Anti Virus? You must be kidding me. I reinstall before every gig.
I’ve had a few major problems on my old computer but Malwarebytes was really helpful in cleaning them up. I’d agree that it’s a solid program.
when i was on pc i didn’t use anything… fresh restore of my windows install every couple of months from an image i had made. worked a charm.
nuff said
I use microsoft security essentials and the free version of AGV, works well and i update them regularly.
Still wish i could have a mac or a separate computer for djing.
+1 to Avira
I install this on all systems I work on. Yeah it has an annoying nag screen, but just click the X and close it each day; once a day.
Another vote for ESET products. Best AV I’ve ever used hands down, and least resource intensive.
none! MAC BAYBAY!! 
When I was using Windows I prefered to just be a bit cautious with what I click on and have a look at the running processes every once in a while (and then a quick google search for anything I didn’t immediately recognize). But that’s probably not the right approach for everyone…
doesn’t cut it anymore 
easier to just have dedicated machines
prod/dev/test just like a code enviroment 
Microsoft security essentials as my real time, background anti virus. It’s completely free, as in you don’t download the demo for free and then pay for the full. I’ve tried all of the common ones like avg, avast, norton etc and in my opinion, it’s the best one. It’s light weight, doesn’t hog resources and easy to use
I also use malwarebytes antimalware, which as the name suggests detects malware but also spyware and adware. I usually run it once a month just to double check that my computer is not infected, but it hasn’t been infected in quite a long time.
Malwarebytes is also free. It does do a full version which gives real time protection, but I don’t need that as I have MSE
[quote]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.
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We we’re using on machines with pretty freaking big (10gig+) databases on 2003/2008 server machines without any noticable slowdowns, compared to mcafee which let lots of bugs in and made everything crawl to a halt if doing something like backups or large multi lane environments where lots of database activity was taking place (20 checkout lanes + 20 backoffice stock control machines)
Well worth giving the trial a go.
Dude real machines that you cannot afford to go down are not protected by anti virus programs and the like, they are protected through isolation.
When I build my dedicated DVS machine and get it working the way I like I’m locking it down. It will never see another network or the internet or any form of update until I decide to scrap it and completely rebuild it.
I use Microsoft Security Essentials, free, updates automatically, small, out of the way.
Everything a piece of security software should be
Eset NOD32..yeah it’s a paid program but i dont care it’s never let me down.
[quote]Dude real machines that you cannot afford to go down are not protected by anti virus programs and the like, they are protected through isolation.
When I build my dedicated DVS machine and get it working the way I like I’m locking it down. It will never see another network or the internet or any form of update until I decide to scrap it and completely rebuild it.[/quote]
Dude
you cant isolate a “Real Machine” that is reliant on an internet connection to do its job.
We couldnt afford our machines to go down either, due to their very nature for 23.75/7 (reboot at the beginning of each day), and they didn’t due to some decent low overhead AV system, and properly configured firewalls… trust me it was nothing to do with the customers diligence; they would happily sit at the server playing solitaire and looking at stuff they would not dare to look at on their own office PC’s!.
Nothing is ever 100% safe or secure, unless you plan on doing live incremental backups in case of disk failure and have a spare machine on hand in case other parts cease to keep working.
Really Sounding a 'lil paranoid there MrPopinjay you’re probably as likely to catch a virus or nasty by getting your music on it via flash disc or CD though 
Course you could just buy a Mac to use for DVS and be 99.9% sure you wont get a nasty bug from doing normal things like surfing or downloading music (just breaking yer ball’s I know you’re certainly not a fan of them 
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Eh I doubt it. When I get round to making my dedicated DVS machine it’ll just be a lightweight linux box that I occasionally transfer a few tunes across to via a usb stick. I don’t see why I’d need to connect it to a network at any point. I mean an outdated kernal isn’t a security issue if it’s not on a network.
this. although I’ve gone without protection in the past, every once in a while I’ll get something small like a tracking cookie or other little spywares. the reasons above is why I chose MSE, there really isn’t any reason to go out and buy all that crap anymore.