bmwracer wrote:

Heh. According to Consumer Reports, the rankings of the free antivirus programs are as follows: 1. Avira 2. Microsoft Defender 3. AVG 4. Avast ( )

I think I need to change my antivirus program soon... I wonder if the ranking took the resource used into account. My workplace also uses McAfee and when the schedule scan kicks off every friday it takes up to 50% CPU resource. Slowed the whole computer down lol.

duskyduck wrote:

I think I need to change my antivirus program soon... I wonder if the ranking took the resource used into account. My workplace also uses McAfee and when the schedule scan kicks off every friday it takes up to 50% CPU resource. Slowed the whole computer down lol.

Yeah McAfee is a resource hog...that's why I dumped it for AVG

duskyduck wrote:

I think I need to change my antivirus program soon... I wonder if the ranking took the resource used into account. My workplace also uses McAfee and when the schedule scan kicks off every friday it takes up to 50% CPU resource. Slowed the whole computer down lol.

Of those four tested by Consumer Reports, Avira had the best resource usage, scoring a "Very Good," where the others just scored a "Good."


EDIT: Microsoft's program is not Defender, but Security Essentials.

bmwracer wrote:

Of those four tested by Consumer Reports, Avira had the best resource usage, scoring a "Very Good," where the others just scored a "Good." EDIT: Microsoft's program is not Defender, but Security Essentials.

Surprised to see Microsoft in your list.

Tu_triky wrote:

Surprised to see Microsoft in your list.

Consumer Reports is unbiased.

bmwracer wrote:

Consumer Reports is unbiased.

Haha...nah, it's just that I didn't realize that Microsoft had a recognized competence in the field of anti-virus software.

bmwracer wrote:

Of those four tested by Consumer Reports, Avira had the best resource usage, scoring a "Very Good," where the others just scored a "Good." EDIT: Microsoft's program is not Defender, but Security Essentials.

Ah I have used MSE but it disappeared on me at one point LOL. I must have accidentally removed it while installing something else. I remember Kaspersky was a bit resource heavy as well.

Of the security suites that you buy, Consumer Reports rated them as follows:

1. Symantec
2. BitDefender
3. Kapersky
4. G Data
5. ESET
6. F-Secure
7. AVG
8. McAfee
9. Trend Micro
10. Check Point
11. Panda
12. Norman

bmwracer wrote:

Of the security suites that you buy, Consumer Reports rated them as follows: 1. Symantec 2. BitDefender 3. Kapersky 4. G Data 5. ESET 6. F-Secure 7. AVG 8. McAfee 9. Trend Micro 10. Check Point 11. Panda 12. Norman

Symantec number 1? Norton? Hell to the no....

Tu_triky wrote:

Symantec number 1? Norton? Hell to the no....

Consumer Reports is unbiased.

bmwracer wrote:

Consumer Reports is unbiased.

Whatever...I think that Parrot from your Avast Matey logo is talking to me.

Norton ~ bloated like a dead, beached whale.

Tu_triky wrote:

Whatever...I think that Parrot from your Avast Matey logo is talking to me.

Arrrrrrr.....!

Quote:

Norton ~ bloated like a dead, beached whale.

LOL, we use that at work.

Norton, not the beached whale.

bmwracer wrote:

Arrrrr

Nice comeback

Quote:

LOL, we use that at work. Norton, not the beached whale.

I used it once or twice in the past...I found it to be rather slow, and not so good. Oh well I guess we all have opinions when it comes to anti-virus software.

It was interesting to read your list of top tier programs.

Tu_triky wrote:

It was interesting to read your list of top tier programs.

Consumer Reports has always been an interesting read... Been subscribing to it since the beginning of time, practically.

bmwracer wrote:

Consumer Reports has always been an interesting read... Been subscribing to it since the beginning of time, practically.

I'm sure it keeps you in the know about all kinds of stuff.

Tu_triky wrote:

I'm sure it keeps you in the know about all kinds of stuff.

Yup... I am a consumer.

bmwracer wrote:

Yup... I am a consumer.

Hehe. So it works out for you.

Tu_triky wrote:

Hehe. So it works out for you.

Absolutely.

Anyone ever try out or use Google's Picasa: http://picasa.google.com/ ?

Just wondering if it's any good, since they give you 1GB of free storage... Though I don't know if you can hotlink the pics...

bmwracer wrote:

Anyone ever try out or use Google's Picasa: http://picasa.google.com/ ? Just wondering if it's any good, since they give you 1GB of free storage... Though I don't know if you can hotlink the pics...

Apparently you can, but hotlinking is not as easy as other sites.
Read here: http://sam.davyson.com/weblog/hotlinking-picasa-web-albums-images/