I know there was a similar thread started a while back (sometime last year) and with some searching on here I couldn't find it. So anyway...I'll start another.
What programs do you use frequently on your windows operating system? I have Windows XP Corporate edition and the programs I use are;
Hotmail Popper
Utorrent
TXMouse
Firefox w/numberous extensions
Thunderbird
Windows Media Player Classic
K-Lite mega codec pack
foobar2000
CCLeaner
Tuneup Utilities
Ace Utilities
(went back to old Nero 6 recently)
Spybot
Adaware
and winamp.
"There is no gain....without sacrifice." Quoted by every great leader of this world, if not in words, in thought.
I wanted to post a topic just like recently but guess you did it first.
Here are mine:
-Kaspersky AV
-Ad-aware
-Firefox
-Alcohol120
-ZoomPlayer
-CCleaner
-NOD32's on demand scanner
-Ghost security suite (regdefend)
-WinAvi
-Pocket DivX converter
-uTorrent
-Shareaza
-SpyBot
So do I on an old install I don't want to reformat yet.Unfortunatelly IE7 which is one of the programs I want to run on it won't download due to the use of a VLK.IE7 is actually not terrible.I use it on another machine without a VLK just fine.Originally Posted by Andromedon
If only I could figure out how to get it to install.Yes,if only I knew how to do that.(Insert innocent looking whistling smiley here)
I don't need no stinking signature
-vlc
-winamp
-flashfxp
-antigium outpost firewall
-nero
-alcohol 120%
-winrar &dos rar
there is more just cant think of it lol
l8
like honestly, who does that?!?!
-Kaskpersky Suite (new 6.0 Beta is awesome!)
-Azureus
-Nero
-BeyondTV
-AIM
-Winamp
-VLC
-Firefox
Another kaspersky user! Kaspersky really is great. : )
cant live without or use on a daily basis?
'cause for cant live without would be dvd decrypter, dvd shrink and utorrent.
any one ever try "pando" its pretty good. i have a friend that is a total MST3K whore and i have been using it to get him the episodes
all p2p netowrks
winamp
nero/vso
mozilla
peergaurdian/sygate/spystopper/adaware/tor
halo for pc
"Hands down your pants"
Sure is I would highly recommend it, especially when the new version 6.0 is released (hopefully within a month or so)
The combination of File, Web, and Mail AV, as well as the Spam Blocker, Firewall and Proactive Defense (malicious programs, rootkits etc) makes it an amazingly powerful protection suite. Much better than the Norton 2003 crap I had bogging down my computer :)
My real time protection setup consists of Kaspersky (after testing NOD32, BitDefender, McAfee and Panda Im sticking with Kaspersky but waiting for NOD32 v3), Ghost Security Suite to protect my registry, and process Defend. However for on demand scanner I would have to pick NOD32 over Kaspersky.
Can you tell me what you didn't like about BitDefender? I'm using it now... So that's why I'm wondering
What A Twist!
BitDefender is a very good antivirus. Its one of the three best (NOD32, Kaspersky, BitDefender). The antivirus is good but uses a lot of memory. Its heuristics are also good but NOD32's are better. Its signatures are good but Kaspersky's are better. However what Bitdefender has to offer is still much better than most of the other AVs out there. Also the part that you have to restart your computer every time you do an update is very annoying. However BitDefender's on demand scanner is good and fast and gives little FPs (false positves) BitDefender shows much promise. In the pro version it also has to offer a registry protector and a firewall. The registry protector is good, but I wouldnt reccomend the firewall. I wont discourage you from using Bit Defender because it is an excellent choice.
I use:
For Protection-
Avast! Pro
SpySweeper
Ad-Aware
Spybot
SpywareBlaster
PeerGuardian
Windows Firewall
System Tools-
CCleaner
RegVac
7-zip
Media-
JetAudio
VLC
K-Lite Codec Pack
Real Alternative with Media Player Classic
WinAmp
P2P-
Mostly Shareaza and uTorrent
Desktop-
Webshots Desktop & Photo manager
Browsers-
Maxthon (mostly)
IE (when I have to)
Chat & Messages
IM2 Messenger
Yahoo Messenger
eMail-
Gmail
MSN hotmail
Yahoo Mail
Ok, I believe that covers everything.:icon_thum
Thanks for your Input LifeHacker! I was using NIS 2006 but not anymore because of that little thing they did with killing peoples updates, etc. :)
So, I decided to try Bitdefenders pro Version, Firewall, Antivirus, etc. So far it seems to work fine as far as I can tell. So, do you not like the firewall? What do you think would be a better firewall that is good and easy to configure? After checking out this post yesterday, I'm starting to look into that NOD32. I am a little confused about this part of your message though
(Its heuristics are also good but NOD32's are better. Its signatures are good but Kaspersky's are better.)
Are you saying that Kaspersky is better than NOD32?
Thanks again for your input!
What A Twist!
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