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I was just going to go with MS Security Essentials but ended up with a Trojan so put Norton Internet Security 2011 on the new system,  we had a spare license hanging out there.

ESET is not good, its great

take all those reviews with a grain of salt.

If you want to have that discussion then we need to have the discussion of how much is the company over charging you for the product also, I'm just saying.

Edited by DST4ME - 31 Jan 2011 at 6:13pm

Disagree, screwing over is screwing over, just because its legal it does not mean that you are not getting screwed over.

by the same logic, if eset does not want to have people renew their free month trial, then they can choose to not offer it, the same way a user does not have to buy the product if you don't like it.

if ice cream cost $1 and I sell it to you for $20 because I can, it does not mean that I'm not scamming you, it just means I'm doing legally, but you are still getting ripped off.

again I'm just saying, personally I love eset and I pay for my licenses.

IMO if you are a person that is charging $20 for ice cream that should cost $1, then you should get ripped off and you should degrade away, again I'm not saying that is the case with eset at all, I'm just saying, fair is fair, if your unfair is legal, then your unfair is not fair, it is still unfair, the problem is that there is something wrong with the law.

personally I support every app or etc that I like by buying their stuff.

Edited by DST4ME - 31 Jan 2011 at 6:49pm

For the record, I bought my 2 year license. Its time to renew. Just trying to decide if ESET has dropped off as compared to the competitors, as happens sometimes, before I renew it.

Originally posted by Doc Its nearly time to renew my ESET. However I just read PC World's ratings for security suites and it was not kind to ESET. I have had no problems with it at all, but if its not doing the job, would I know?  It ranked ESET 9th out of 10. Has ESET fallen off that much? Just wondering if I should go back to Norton.

I read PCWorld's review, they're mostly just complaining about how hard it is to configure it; IMO after reading it for awhile i think it's more for the high-end mainstream consumer. For people a little higher than that who go off and build rigs for a hobby and tinker around a lot more, MaximumPC I've found to like more, and they topped off ESET over Norton. In their review, ESET was able to survive and kill off the final AV test that involved planting a giganto archive full of malware while the AV was disabled; Norton failed completely and essentially let the malware take over.

Using eset for a few months now, took some time to configure it the way I wanted it to work but it rocks now


Edited by ablahblah - 02 Feb 2011 at 3:35pm

I am very happy with Norton Internet Security 2011..wouldnt get all their other products but the IS package is pretty decent.

Originally posted by Zipter Hello Everyone,    I have been looking to getting a new gaming rig and have to consider what anti-virus software to get.  Anyone have any thoughts on the new Webroot software? I read a review in PC mags and they got a really good rating.

webroot anti spyware is great but for anti virus you want eset.

anybody wants setup for the av of eset I can help.

Thanks DST I will look into it

Thanks DST4ME!

It all depends, but you want that on, otherwise there will be all kinds of stuff you wont' catch, always make sure you have eset to update once a day, and scan your pc once or twice a week, preferably when you are sleeping.

My pleasure and You're welcome Guys

its ok, but I like eset better, I have tested avg, kaspersky, norton, mcafee, etc, I come back to eset, it has the least false positives, its very light and fast.

90% of your security is your common sense, other than that, keep Norton upto date, its a good enough av, personally I would get eset still, but thats just me, eset is always light and fast and has a great track record, norton just started getting better a year or so ago.

And norton...never...ever...comes out....>.>. I ran Revo Uninstaller on it to hunt down existing files, and it's been the most powerful uninstaller package I've ever run. And I still found chunks of Norton lying around in files, in my registry...ugh.

Its hard to tell without being there, but maybe you blocked it without realizing it, set your firewall to interactive mode, so that you can decide what has access and what does not.

if you are stuck, I would just simply uninstall and delete any left over folder in program folder, then reinstall, it shouldn't take you no more then like 5 minutes, then set firewall to interactive mode and try to connect again.

when you install, at first it asks you what kind of wireless setup you want, one will allow network sharing one wont, make sure you chose the right one, read the explanation for each, the name can throw you off.

if not give them a call and have them help you.

Edited by DST4ME - 09 May 2011 at 3:44pm

Not a good start, they are all you need, add 90% commonsense and all that = you are safe.

Malwarebytes is just as good as SS so thats all you need for spyware.

you have to have the correct settings for eset otherwise even if there was something there it may not catch it.

Originally posted by DST4ME Malwarebytes is just as good as SS so thats all you need for spyware. you have to have the correct settings for eset otherwise even if there was something there it may not catch it.

The settings still the same as the pics you posted on page 4? It has been awhile since I used eset.