I haven't seen any garbled messages for a few days. In my case the apostrophe (') triggered the demon messaging. Looks like we're good from my end of things.
Are the Gremlins Gone?
- Thread starter gary_in_neenah
- Start date
Those r not gremlins...those r signs your hacked....use this if it's your phone...search for AVAST FREE HOME EDITION if it your computer....do a full scan...kill all apps....been using it for 20+ Plus years and have mentioned it many times on here...its the best there is
https://www.avast.com/en-us/free-mobile-security
https://www.avast.com/en-us/free-mobile-security
1. Yes indeedy.
2. I use AVAST PREMIUM SECURITY on all of my devices, and have been for some time.
3. It has never found any anomalies related to the "Gremlins we have been experiencing on the JD Forum — Powered by vBadvanced CMPS.
4. However it does appear that those gremlins have been assassinated.
Midwest Player
Member
That is a pretty strong statement. Avast might be good but by most rankings it doesn't make the top three. Most ratings rank the top 3 as BitDefender, Norton and Kaspersky. By the way Kaspersky is a Russian company.
https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-security-suites
Ditto. PC Mag is a sell out. Has a tendency to rank their biggest advertisers higher up on the list. Norton is a joke and Kaspersky will render your computer almost useless by slowing it down to a snails pace. I have one machine with it on it and takes a full 5 minutes to fully boot up.
-John
Midwest Player
Member
Funny how you never said why its a joke. The AV-TEST Institute doesn't think Norton 360 is a joke. Most of its ratings for Norton are above industry average. Norton beats out Avast in almost all performance tests. Here is a comparison of test result of Norton vs Avast.
https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/windows-10/february-2021/norton-norton-360-22.20-211118/
https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/windows-10/february-2021/avast-free-antivirus-20.10-211103/
The AV-Test Institute gives Bitdefender the top award. Avast is rated a top product. I never said it wasn't. My beef was in claiming it was the best when it is not.
dfattack
Well-known member
I've been using the joke (Norton) since the early 90's. Yes there were years I was looking for something to replace it. Resource hog for sure. Then just when I was about to pull the trigger the newest version came out and was a huge improvement. I would say for the last 10+ years I've been very happy with it. The good thing about options is we all don't have to use the same thing.
I never said that AVG was the best, but has worked the best for me over the years. Based on dfattack's post, sounds like Norton has gotten it's act together. My main beefs with Norton were that it was slow to react to updating itself to the latest bugs and was a processor hog. The bottom line for me is to use what works best for you. Just like pizza's, we all have our preferences.
WorkHardPlayHrd
Active member
That was my laugh of the day! Awesome response!!!
A bit off topic, but something worth sharing?
Keep you PC running better in general with Glary Utilities.
https://www.glarysoft.com/
This is a freebie (paid version available) and works well if you are willing to spend a little time invoking it manually.
For added personal privacy, use the BRAVE browser (free).
https://brave.com/
It blocks trackers and adds.
I've used it and since November 2020 and its statistics show me it has stopped 800,00+ trackers and ads!
Added bonus, it also allows me to watch tubitv.com movies with almost no interruption by ads as it just hiccups/skips over the ads in a couple of seconds!
Keep you PC running better in general with Glary Utilities.
https://www.glarysoft.com/
This is a freebie (paid version available) and works well if you are willing to spend a little time invoking it manually.
For added personal privacy, use the BRAVE browser (free).
https://brave.com/
It blocks trackers and adds.
I've used it and since November 2020 and its statistics show me it has stopped 800,00+ trackers and ads!
Added bonus, it also allows me to watch tubitv.com movies with almost no interruption by ads as it just hiccups/skips over the ads in a couple of seconds!