What Antivirus Programs Do DJ’s Use?
I have 20 days of protection remaining with Kaspersky - time to renew. No issues with Kaspersky, having used Norton previously. 2011/12 reviews are unanimous - BitDefender comes out tops. What do DJ’s/Producers use?
(Other than the obvious answer…Mac 
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I use comodo and ad aware
Try use a dedicated dj laptop if you can afford to and don’t use it for Internet, I pretty much use mine just for running traktor and growing songs, iPad for Internet and pc for production/ downloads, I’m not sure how much resources antivirus uses but I know a few years back it used a lot of the processing power
None. I don’t click on stupid stuff, don’t let my kids use my DJ laptop, and don’t DL from blogs.
I use a mac.
My ASUS only has Win7 (no outlook), iTunes, Nero. Only visit sites like this (incl RA, Discogs, official news and sport sites). Download from beatport and Juno. Updates from Apple/Windows/NI etc. Would I be ‘safe’ Chris?
Yes in my opinion I think you would be, my laptop hasn’t been factory reset for over 2 years and everything seems to be running smooth, mates dad (computer programmer) had a look over it and ran some software and said I have no traces of viruses or mal-ware..
The free version of avast is pretty good and non-intrusive, though i almost never have to use i because i’m not dumb about where i click and i can tell if a site is gonna be sketchy
On my PC I just got Microsoft Security Essentials.
It’s free and works a treat.
AVG, SpyBot and CCleaner…my laptop is my main machine…
These days there’s no need to buy AV software. When I had my Hp I downloaded Avira, it was free, light on the CPU and worked like a charm.
I did try Avast, but didn’t really take to it. I also had CCleaner installed and the duo combo kept my Hp tip top. Take a look at Avira, its free and works very well.
I don’t.
Still, if I were to install one on a windows computer it’d be microsoft security essentials 
i hated how security essentials would get all up in my face whenever i would try to do anything, plus, its one of the heavier anti-virus applications
Really? I used it on my windows box for ages and it didn’t make a peep.
maybe thats the new versions. when i got my new laptop from the microsoft store, it was pre-loaded. i nuked my hard drive soon after, clean install, ftw
Personally I like ESET Nod32 for AV purposes.
I used to be a reseller for McAfee, Norton, ESET and Avast. Customers Requests were the only reason we were doing anything other than ESET especially on the computers we sold due to complaints once the others were running (too slow).
For our own internal machines it was Nod32 all the way, system resources and speed being the key reason. We were running SQL express on all our machines we were running and sold so needed all the grunt we could give (Point of Sale Systems are intensive and speed is of the essence in retail)
If you are a careful user, Always use webmail (Gmail / Yahoo) and not being stupid e.g. Cracks, Porn and Torrents, you probably will not need AV software.
This is cropping up a lot lately - very good reviews. I have a business machine, where AV is not negotiable - I have a medical practice with a ‘live’ accounting program on a HUGE database, and Outlook is always open. If I’m installing on my work machine, my attitude is ‘why not’ on my DJ laptop. I did the same with Kaspersky which I would deactivate when using TP/S4. Most AV software allows you to install on at least 3 machines. I’ve not seen ESET in South Africa, so might have to use the download option.
@ Jes.NZ - the reviews on Comodo are great. (Unlike our rugby team!)
I use Trend Micro. That shit works so good.
I use nothing on my Macbook except Cleanmymac to keep it running smooth but on my gaming PC i run avast the free edition, ive had over 15 AV’s over the years both free and pro and tbh avast is soo good for free, also using Malwarebytes and CCleaners to to make sure no nasty’s get through and make sure machine not getting clogged up with background crap!
Hope that helps!