Anti-Virus question

[Secretaznman]

Its a trap

[Owosso]

Its a trap

I wouldn't be surprised. Those types of pictures usually are.

Also, female plumber's crack is disgusting. If you edited out a better picture (it says your post was edited), one with 100% more nudity, I'd be disappointed. Unless, of course, it was male nudity, in which case I'm glad you edited it out (especially if it involved ACiD - we've seen enough of his shenanigans here).

[Rad Lionheart ©]

Bit Defender (for simplicity) or Kaspersky (for better control over the application) as they're pretty much the top 2 rated antivirus softwares for windows right now.
Also, Kaspersky scans applications and sub/child data before execution, which can lock up applications. Though if you trust it, you can add it to the "trusted applications" list, which always works great.
Symantec has gone downhill after 2003. They lag far behind on updates, dont fix their application much when exploits are found, etc.

[Irish]

is BD really rated high lately? I hasn't been in the past, and that bothers me.

edit: oh, regarding Kaspersky and its methods: If you want security that works and has hit the absolute highest ratings for damn near every test that security reviewers can throw around, then you put up with an app that is "stern".

Id prefer to have my av catch things and bother me to set trusted apps, then to have holes and let all traffic through regardless.

[Owosso]

is BD really rated high lately? I hasn't been in the past, and that bothers me.

edit: oh, regarding Kaspersky and its methods: If you want security that works and has hit the absolute highest ratings for damn near every test that security reviewers can throw around, then you put up with an app that is "stern".

Id prefer to have my av catch things and bother me to set trusted apps, then to have holes and let all traffic through regardless.

In general, I'd share your stance. But I'm not opening .rar files named "virus_extract_now," and I don't go to questionable sites. The questionable sites I DO visit are kept in check by assorted firefox addons and common sense with my clicking finger.
So when the anti-virus program is doing me more harm than it is good, I don't really care. Which is why I'm using Microsoft Security Essentials right now. And I probably don't even need that.
BUT, for the average user who's prone to viruses and the like, or just someone who doesn't mind things like Windows' UAC (clicking ALLOW every time holy shit whyyyyy), Kaspersky is great.