Antivirus

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<p>which antivirus program do you guys recommend? my new comp came with mcafee, but it interferes with basically everything i do, so im not using this pos. im looking for an antivirus program thats acceptable by ucla but doesnt interfere much with comp activities (doesnt pop up every second, minimal computer usage).</p>

<p>tbh i dont even care if it protects me or not. i know ucla requires that you have one, but do you have to keep it on all the time? ive never used an antivirus before, and ive been safe because i know what/what not to download/browse.</p>

<p>thanks.</p>

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<p>STCPM only requires you to have it when you register your MAC address through the software. After that, you can uninstall the software and your anti-virus.</p>

<p>I went the whole year without using any sort of AV and I'm fine.</p>

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<p>alright cool. when do you have to register your comp and stuff? i remember during orientation and when i visited, you could just jack into the ethernet port and get internet.</p>

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<p>i remember UCLA gave free SOPHOS firewall antivirus software on their website...its pretty good, and doesn't pop up a lot, only when u first use it...</p>

<p>i think the only reason its not on my comp was because i reformatted,,,other then that you should try it i think its good</p>

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<p>McAfee is garbage and just slows everything down. Use this: AVG</a> Free - Download antivirus and antispyware software for Windows XP and Vista</p>

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<p>i use avast!. its also free and not very intrusive at all. just set the settings to silent updates and it never pops up unless its finds something.</p>

<p>or you can just use sophos that UCLA gives you.</p>

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<p>You use STCPM when you move in.</p>

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<p>I 2nd Motus' recommendation. AVG Free is great! McAfee and Norton suck.</p>

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<p>AVG won't allow me to run some keygens!</p>

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<p>I hate AVG. ANNOYING! I used kaspersky but everything got blacklisted so now I'm using symantec. </p>

<p>AVG IS ANNOYING!</p>

<p>The retarded thing is that they make Mac's install a anti-virus too. Probably the same for Linux. There is simply no point in doing that. I don't even like Mac's, and I'm saying this, which means a lot.</p>

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<p>Use Nod32.</p>

<p>Little notifications, updates frequently, low CPU usage.</p>

<p>Moo: LL it.</p>

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<p>I have used AVG Free on XP for years and it has NEVER annoyed me. Not once.</p>

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<p>I did have this one annoying problem with AVG a while back where it would constantly ask me to update, but when I updated it would stop halfway and cancel. Haven't had really any problems since then.</p>

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<p>Anything is better than that crap sophos.</p>

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<p>STCPM will be a little different this year, so what worked before may or may not work now...</p>

<p>i downloaded avast and then turned it off. i usually use norton corporate, but corporate anti-virus versions aren't accepted, annoyingly.</p>

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<p>I'll stick with symantec for now. It runs fine. </p>

<p>But ATM I am *<strong><em>ing *</em></strong>ed off as hell about my networking situation at home. </p>

<p>I'm going to rant a bit here. </p>

<p>3 computers in this situation. Two laptops, one desktop. Desktop runs XP, the rest Vista. </p>

<p>AV is shut on all of them.. didn't want to deal with the settings and crap.
On same workgroup
file sharing is enabled
firewalls shut down also</p>

<p>so after a bit of tinkering, One of the laptops can connect to the desktop.. we will call this laptop B, but not the other.. we will call this one laptop A. the weird thing is that on laptop A, which CAN'T connect, i actually SEE the desktop icon in the network. Whereas with laptop B, which CAN connect, I don't see it at all and have to manually \PCNAME that ****. </p>

<p>Laptop A and B can connect to each other. And laptop B can connect to desktop. Laptop A cannot connect to desktop. Didn't try if desktop can connect to anything.</p>

<p>Anyone have any clues? and *** happened to the "permissions" **** in xp a while ago. It seems to be gone now.</p>

<p>The desktop is where all the gold's at, and I'm trying to transfer some stuff. Now, I could easily just transfer from desktop to laptop B, to other laptop A, or just my external, but **** I want to solve this puzzle!!!</p>

<p>I've had a lot of frustration with networking in the pass. Things seem to work and not work for reasons that I do not know.</p>

<p>Someone enlighten me!</p>

<p>Troubleshooters are pieces of **** b/c they only tell you the nooob stuff.</p>

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<p>mr moo</p>

<p>i had this problem too. i have a desktop and laptop, both xp, and my new laptop, which is vista. they cant network with each other.</p>

<p>i googled and apparently you need service pack 2 on the xp comps (which i dont have on the desktop) and some other misc stuff.</p>

<p>dont really know how to fix your problem =(. at least your network works a little bit (my vista comp is isolated while the two xp comps work fine with each other).</p>

<p>i didnt even bother. just sent the files over aim. my usb stick is broken...</p>

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<p>I have service pack 3 on my xp comp. Trust me this issue isn't something that simple, or I would have catched it somewhere. </p>

<p>I cant handle sending 200gb of **** over aim. I just did the 3 way transfer, *<strong><em>ing *</em></strong>*es! Well actually, if I was on UCLA's internet. 200gb over aim wouldn't be that bad. LOL</p>

<p>error code is 0x80070035</p>

<p>Ran that and did like an hour of reading and most people say its a firewall issue, but all of mine were disabled and what not. Took a look around the settings of my router and didn't see anything that would make a diff. Looked at the DHCP client table and saw that everything was there, even my rig running xubuntu. I can ping everything cleanly and am getting replies. From the looks of everything IT SHOULD be working, but I guessing there is some small detail that I am overlooking, so if any of you guys have any ideas, please share. My problem is a network path issue. Don't know what the hell is wrong though.</p>

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<p>i think i had that problem awhile ago...i just don't remember what i did :rolleyes:</p>

<p>check workgroup? "server" service is on? turn off security center? reboot a billion times?</p>

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<p>Use Kaspersky, it has the highest detection rate, but it eats up resources and is very aggressive. Although if you act smart while surfing the net, you won't have any need for an AV.</p>