Anti virus windows

[shadewalker]

In the interest of boxing, I need will get a pc. It just does not work on Mac.

No need to get a PC, just dual boot with boot camp. Just about any Mac that is running wow should be able to run windows and isboxer just fine.

[Xraptorx]

mac will overheat with 5 boxes running. I just bought the Asus G74SX (256 SSD) and 3GB Video Ram. This thing is nice. Now I need to get a device to let me use my 27" imac as a second monitor for this rig.

[EaTCarbS]

I'm fighting viruses and malware pretty much everyday. I'm in the middle of settling my third identity theft.

I found the cause of your problem.

I use Security Essentials and IE9.

[Zub]

Can anyone comment on AVG and AdAware?

[Ualaa]

I use the free version of Avast.
Almost every time I start my computer, it wants me to click the UAC control to allow it to apply an update.
For some reason, it cannot apply any update aside from at start up.
Still, I've had zero issues with viruses/malware and Avast is free.

I run Firefox with Adblock and NoScript.

Have not used AdAware, so cannot comment on that.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Can anyone comment on AVG and AdAware?

I've been using AVG for the last 7 years or so. Have zero complaints aside from the rare false-positive every few months. It's also in my experience a very low footprint, so you don't notice it hogging resources.

I've used adaware on occasion, though since I switched to Firefox + NoScript + AdBlock, the only thing it ever finds is cookies, so I haven't bothered except for once a year or so just to confirm things are still peachy.

[Zub]

I've been using AVG for the last 7 years or so. Have zero complaints aside from the rare false-positive every few months. It's also in my experience a very low footprint, so you don't notice it hogging resources.

I've used adaware on occasion, though since I switched to Firefox + NoScript + AdBlock, the only thing it ever finds is cookies, so I haven't bothered except for once a year or so just to confirm things are still peachy.

Cool thanks.
I've been using the free version of AVG and it seems to work fine (no virus/hack in the last 2years, touch wood) and is barely noticeable.
AdAware i haven't used yet, it was recommended by the NETT magazine I receive as one of the 'do-not-miss' free softwares around

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I should note that I'm using the AVG Free edition as I never felt a need to get the other "fluff" that's in the paid version.

[Jafula]

As a developer, I hate AVG with a passion. Recently they added a file to the virus / trojan list that is being used in an application I wrote over seven years ago. I have no idea why this particular file was added to the list, but AVG happily quarantined it and caused my application to stop working... Grrr. I've also seen AVG attempt to clean files; fail miserably and get stuck in a constant loop. Ugh. My vote is for Microsoft Security Essentials for the PC. (And Spohos for OSX.) My 2 cents.

[Bollwerk]

+1 to Microsoft Security Essentials. I've been doing IT support for 15+ years and find it works quite well (although nothing is perfect), especially for being free.