Do I install av software on the reinstalled machine?
Yes:
- viruses are bad
- its expected that you do
No:
- malware is much worse
- av eats more resources than it ‘gives back’ in results
- safe practice is most of the battle against virii anyway
So right now I’m veering to No.
I do have spybot installed and hijackthis available. Clamwin is a purely on-demand solution which sounds okay but I have yet to dig around for reviews and comparisons.
Got av?
I run avast! and I like it enough. I suppose you are right though… if you take enough preventive measures that’s most of the battle right there. avast! only uses a little over meg in resources as far as I can tell, and it is free for personal use. It doesn’t feel nearly as bulky and bloated as McAfee or Norton to me, so I will continue to use it.
I don’t have any anti-spyware or anti-malware on my Macs or PC.
I’m just veeeeeery areful where I browse to (esp. on PC!)
I run AVG, Ad-Watch, SpyBot and Windows Defender with my Windows Firewall switched on. I go where I want and when I want and by keeping all those up to date and running regularly I’ve managed to avoid any significant problems in the last 6 years or so of online activity…..touch wood ;)
I’m an esset Nod32 man, but yeah. Install virusware.
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Okay,
Father Luke
AVG free and a hardware firewall in my router here. Nothing else.
I’ve gone the same way as you Steve – avg.
Same situation with the hardware firewall.
I still think a virus is nothing compared to the malware that can get in – that’s why I use Hijackthis. It also lets me see if anything has hooked into the startup items
Good call. I’ve watched to many peopple cry and helped too many people try to recover their machine after a virus not to have av installed on Windows.