Community weekly poll: Which antivirus utility protects your computer?
- 2/22/07 1:55 PM
I think Live One Care is broken. See ALEXA?
by R. Proffitt - 11/22/07 8:49 AM
In reply to: Windows Live One Care Beta 2 by kjdinoc
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/23/152243
One care continues to ignore Alexa. Why?
Bob
Panda of course!!!
by janeric100 - 11/22/07 9:03 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I agree with "jhecht" that Panda is very good. I have had it for at least 10 years and have never had any virus or other problems. So I can really recommend it. And they have very good support even in Sweden where I live.
Don't like CA, Kaspersky, Norton
by deleyd - 11/22/07 9:06 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I don't like CA because there's absolutely NO help support whatever.
I don't like Kaspersky because it never shuts up. It's always saying, "Someone is trying to use the computer!" and I answer, "Yes, it's me, stupid."
Norton stopped working on my PC after a few months. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and it wouldn't reinstall. Talked with tech support for 2 weeks and finally gave up.
Don't know what Anti-Virus to try next.
Try avira antivir
by gammaknife - 11/22/07 1:40 PM In reply to: Don't like CA, Kaspersky, Norton by deleydit shows a nag screen every time it updates . otherwise its ok
I or We Use ZoneAlarm and AVG anti-virus,
by Gary Mickel - 11/22/07 9:38 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
We also use the Windows Settings for the Firewall.
norton
by brentskie - 11/22/07 10:02 AM In reply to: I or We Use ZoneAlarm and AVG anti-virus, by Gary MickelI've used Norton anti-virus from my very first PC and have never had any problems with it so I've continued to use it year after year.
Not even a question for me when it comes to upgrading or updating,it's Norton all the way.
I use Zone Alarm Security Suite which has Kaspersky A-V
by arminfields - 11/22/07 10:15 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm very happy with Zone Alarm and especially like that it combines Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware in to one package and one scan which I have set to run daily.
Last year, I used Windows Live One Care, another suite, that was a big disappointment. It never found any spyware which my other programs always found, didn't block or even find a virus after I got infected, and had lousy customer support.
Armin
NORTON is OUT
by tenelcoinc - 11/22/07 10:22 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Used McAfee at work and home for a few years and it got pretty bad. Went to Norton which was great for awhile but they have lost touch with reality. The Norton Internet Security 2007 product (which includes the NAV) was abysmal beyond belief in terms of hogging resources and poor tech support. 2008 is better but it still has problems with resource hogging and running resource consumptive updates even when you turn the feature off. I asked Norton about that last one and they did not bother to answer - my belief is that is just another programming screw-up in a resource hog that does not deserve any loyalty at all at this point. Hint: if you can turn off the local update feature and do that manually (in 08) it will save you some headaches. It is disappointing to see reviews, including those on CNET, talking about how great Norton is. If you really use the product I find it hard to believe you can really recommend the product. It is not good, and I guarantee if you are on a dial up with anything less than a higher end machine you are going to hate it with a passion. Such positive reviews argue rather strongly that being up front about product quality might cost dollars somewhere, or else the review has just been bought and paid for. I do like these polls because nobody is bought and paid for, and nobody is going to say how good something is just because it has a name that meant something four or five years ago. If you read through you will see similar observations about Norton from other users. As far as downloading the software, forget it unless you have a clean high speed connection, and even then it's shaky. Based on other user reports I will be trying Avast next time around. But NORTON is gone from my PC permanently and for good.
AVG or AVAST! (with Spybot for adware) - all free
by cnetmessageman - 11/22/07 10:24 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have used both these free Anti-Virus programs for many years with excellent results. I have also found AVG to be a bit more effective on identifying viruses. But your best defence is always conservative, intelligent browsing and email handling practices.
Norton's quality (at least in my opinion) basically went South after it was acquired by Symantec so after suffering through system bloat and other annoying side effects for several years I switched to AVG and AVAST! (I do not run both simultaneously on the same computer). Mc Afee is OK but I wasn't overly impressed with any of the commercial anti-virus applications after being hit with the NAILS virus - that was a nightmare!
The commercial anti-virus product that I usually install on my clients' PCs is BitDefender. It has consistently been rated as being extremely effective in many of the comparison trials over the last few years (frequently #1) and is quite reasonably price (3-user yearly licence for under $30). This package also detects and treats other malware besides viruses but I would caution you that it is on the aggressive side (as is the newer version of Ad-Aware) so anything it cannot quarantine I would hesitate to delete.
For spyware I suggest using the free "S&D Spybot" or the commercial SpySweeper by Webroot. Both are very effective and Spybot offers some "nifty" extra options such as control over start up programs.
Avira antiVir
by Wammy Bar - 11/22/07 11:29 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've used the free version of this product for about four years and have stayed pretty much virus free. I like their virus free internet philosophy. The company is German and I find not many people seem to know about them on this continent.
AVAST is one of the best.
by yve_couture - 11/22/07 11:40 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I am with AVAST for 2 years now and it's doing a good job.
No virus was able to pass, I saw Avast stopping them a few times.
I have 3 kids (15, 18 and 20), they go to Internet very often,
they also download some programs, games and may be some things that they are not allowed to do,
I was never infected since I am using AVAST.
Thanks to AVAST
Which anti virus
by beyondallken - 11/22/07 11:50 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Alwil AVAST
Free, but works very well and updates frequently and can be configured to do a boot scan.
Using AVG
by tabill2 - 11/22/07 11:52 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
AVG works on Vista so that's why I'm using it. I normally use Antivir, but Antivir doesn't play well on Vista. Other than AVG wanting to do a full scan everytime it boots it works fine.
Avast is the one for me..
by gsperry - 11/22/07 11:56 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've used Norton and MacAfee over the years and they became more bloated with every release. Add the licensing/renewal costs and I thought I would try Avast. I've used it and been virus free for four years on all of my household equipment.
Windows LiveOne Care works for me
by Scott Anderson - 11/22/07 11:59 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I adopted Live One care early on, and it is a great product. No problems here!
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