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Community weekly poll: Which antivirus utility protects your computer?
- 11/23/05 11:16 AM
What about Zone Alarm Anti Virus?
by Kleet - 1/18/05 5:02 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The outfit that protected my computer from hackers for free now protects all of my computers. Simply, Norton refused to support my product when I replaced my hard drive and mother board. They said they'd honor the time I had on my updates but I'd need to buy the latest version. I said "NOT!"
For over a year, I've been running Zone Labs suite and couldn't be happier! I wrote Symantec; and their reply? NONE! So long you big, resource gobbling, hard to remove PITA!
Zone Alarm's suite has been quite good for me so far
by rbsjrx - 11/25/05 9:14 AM In reply to: What about Zone Alarm Anti Virus? by KleetI started out back in the old days with McAfee. I've had NAV which came bundled with several PC's I've bought over the years. I used AVG for a while, but came as close as I'd ever want to being infected by a major virus while I was using it, so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
At work, most employers/clients have used NAV, but more recently, they've been using McAfee, which appears to have undergone a renaissance. The worst thing about NAV is that as its capabilities have grown, so has its appetite for system resources. Forget spyware, NAV by itself can critically slow down a marginal system.
Along the way, I began using Zone Alarm's firewall, so when they announced an all-in-one suite of security tools at about the same time as a NAV license was scheduled for renewal, I bought it. I've now been using it for several years and am quite happy with it. It works, is affordable, and has minimal impact on system performance. That it also integrates all major security functions (firewall, anti-virus, and spyware) in one package is not only convenient from a management standpoint, it also means that you only have one program running in the background to monitor those things instead of three (or more).
Highly recommended...
Zone Alarm's suite has been quite good for me so far, yep
by xyxx1 - 11/26/05 7:41 AM In reply to: Zone Alarm's suite has been quite good for me so far by rbsjrxI used the free inoculateIT and loved that it used explorer-like GUI. It worked with a small ramprint.I have tried McAfee and Norton and have always returned to CA's antivirus. I tried the combo in eTrust EZ Armor because it is the best antivirus allied with the best firewall, ZoneAlarm. I discovered the same combo in ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite, but with one interface, and more features like Mailfrontiers excellent spamfilter, Privacy, Parental control (I don't use because my kids are grown), IM security, email security inbound and outbound, Program control, antispyware, and, of course, the best firewall provides a comprehensive security solution. Add to that an antiTrojan, you have as best a security as possible. ZA and CA together, you can't get better.
Norton
by phatchet - 1/18/05 5:35 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I chose Norton because of its seamless integration with System Works and Internet Security (a CNET top choice that is necessary for my parental control of the internet use of my teenager). They also do a great job of keepung my software current at a reasonable price.
Norton 2005 = JUNK
by Xx_No1_xX - 1/18/05 5:39 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
ok i was foolish to buy nortons internet secerity 2005 just to find out that it doesnt do what its suspose to do like detects SPYWARE .. fine it detects it but will it remove it ? well the answer is NO .. it tryes and fails .. now why would you want a program that fails you .. the tech suport they have there sucks .. u might as well talk to the wall, there answers for removeing the spyware was to buy another program that removes that kind of stuff .. now for the firewall part of this program i really dont know how well it is as i also have a firewalled router .. i had to add my 2 cents worth on this just so others dont make this mistake i made
Which Anti-0virus protectws your computer?
by edbrady - 1/18/05 5:56 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've used McAfee and System Suite. There were a couple of others, but I can't recall them.
Sorry. I will no longer pay for this stuff. It is essential, but the various commercial companies continute to up the ante.
avast! for me. It's free, and seems to work as well as any other commercial products.
Another possibility is AVG 7.0. Also free.
Nortons vs Vet
by lynkep1 - 1/18/05 6:01 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use Vet Antivirus by Computer Associates, Australia.
I have tried free AVs and Norton's AV. Whilst using Norton's I found the program to be very invasive of my machine and was not even able to access emails through my broadband account. Once I turned Norton's off the problem was solved.
A friend was using Vet and advised me to try that and I have not looked back since. Another friend was using Norton's and when the XP Blaster worm was around she could not get rid of it, I advised she try Vet and it worked, she now uses Vet also.
The friend who got me onto Vet now runs a computer repair business and has found that 9 times out of 10 clients who ask him to solve software problems on their machines are also running Norton's and removing it eliminates their problems.
