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Best antivirus which works well alongside Unity3d?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by elmar1028, Jan 8, 2015.

  1. elmar1028

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    Hi guys,

    Since I have installed McAfee Internet Security on my computer Unity starts to give me "Internal compiler errors". There is no "exclude folder from scanning" option so yeah...

    Do you use an antivirus which is both safe and doesn't conflict with Unity!

    Thanks in advance! :D
     
    elmar1028, Jan 8, 2015
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  2. kburkhart84

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    Hmm, I would think McAfee would have some kind of exclusion system of sorts, but I don't use it so I could of course be wrong about that.

    I currently use Avast(Free). It has never given me any conflicts with Unity, though I haven't used Unity all that much.
     
    kburkhart84, Jan 8, 2015
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  3. Ryiah

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    I've been using Microsoft Security Essentials. It has an exclusion option in the settings.
     
    Ryiah, Jan 8, 2015
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  4. landon912

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    BitDefender.
     
    landon912, Jan 9, 2015
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  5. zombiegorilla

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    a Mac.
     
    zombiegorilla, Jan 9, 2015
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  6. Nubz

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    This is what I have been using for a few years now and I have yet to have it say anything about Unity at all without excluding anything.
     
    Nubz, Jan 9, 2015
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  7. BFGames

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    BitDefender
     
    BFGames, Jan 9, 2015
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  8. Meltdown

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    AVG, I forget its even there! Been using it for years.
     
    Meltdown, Jan 9, 2015
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  9. BFGames

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    Its not like you cant get a virus on mac now a day :)
     
    BFGames, Jan 9, 2015
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  10. angrypenguin

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    Hey, it must be true - I've had a Mac for four years now, and none of my PCs have had a virus in that whole time! ;)
     
    angrypenguin, Jan 9, 2015
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  11. BFGames

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    I have not had one on my PC (Windows) since i was a dumb teenager ;)
     
    BFGames, Jan 9, 2015
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  12. Aurore

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    When I used the Windows machine, it was always AVG.
     
    Aurore, Jan 9, 2015
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  13. carking1996

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    AVG
     
    carking1996, Jan 9, 2015
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  14. zombiegorilla

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    You have to really, really, really inept to get malware on a Mac. You have to just be inept to get malware on Winders. ;)
     
    zombiegorilla, May 26, 2015
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  15. zombiegorilla

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    d'oh! Fell for necro-spam.
     
    zombiegorilla, May 26, 2015
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  16. jerotas

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    If you're on Windows 8, you don't really need one. I installed Microsoft Security Essentials (my go-to) and Windows said the built-in one is already better. So I don't use one on my laptop :)
     
    jerotas, May 26, 2015
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  17. elmar1028

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    After several hours of searching I finally installed Avast antivirus. Some people complain that it's too noisy because of notifications. But after some digging inside of settings I was able to disable all kinds of sounds and notifications with their so called "Silent Mode" pretty useful.
    And last but not least the basic version is enough for me so I don't need to pay for it, only register! :p
     
    elmar1028, May 27, 2015
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  18. Batman_831

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    I am currently Using ESET NOD32 and i am having no problems with it at all, and I also use avast, it's also a good antivirus. So i you can use any of these two, these wont ever interfere with unity
     
    Batman_831, May 27, 2015
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  19. Whippets

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    AVG free - never a problem
     
    Whippets, May 27, 2015
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  20. Wacky-Moose

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    OMG thank you!! :p
     
    Wacky-Moose, May 27, 2015
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  21. Acissathar

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    I have Avast as well and I've noticed sometimes it doesn't like updating Unity with the new download manager. All I have to do is "disable shields" for a few minutes to let it run. I think the issue is that it comes form "netstorage" and not "unity3d."
     
    Acissathar, May 27, 2015
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