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which anti virus program is the best
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:33 pm
by DAVE
what is the best Anti Virus out there now
my friend giving me his NAV corp from his company and i'm using it and it's pretty good
but just wonder which one is the best
i heard KAV is good
as i know AVG is the best free Anti virus but for the shareware
which one is the best ?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:54 pm
by YeOldeStonecat
You'll get as almost as many answers as their are antivirus programs.
I love Symantecs Corporate Edition...and with 9.0, it got really good. Fantastic management features when you're running it on a network, centralized management of all your clients and servers.
My fave stand alone, and quickly growing as a fave for networks, is Esets NOD32. Very lightweight, very fast, often several automatic updates per day, and....if you look at VirusBulletin.com, it's the absolute top scorer in their ratings.
AVG I use often, good second opinion, use it on friends computers who don't have any AV or won't purchase or renew one.
Avast is another free one, however I've found it clunky.
Kapersky has gotten better in its reviews as far as scoring, but I've found it hits your system pretty hard performance wise....quite hard actually.
Eset has a free trial for NOD32, give it a try.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:28 pm
by Ken
Even though this can be a software topic, you will get better answers on Antivirus in security, so I am sending you there...
I use Norton (Symantec) Corp anti virus on my machines. I do hope that your friend has permission and enough licenses to give you a copy as it is an expensive AV and costly if you do not have a legal license...
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:16 pm
by CableDude
I like Eset's NOD32.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:52 pm
by Norm
Since I can't say with absolute certainty which is "best", and I haven't personally analized all the code, and ref lists for every anti vi app out there (or even one of them), nor have I tested them all against every known virus(too many anti vi apps, and hundreds of thousands of viruses)
I'll take YOSC's word for it.
His answer is fair, and he's had a lot of hands on experience.
YeOldeStonecat wrote:You'll get as almost as many answers as their are antivirus programs.
I love Symantecs Corporate Edition...and with 9.0, it got really good. Fantastic management features when you're running it on a network, centralized management of all your clients and servers.
My fave stand alone, and quickly growing as a fave for networks, is Esets NOD32. Very lightweight, very fast, often several automatic updates per day, and....if you look at VirusBulletin.com, it's the absolute top scorer in their ratings.
AVG I use often, good second opinion, use it on friends computers who don't have any AV or won't purchase or renew one.
Avast is another free one, however I've found it clunky.
Kapersky has gotten better in its reviews as far as scoring, but I've found it hits your system pretty hard performance wise....quite hard actually.
Eset has a free trial for NOD32, give it a try.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:08 pm
by hayc59
NOD32 By Far Is The Best!!
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:51 am
by thepieman
The one major thing I did not like about ESET... Their Tech support. I was an authorized dealer for them and they never answered my not 1 but 2 emails begging for help. To me...thats the worst thing you can do if Im their rep and they treat ME like that...what will they do to my customer.
AVG on the other hand has been a pleasure to deal with. They support me and they have helped my customers.
and for 33.90 its cheap and you get 2 years of updates and tech support.
Pie
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:26 am
by KingsFan0421
Personally, I Love Norton..I recently just bought Norton System Works and It works great!!
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:12 am
by YeOldeStonecat
thepieman wrote:The one major thing I did not like about ESET... Their Tech support. I was an authorized dealer for them and they never answered my not 1 but 2 emails begging for help. To me...thats the worst thing you can do if Im their rep and they treat ME like that...what will they do to my customer.
The time I needed their support (had a problem with the mail scanner with Act2000 as a mail client), he called me back on my cell. We became a reseller about 9 months ago or so.
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:36 am
by mmione
I love Kaspersky
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:42 am
by Sava700
Mcafee
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:08 am
by Roody
Fan of Norton myself.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:04 am
by Thorazine
They are all about the same. I like the Trend Micro products personally.
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 4:35 pm
by Gza
Panda.
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:36 pm
by Croc
It's all a matter of choice and what you believe you are comfortable with. The way to do this is to opt for a free trial period, give each a month and run with your pick of them. At least then you will have had the hands-on experience with each one.
The other alternative is to use a free AV program and back it up with an online scan of choice. Panda, Symantic, Mcafee, TrendMicro are a few that offer free scans on demand.
We don't have a need to go out and buy an AV program because the network here is @ home and the greatest loss to us would be the time it would take reinstalling all the study material collected from our backup storage disks.
Croc.
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 7:37 am
by blebs
Who needs virus protection? I dont need no stinking virus protection!
I just switched to Avast myself. Got to darn tired of fighting with AVG 7 email scanner.
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 12:27 pm
by Massa
I'm a fan of Panda Antivirus. It's memory footprint is just under 25 megabytes on my system and there are daily updates that are easily automated. The software costs about 20 dollars and works very well.
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:34 pm
by md284x
Always liked the simpleness of AVG free. I dont know how good it is though. norton was just all over my computer. I couldnt start anything without nortons name being all over it.
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:53 pm
by Croc
blebs99 wrote: Got to darn tired of fighting with AVG 7 email scanner.
Seems to be a problem with a lot of people Blebs. Luckily, I haven't been one of them so far. It just pops up, scans and stamps the messages and drops away.
What was it doing to you???
Croc.
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:18 pm
by Rainbow
Symantec CE 9.0
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:30 am
by MadDoctor
blebs99 wrote:I just switched to Avast myself.
I tried Avast but found it clunky too. When I went to uninstall it, I could not (and still can't) get it out of my registry. Shows up in Services... and nothing I do can clean it out.
RegScrubXP
EasyCleaner
RegClean
Jv16 power tools
Regfixer
regedt32 manual delete (permission not granted)
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:38 am
by hayc59
*MadDoc
This will cure what ails you
How to uninstall our software using aswClear.exe:
http://files.avast.com/files/eng/aswclear.exe
More Info--->
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_uninstall_util.html
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:49 am
by Rainbow
MadDoctor wrote:I tried Avast but found it clunky too. When I went to uninstall it, I could not (and still can't) get it out of my registry. Shows up in Services... and nothing I do can clean it out.
RegScrubXP
EasyCleaner
RegClean
Jv16 power tools
Regfixer
regedt32 manual delete (permission not granted)
Im sure someone would like to help you clean it out
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 3:01 pm
by MadDoctor
Rainbow wrote:Im sure someone would like to help you clean it out
I know where you live.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 3:02 pm
by MadDoctor
Thanks for the PM.
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:46 am
by Rainbow
[quote="MadDoctor"]I know where you live.
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Good pickup a case of beer on yer way over we can watch the Steelers win again tomorrow nite
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:06 am
by MadDoctor
Rainbow wrote:Good pickup a case of beer on yer way over we can watch the Steelers win again tomorrow nite
Done!