Getting sick of my antivirus program.

[conuly]

I realize that occasional exhortations to upgrade are the price of using a free program, but it's getting out of hand. What do you guys use?

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Pink Pineapples Have Finally Arrived (We can't get people to accept golden rice, which is packed with beta carotene, because it's a GMO... but they think pink pineapples are gonna sell?)

Key Crazy: Inside the Wonderful World of Keyboard Fanatics

Juno mission first results: Jupiter isn't like what researchers expected

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other (10+ pics) (Yeah, I know, but at least scroll down until you see the week-old kitten disguised as a kiwi.)

Crows and parrots – brainy birds, but in different ways (Article from 2011)

First Bamboo Biennale Creates Cutting-Edge Structures in Small Chinese Village

Tree-Climbing, Seed-Spitting Goats Help Trees Grow in New Places

Most of the World’s Bread Clips Are Made by a Single Company

Marmoset monkeys learn to call the same way human infants learn to babble

Chicago inmates can order fancy Italian pizza made in jail

How one community rallied to save turtles from becoming roadkill

A Chinese company is offering free training for US coal miners to become wind farmers

All The Wrong People Are Asking All The Wrong Questions About Fidget Spinners

Too many prisons make bad people worse. There is a better way

Accused of underpaying women, Google says it's too expensive to get wage data

Study links Facebook use to reduced gray matter volume in the nucleus accumbens

Palestinian prisoners end mass hunger strike

Two Scientists, Two Different Approaches To Saving Bees From Poison Dust

The Tragic Story of a Texas Teen and the Marines Who Killed Him for No Reason

Tribes bash proposed Trump budget cuts to Native Americans (This is ridiculous. I've never seen anything so universally reviled as this budget!)

11 Years Old, a Mom, and Pushed to Marry Her Rapist in Florida

White Terrorists Killed More Americans This Week Than Refugees Have in 40 Years

GOP focus on lowering health premiums may undermine benefits

Flint Isn’t Ready To Trust Anyone Yet

Girls are increasingly being married off in war-torn Yemen

New Immigration Crackdowns Creating 'Chilling Effect' On Crime Reporting

Comments

[zesty_pinto]

Even if lip service, having a private client offer something coal miners have needed for a long time feels insulting.

With regards to bamboo, Ive been finding this push for these "carbon neutral" building materials has been interesting (although I am aware that cement is not 100 percent as dirty as suggested either).

[redbird]

At cattitude's advice, I am mostly relying on the Windows Defender program that's built in to Windows 10, though I also put F-Secure on here because the year's subscription I bought for my previous machine is good through sometime in July.

[jo]

Haven't used anything except the built-in Windows anti-virus since Windows 8 and now Windows 10. Never have any issues re: viruses and such.

[steorra]

That bread clips article reminded me of this: http://www.horg.com/horg/?page_id=2

I feel like I remember reading somewhere - either on the HORG site or elsewhere - about different varieties common in different regions - but I'm not finding it at the moment.

It seems a bit strange that there are so many varieties if there are just two companies making them.

[conuly]

You're right, it does.

Must do more research.

[steorra]

If you find anything more, let me know. (I'm curious but not enough to research it myself.)

[siderea]

We can't get people to accept golden rice, which is packed with beta carotene, because it's a GMO... but they think pink pineapples are gonna sell?

It will sell like hotcakes, becuase that's EXACTLY the sort of stupid people are.

People won't accept golden rice because it's advertised as healthy, and people want to know that healthy things won't kill them. But as evidenced by anyone who popped an anonymous pill at a rave or stuck a needle in their arm to get high, humans are totes willing to risk death for recreational purposes. Golden rice is GMO? Might cause cancer, and must be stopped. Pink pinapples are GMO? Might cause cancer, but, what the hell, so does booze.

[conuly]

Well, we'll see what we see.

[pipibluestockin]

OMG! The keyboard article. On one hand it is reassuring to know I'm not as bad as some. On the other my poor credit card is prepared to sulk at you.

[conuly]

Which one are you getting, then?

[pipibluestockin]

Haven't spent a dollar yet. I'm fortunate the Keboardio is still in pre-order mode and they are struggling with manufacturing woes (their blog on this subject is absolutely fascinating).

I love the look of the keyboard layout and would like to try it. Not so enamoured of the lumps of wood look.

[nonethefewer]

I use Avast. It's pretty great with regards to not constantly bugging me with anything, let alone "omg upgrade!!1$" messages.

[kengr]

I only used free AV programs when I couldn't afford to renew my F-Prot subscription. I started way back when they were the only one offering a site license at much the same price everyone else wanted for a single copy.

http://www.cyren.com/f-prot-product-overview.html

It's $29/yr and is good for up to 5 "home use" computers.

One of the things I like about it is that I can set it to just *warn* me about files and not automatically quarantine them. since I have some old programs that sometimes get mis-identified, this is useful.

Also, sometimes I want the opportunity to make a copy of viruses. :-)

[lassarina]

I use Sophos anti-virus, which is free for personal use.

[alessandriana]

On the flip side of the coin, I would not recommend Kaspersky.

[springviolets]

the nytimes has run a few stories about child marriage in the u.s. over the last few years but i feel like, in general, no one cares :( it doesn't inspire mainstream/widespread outrage if it's here instead of some "backwards" culture we can condemn to feel superior.

[conuly]

They not only don't care, but if forced to pay attention they tie themselves into knots explaining how they shouldn't have to care because it's so rare (and, they hint, mostly done among immigrants anyway).