What is the best anti-virus software for a gaming computer?
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
hey guys im just wondering what is the best or at least great anti-virus software that i can buy for my computer. I use it mostly for games online like Age of empires 3 and company of heroes, mostly RTS games. occasionally wolfenstein. anyway what would be best for that sort of thing but good also in general for like surfing the internet?
It’s better to stop thinking "antivirus" programs will protect you.
Instead you should:
1. Set up and use almost exclusively a limited user account.
http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2004/06/17/157962.aspx
2. Google the phrase "social engineering" and read the first five results.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22social+engineering%22&btnG=Google+Search
3. Install Windows updates automatically.
http://www.updatexp.com/windows-automatic-updates.html
4. Use Firefox with the NoScript extension.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/722
5. Turn off autorun in Windows:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/967940.mspx
6. Don’t pirate music, movies, or software