Nortons Vs Vet
by jonno112 - 2/13/05 4:52 PM In reply to: Nortons vs Vet by lynkep1When you say Symantec or nortons is invasive i find the only time it is invasive is when it is downloading the latest updates, now if you have adsl or cable this takes about 30 to 40 seconds, thru a dial up about a minute and a half. I use nortons 2002 and symantec antivirus 8 for my networks at home and for the networks i troubleshoot they use Symantec 8. The blaster virus (which had nothing to do with Nortons),your friend changing over to vet would not have fixed the problem, the balaster removal tool available from symantec did fix the problem.
If you are going to use nortons use it as antivirus not anything else, i have found that when companies have used vet and vet states there are no viruses i would do an online check if i were you because in the last week two jobs have been infected when vet states they were clean.
I am also in the repair business and i find the problem with Antivirus is a user problem.
Norton vs Advast
by SteveC75 - 11/25/05 5:35 AM In reply to: Nortons vs Vet by lynkep1I also was running Norton Av on a PC with Win Xp and
had problems accessing email etc. I ran Norton several times and it showed nothing. After talking to my local Pc shop Tech. he advised me to download Advast Home and try it before taking my Pc to him. I did that and found I had a worm that Norton did not detect. Advast
found and removed the worm and I'm using it ever since.
Also several friends using Norton had the same Problem
and the Local Tech advises hus customers to stay clear of Norton Av as it is targeted by most Virus inventors.
SteveC75
Viable alternative to the status quo
by S.C.Mazzetti - 1/18/05 6:05 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I, too, was ready for a change from Norton, so after spending a couple of days researching my alternatives, I switched to Avast! Professional, Alwil's anti-virus program. Avast! offers a 60-day free trial, which I considered more than generous; the purchase price of the program is only $39.95. Although not a small program, it is thorough. In addition, it updates TWICE weekly (notifying the client with an audible announcement "virus database has been updated"). I'm sufficiently impressed to recommend this software to anyone.
Which antivirus utility protects your computer?
by goofytechie - 1/18/05 6:12 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
grisoft.com AVG7.0
as its rated by a Testing panel against all others as
Numero one which is because it can detect inside
Compressed Zipped files which others cannot
why PC Cillin/Symantec Norton/ Avast and all others
cannot detect Zipped Viruses & worms/Trojans
is beyond believe, as all latest have ben zipped
Spanish one that deleted Windows files was ZIPPED
Its so unbelievable that Best Number one in Antivirus
is also FREE,no wonder www.grisoft.com is very busy now
remove all others & run AVG7.0 & see for youre selves
bye retired techie Keith
Kaspersky AV
by davmax - 1/18/05 6:37 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by goofytechieKaspersky AV does all that you would desire and from my research and reading the CNET forums it is the best. It is not free, generally you do not get a free lunch. Most Americans have not heard of Kaspersky and being Russian that could be a problem. This product is well proven over many years.
Give it a try with the free demo version. www.kaspersky.com
Kaspersky AV
by themouser - 1/19/05 7:20 AM In reply to: Kaspersky AV by davmaxThis program would not even install on my computer. I downloaded it several times to no avail. Said it was not a windows 32 application.
RE: Kaspersky AV
by drowen - 2/22/05 7:44 PM In reply to: Kaspersky AV by themouserYou may want to investigate why your system is responding with such a message. My system (I'm running WinXP Pro on a garden-variety P3) also gave me that response. It wasn't the first app to do this however, so I was more than a little suspicious. I ultimately configured the suspect drive as slave, with another drive running XP as master. With Kaspersky installed on the primary drive I found 9 instances of viral infection on the original drive - one being a recent variant of the nasty CIH virus (Ugh!!!). Mcafee, Norton, AVG, Panda, NOD32, Avast, and PC-Cillin had each installed on the infected drive without hesitation... and every single one of these failed to detect even one of these virii.
The one area where Kaspersky really shines is in it's frequent update releases. Kaspersky releases new virus definitions on an average of once every three hours. Their average time to release an update in response to a confirmed new virus is about 6 hours. McAfee & Norton, on the other hand, take in excess of 24 hours to respond to a new virus. Kaspersky isn't perfect, but until something better comes along, I'll continue to use it.
Kaspersky AV
by rkruszka - 1/19/05 3:44 PM In reply to: Kaspersky AV by davmaxI used Norton av for years but it sucked up resourses. I started using avg about a year ago. It worked great until the new version came out. It totally hoovered. It stopped working and allowed 48 virus's to destroy my system. I discovered Kaspersky AV by accident on Cnet. It has been a month and I have nothi g but prais. Easy to use, simple interface, but most of all, it gets the job done. 3 thumbs up for Kaspersky AV.
rkruszka
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