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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > The Windows and Windows Software Megathread
 
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Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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I've been asked what anti virus my parents should use and at this point I have no idea what's considered good for Windows anymore (mac at home, corporate anti virus at work). Is MS Security Essentials good enough on its own or is something better required? Preferably something that isn't full of nag popups demanding that you pay extra for features you probably don't need. If there's a better thread to ask in I'd be happy to take it there, just didn't see one

Thanks

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Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Orcs and Ostriches posted:

Anecdotally I've never seen an AV actually stop an infection, and I've never seen an infection on a properly updated / used computer.

Yeah I kinda agree. It always seems that you end up cleaning an infection with other tools rather than an AV really preventing something.

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Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Nintendo Kid posted:

Why XP though? There's very few older games that need XP specifically to run.

Why not build a Windows 98 SE machine? One of the major upsides is that nearly all modern malware you might run across simply can't run at all due to lack of the NT kernel, and that antivirus packages designed for it are essentially "complete" - because the last new compatible malware came out years and years ago. Any games you only have on Steam, wither just copy the files over (most of them will work just fine) o find another source for them.

And with the unofficial service pack ( http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/unofficial_windows98_se_service_pack.html ) you can add stuff like universal support for USB flash drives without needing special new drivers for each, and the like.

I almost want to build a Windows 98 VM purely for nostalgia...

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