Vista - For those of you who say you don't need antivirus on vista...

I wouldn't call anyone a fool for not running an antivirus. I stick with calling them naive, unless they are running a unix-clone.


And as for Dmex... Are you SURE that all exploits of UAC has been fixed now? I would think that those updates actually makes the point of antivirus more significant rather than less.

i use ESET NOD32 Smart Security Buisness Edition 32-Bit and Spybot Search and Destroy and i have UAC Turned off as it bugs the **** Out of me :P

and i have never had a problem :P

SeanBond why do you run Vista without SP1? Just out of interest no criticism intended.

none taken

i installed it but had naticed that their was NO system performance increased and it made copying data to my other HDD slower so i didnt see any point in keeping it.

Thanks for the explanation.

no problem

I always turn off UAC,is that bad?i have NOD32 and i never catch any virus,trojan etc
Whats the risk disabling UAC?

I have Bit defender and so far, very happy with it, only annoying thing (perhaps my fault) is that I allowed it to take over my internet and PC for me so each time I get into a site, it asks me whether I want to accept cookies to dl to my hard drive, java script, upload cookies to said site, which, IE or FF already do that. The annoying part is to be asked the same thing for each advert the site has, it is definately to much.

I really haven't search around for more options or better control of the option because the control panel options for this A.V. is very cumbersome or perhaps I was just used to Avast doing pretty much everything for me w/o asking. Now I have this feeling that Avast was not doing as good a job as Bit Defender is because of it... my head spins when I think about this.

Sometimes I think I should just run w/o any protection... a reformat or two a year is good for a healthy OS, kinda like cleaning your garage of all the junk you have gathered throughout the year so to speak!

snap!!

i just downloaded Avast after viewing Shawn's ''must have apps'' list for 7, so i put it on both, but my vista has been running no Antivirus for about 7-8 months with 0 issue, & only the windows firewall to protect me.

i ran Avast as soon as i installed it & it was clean , i don't doubt the threat is very real but its not been an issue for me, i don't think i have ever caught a complete show stopping virus (touch wood) & i have never payed for pro licensed AV software in my life....

but i suppose the bottom line has to be ..''better safe than sorry''

SK

I run Avast, (all but outlook module), and Comodo with Firewall and Defence plus, and run regular scans with Malwarebytes and Spybot S&D. Defender is also left on, as is UAC.

Yes I get pop-ups which can be annoying but I accept them as a necessary evil (and they get less and less if you don't add software all the time)

with all that running I'm sure there is a performance hit but I don't notice it as I've always run them.

And it's not that I'm paranoid, they ARE out to get me!

When it comes down to it - it's a personal computer. What works for one may not suit another and the important thing is the choice is there