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DVA9052
Captain, DC-6
OLP
Joined on September 14 2010
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett Century Club
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club
"On Ne Passe Pas!" Ypsilanti, MI
263 legs, 986.0 hours
247 legs,
950.1 hours online 257 legs,
960.8 hours ACARS 42 legs,
112.4 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 20 2016 09:56 ET by Kyle Bjorklund
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Hey all,
I'm putting in a warning to Norton today that they need to clean up their act how they itentify threat files on my computer - it keeps deleting essential exe files from my Flight Simulator Setup and is now causing it to crash or make aircraft unusable (for example, SimConnect for Active Sky Next, or Aerosoft's Airbus - because we all know that THOSE providers are untrustworthy).
Anyway, does anybody know a good anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall program that does not suck - maybe one a little bit more Flight Simulator friendly?
Just looking for some insight form the community here.
Thanks,
Kyle Bjorklund
Kyle BjorklundCaptain, DC-6
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DVA11445
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on April 12 2013
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Commuter Conquest
Long Beach 500 Club
US Coastal Club
Flying Colonel
US Mountaineer Club
Online Fifteen Century
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
"Amici e vini sono meglio vecchi..." West Monroe, LA
1,808 legs, 2,793.5 hours
1,716 legs,
2,499.9 hours online 1,755 legs,
2,711.3 hours ACARS 1 legs dispatched, 1.9
hours
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Posted onPost created on
July 20 2016 10:59 ET by Ronnie Jacola
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I have had Webroot on my sim computer for nearly four years now with absolutely no issues whatsoever. It's not very demanding resource wise, either.
Ronnie JacolaSenior Captain, B727-200
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DVA12650
Captain, B777-200
Joined on June 10 2015
White Knuckles Club
50 State Club
Everett Century Club
Globetrotter
Black Pearl Club
Double Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Midwestern United States
213 legs, 288.8 hours
206 legs,
278.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 20 2016 18:50 ET by Noah Weber
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Bitdefender has great reviews and has kept my PC clean but I have to make the settings extremely passive to keep it from messing with P3D. It also seems to slow down my web browsing a bit.

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DVA11021
Captain, B757-200
OLP
Joined on September 13 2012
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Milford, NH
375 legs, 620.5 hours
365 legs,
604.5 hours online 374 legs,
618.9 hours ACARS 21 legs,
51.4 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 20 2016 18:57 ET by Sean Zarella
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Malwarebytes Payware

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DVA12719
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
OLP
Joined on July 26 2015
Piranha Club
50 State Club
Century Club
US Capital Club
Piston Prop Professional
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
"Let the FO land" Boca Raton, FL
153 legs, 258.9 hours
32 legs,
43.1 hours online 145 legs,
252.0 hours ACARS 16 legs,
23.9 hours event 12 legs dispatched, 16.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
July 20 2016 21:44 ET by Yisrael Wealcatch
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Microsoft Security Essentials. The least painful to deal with, yet works amazingly well for the low price of free!

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DVA11460
Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on April 22 2013
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Everett 250 Club
Safari Club
Event Half Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Seven Century Club
Online Seven Century Club
Arouca, Tunapuna-Piarco Trinidad and Tobago
799 legs, 1,416.4 hours
768 legs,
1,377.7 hours online 794 legs,
1,406.9 hours ACARS 62 legs,
137.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 20 2016 22:41 ET by Ifeaye Murray
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avast! gives no issues with any Flight Simulator programs that I've used over the past few years. Also free
Ifeaye MurrayCaptain, B747-400
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DVA4511
Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on May 16 2007
50 State Club
Everett Century Club
Globetrotter
Eurocap Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"80 knots... V1..." Northeastern United States
301 legs, 779.1 hours
20 legs,
36.2 hours online 286 legs,
737.7 hours ACARS 13 legs,
25.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 21 2016 22:55 ET by Gautam Mani
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I also second Yisrael ; I finally settled on Microsoft Security Essentials - and it has been working fine (earlier on Win7 and now on Win10).
Gautam ManiCaptain, B747-400
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AFV709
Senior Captain, A220-3(CSeries)
OLP
Joined on November 23 2012
Diplomatic Mission
50 State Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
Quinticentenary Club
B737 Century Club
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
Online Five Hundred Club
Under African Skies
Saaremaa Estonia
560 legs, 1,211.5 hours
506 legs,
995.7 hours online 559 legs,
1,210.7 hours ACARS 36 legs,
123.8 hours event 48 legs dispatched, 35.8
hours
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Posted onPost created on
July 22 2016 09:39 ET by Kalev Kadak
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I use F-Secure. I Get minor nagging and it counts some utilities for Ready For Pushback as virus but I have excluded my whole fs utilities folder from scanning. MS Security Essentials managed to deep freeze some of my PC-s and i'm cautious on every "Patch Tuesday"
Kalev KadakSenior Captain, A220-3(CSeries)
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DVA238
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on August 15 2001
Online Double Century Club
B757 100 Club
Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
Everett Millennium Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"Repainters, "Get Ready"" Comer, GA
1,484 legs, 3,435.8 hours
235 legs,
435.3 hours online 1,123 legs,
2,799.0 hours ACARS 1 legs dispatched, 1.8
hours
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Posted onPost created on
July 22 2016 12:14 ET by Brittany Sventon
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Avast just annoyed me with a popup asking for a rating on download.com. They just lost me as a customer. Microsoft Security Essentials will be my choice for my new system.

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DVA12617
Chief Pilot, A350-900
OLP, VFRADV DISPATCHER E-MAIL
Joined on April 23 2015
B757 100 Club
Eurocap Club
Millennium Club
Toulouse 500 Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"Go Utes!" Herriman, UT
1,280 legs, 2,967.8 hours
391 legs,
810.3 hours online 1,261 legs,
2,925.6 hours ACARS 25 legs,
78.6 hours event 39 legs dispatched, 174.2
hours
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Posted onPost created on
July 29 2016 20:26 ET by Joe Burner
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I use Kaspersky myself. No problems.

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