Do you still install your own anti-virus on W8?

V F · 20 Nov 2012 at 19:32

Lum said:
so use NOD32 if you must pay for AV.

I was quite surprised nobody mentioned that yet. What's peoples view on Trend Micro?

Amidar · 21 Nov 2012 at 09:34

NathanE said:
No thanks.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/choosing-anti-anti-virus-software.html
http://thepcspy.com/read/what_really_slows_windows_down/

Over a 2000% impact on I/O performance. I doubt your shiny SSD is performing like one would on an uninfected machine.

Those links are from 2006 & 2007 i think things might have moved on from then

jkb · 21 Nov 2012 at 10:01

Still using NOD 32, have done for years

KIA · 21 Nov 2012 at 10:25

NathanE said:
No it doesn't. My parents don't have admin access to their PC's and neither Flash nor Acrobat are capable of installing updates without elevation. Which means the only times they get updated is when I go visit them. So I'm moving them away from those products.

The latest version of Flash & Reader should automatically install updates in the background. They have services in place to do this.