have E-Trust Patrol on active protection. Along with Sygate personal Firewall.

PC eye · 09-18-2006, 09:48 AM

AVG 7.1 Free edition works quite well here even when not active. On one recent occasion while being on the disabled list it suddenly came to life to warn about a file being copied onto the system upon first reaching one site for the first time. That is supplemented by AdAware SE Personal and Ewido at the present time.

_simon_ · 09-18-2006, 10:24 AM

None & Never.

Nevakonaza · 09-18-2006, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon@Linux

None & Never.

Thats linux for you

I run a scan every 2 days with AVG free and Advanced spyware remover and i now have a genuine licence for Registry Mechanic so i scan my Registry for errors too.

Works great.

Bobo · 09-18-2006, 11:26 AM

Avast on-access scanner. I run a scan every time i start having problems.

ckfordy · 09-18-2006, 01:22 PM

Ill usually run the antivirus whenver i remeber to do it or when i start having problems. But i will run spyware scans every week.

JamesBart · 09-18-2006, 01:28 PM

AVG when i get any spare time to run it. all good so far. (touch wood) :-)

JFHuff · 09-18-2006, 02:02 PM

Norton Internet Security. Auto protect turned on but i still run a full system scan once a month.

gamerman4 · 09-18-2006, 02:13 PM

So far no viruses have been able to get through my firewall. Every time I do a virus check (Kaspersky) nothing is found. I did turn my firewall off one time and 10 seconds later Kaspersky told me I got 3 viruses..... I've never turned my FW off since.

Verve · 09-18-2006, 02:19 PM

Every two months usually, but I do spyware scans once a week.

View Poll Results: How often do you scan you computer with Anti-Virus software.
Daily	4	12.50%
Weekly	6	18.75%
Monthly	8	25.00%
Active Protection (Constant Monitoring)	14	43.75%
Voters: 32. You may not vote on this poll

09-17-2006, 02:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
ETSA Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: WA Age: 24 Posts: 2,287	How often do you run Anti-Virus software? What Anti-Virus software do you use and how often do you run it? I use Norton Corporate Edition. Every Wednesday. I run Ad-Aware daily and also have E-Trust Patrol on active protection. Along with Sygate personal Firewall. __________________ DESKTOP Antec P180B(4 x 120mm Tricool fans) Antec 500W neoHE Gigabyte GA 965p DS3 E6400 /w Zalman cnps9500 led 92mm (OC'ed to 3.2Ghz) 4 GB Corsair xms2 DDR2 800 HD4850 512mb ddr3 /w Zalman VF1000 (OC'ed to 690/1143) Soundblaster Audigy 4 LAPTOP Core 2 Duo T5750(2.00GHz)/4GB ddr2 667/250GB HD/8600M GT Last edited by ETSA; 09-17-2006 at 03:02 PM.

09-18-2006, 01:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
JamesBart Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,372	AVG when i get any spare time to run it. all good so far. (touch wood) :-) Last edited by JamesBart; 09-18-2006 at 01:29 PM. Reason: ddint make any sense even to me:-)

09-18-2006, 02:13 PM	#9 (permalink)
gamerman4 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Age: 18 Posts: 1,333	So far no viruses have been able to get through my firewall. Every time I do a virus check (Kaspersky) nothing is found. I did turn my firewall off one time and 10 seconds later Kaspersky told me I got 3 viruses..... I've never turned my FW off since. __________________ NZXT Nemesis Elite Black Intel Q6600 @ 3.20 Ghz COOLER MASTER RL-EUL-GBU1-GP Watercooling Gigabyte DS3R P965 HDDs: 2 x 80GB 1 x 250GB 1 x 500GB 1x 750GB 2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Perf. DDR2 nVidia 8800GT 512MB Antec Smartpower 2.0 400 Watt Obama/Biden 08

09-18-2006, 02:19 PM	#10 (permalink)
Verve Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Age: 18 Posts: 2,496	Every two months usually, but I do spyware scans once a week. __________________ Formerly Starwarsman HP DV6885 Special Edition Core2Duo T8100 @ 2.1 GHz 3GB DDR2 Ram 250GB SATA HDD Geforce 8400m GS Vista Home Premium SP1 The Masterplan

09-18-2006, 09:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	AVG 7.1 Free edition works quite well here even when not active. On one recent occasion while being on the disabled list it suddenly came to life to warn about a file being copied onto the system upon first reaching one site for the first time. That is supplemented by AdAware SE Personal and Ewido at the present time.

09-18-2006, 10:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
_simon_ Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 969	None & Never.

09-18-2006, 11:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	Avast on-access scanner. I run a scan every time i start having problems.

09-18-2006, 01:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
ckfordy banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Madison, Minnesota Age: 18 Posts: 2,744	Ill usually run the antivirus whenver i remeber to do it or when i start having problems. But i will run spyware scans every week.

09-18-2006, 02:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
JFHuff Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 20 Posts: 222	Norton Internet Security. Auto protect turned on but i still run a full system scan once a month.

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