Anyone on here use BULLGUARD for PC security

was with Kaspersky but it started to do silly things so have just taken up with the Max package of BULLGUARD, anyone got experience of it

 

No.

 

Me neither.

 

Hi DT,

I have used it but wasn't impressed as it didn't stop several Trojans in a horse infecting my computer - bl00dy Trojans and horses ..........

Seriously look at the free providers - AVG is free and does everything I want it to!

 

Stop looking at porn

 

Avast for me. Free, simple and never let me down.

 

lol an informative interjection there, well worth the effort.

 

Bullguard is the one that Kazaa use to advise to use.. If you dont know what Kazaa is its basically the main P2P software that was in use when everyone was on dialup.

It wasnt good at all it use to slow down your pc and everything but ive heard good things about it recently, the firewall was good and it did use to find a lot of viruses but most of them use to disable it and allow trojans etc in.

i would read up on it firs though

 

I don't use anything, never have for any sustained period, and I've never had a virus.

 

Do you ever turn on your computer ? How would you know ? There is no excuse with the free offerings not to install some AV. AVG AVAST or MSE to name a few. The day you need to flatten your machine and rebuild will be the day you think maybe just maybe I shouldn't be so complacent.

Windows 8 actually comes with a pretty decent Antivirus/Malware solution. Not the same as the old Windows Defender. Windows 7 Microsoft Security Essentials was OK as well. Anything beats nothing.

 

A friend of mine said that to me recently, but asked me to look at her laptop as it was "running a bit slow". She denied that viruses existed.

It had McAfee on it - running a PC with that or AVG on it is like trying to drive a formula 1 car around in a peat bog. Task manager showed 100% usage and the entire thing was riddled with viruses, malware and adware. There were Viagra and porn pop ups everywhere. If it had been a horse I would have shot it. It also had one of those free bank security software packages (Rapport etc) which is like pouring treacle into the finest Swiss watch mechanism.

Took 2 full days to clean it up, get rid of McAfee and Rapport and all the other crap on it, then handed it back. She said it was like new.

Macs get viruses too, the idea that they don't is a myth and even Apple admit that.

 

Anti Virus solutions need to be maintained in the same way windows updates do with regular definition updates.
Just because McAfee was installed doesn't mean it was kept up to date or that regular scans were performed or that a warning, do you really want to run this software prompt wasn't disregarded and malware installed.

The Real time "on access" scanners can bog down older machines and I once had a virus with McAfee installed that it just missed, then claimed to clean then detected , a vicious cycle. In the end Malwarebytes / Superantispyware , other tools claimed to clean this and that but to be sure, format C: time and reinstall Windows and start a fresh. I know its beyond the scope of this discussion but if you want to get up to some dodgy things, install VMWARE player or virtualbox, create a Virtual machine, snapshot it and go for your life, then just roll back. The bad stuff usually occurs when you do something you know you probably shouldn't be doing , in my experience lol, Adult sites, Sports streaming links, P2P networks like the old limewire or Kazaa ...

Macs don't have the same user base, are harder to infect but this "we run a MAC, viruses are not our concern" attitude will one day come back to bite.

 

Agree with all that. Many people think you can't get a virus if you have a virus checker installed, which as you say is far from the truth.

My step by step clean up procedure is: -

1) Uninstall as much as possible using the control panel uninstaller, especially resident programs like Rapport.
2) Check startup programs and get rid of all except known essential ones
3) Check for internet browser add-ons, unwanted toolbars etc and get rid of the lot unless you are sure you want them.
3) Get rid (not as easy as it sounds especially with MacAfee) of treacle-speed anti virus programs like AVG, Norton or McAfee and install Avast.
4) Download and run Malwarebytes and Superantispyware.
5) Download and use Easycleaner to clean up the registry and check for dodgy startup programs.
6) Manually delete left over folders in Program Files and Program Data after removing software.
7) Reboot and run a full virus scan.
8) Reboot again and defrag the disk.
9) Have a pint.

Repeat step 9 ad infinitum.......

NEVER NEVER NEVER install a program in response to a message saying "your PC is running slow" or "you need an update to play the video" or whatever. If you do, your computer will never be the same again.

 

Good advice there Starlrost, one other decent tip, run through a boot from CD/DVD Memory resident virus scanner such as Avira. Some of the more nasty viruses do a good job of disabling your ability to run antivirus tools. Avira boots from CD , downloads the latest definitions and scans your computer so Windows System files normally locked and memory resident viruses are not an issue. To be safe if its gets to these extremes the only 100% way you know you have beaten the critter is by rebuilding your PC and the bonus is that you get rid of all the crap and install a good AV, be more careful going forward and keep backups of any important files offline.

[MENTION=54922]tomfun[/MENTION] ... I wont enter into a MAC vs PC debate .. yes on the virus issue you can sit smug and watch with amusement as we PC users discuss good housekeeping

 

Come the day......

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/25/mac-virus-apple_n_1625110.html

 

Arent macs the biggest spreaders of viruses these days because theyre all carriers

 

I got sick of the antivirus software pestering me and flagging up false positives, I use Windows 8 mostly so I suppose there is some basic protection built in. I can spot a dodgy email, website or application a mile off though.

 

There was the myth that Macs couldn't get viruses, they can it's just the people writing the malicious stuff want maximum penetration so they obviously target the operating system that most people use.