Community weekly poll: Which antivirus utility protects your computer?
- 2/22/07 1:55 PM
Which antivirus utility protects your computer?
by LynneM - 11/23/07 6:41 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have found an easy and fast one in Avast Anti Virus. It is quick and updates itself daily as soon as I turn on my machine. It is unobtrusive and they don't dun me for money to keep using it! I used to use PC-Cillon and I loved that program. I used it for over 6 years and then they started refusing to allow me to update my database of viruses unless I paid them money each year. I am not into repaying for something I bought in the first place to use. This anti virus program, Avast, has done a wonderful job and I feel comfortable using it. [AND it didn't cost me anything!] Thank you guys at Avast, the work is greatly appreciated.
avg virus
by rkurt - 11/23/07 6:42 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
It was popular and free, so i took a chance. I just got it but so far so good.
AVG anti-virus is free!
by jpederse - 11/23/07 6:49 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
It was also installed on my harddrive when I had Norton anti-virus wiped off. Norton was causing problems with my older maching and windows ME. I was getting some pop-ups and other stuff, now I get very little unsolicited ads.
NOD32, AVG, CA, McAfee & Norton,
by pixelsmith - 11/23/07 6:58 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Over the years it seems I've used nearly all of them. I now have a 64 bit machine and two 32 bit machines running in a home-based workgroup. Very few support 64 bit machines. NOD32 and AVG are two of them which I've tried. For years I've used Norton AV, but have given up on their lousy support after numerous bad experiences. My broadband supplier provides copies of CA to us for free. Frankly, I really don't like it, but it's free. I've also used McAfee in the past. More recent versions can really mess up a machine in my personal experience.
I ran a trial copy of NOD32 on the 64bit machine and genuinely liked it. Currently, since I'm on a tight budget, I passed it by in favor of AVG, but may go back to it instead as I really liked the features and relatively easy set-up. It would be my first choice among the above.
Zone Alarm for XP
by oliverjamesp - 11/23/07 7:09 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
None when working under Linux.
Internet link protected by hardware firewall.
AVG has not failed Virus Bulletin tests for almost 2 years
by Forgotten One - 11/23/07 7:20 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Having previous jobs in repair shops and being in charge of the virus/malware station at one of them I have personally used almost all of those anti-virus programs (I do not believe I have used BitDefender).
Macafee still has 2 vulnerabilities that have been in their product for almost 2 years they have not patched, I would use Panda or Kapersky over Macafee any day.
I used to use Symantec's Norton Anti-virus product line, but it is a HUGE resource hog, has trouble detecting illegal registry keys (keys added in by spyware/trojan), and has had a small number of security vulnerabilites in the past 6 months.
Then I switched to Symantec's professional Anti-virus line (Symantec Anti-Virus), which I personally like ALOT better than their end-user retail product, but again vulnerabilities made me stop using this one, enter AVG.
AVG Internet Security (the kitchen-sink offering) is what I currently use and purchased a 2yr license for it. This product updates daily, and alot of times multiple times a day, is VERY good at finding ANY type of malware on your system, and it fully recommended by VirusBulletin.com (www.virusbtn.com) being received an official red "check" from them, ontop of having the highest average ever of detecting "in the wild" viruses.
I STRONGLY recommend AVG Internet Security for EVERYONE.
Which antivirus utility protects your computer and why did y
by bmc1260 - 11/23/07 7:57 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use Trend micro because it run in the back ground and I have not had any problems with software or hardware conflicts. I use to have Norton but every time a new bug came out my computer would get it. I use trend micro online to fix my system and my client’s virus problems
For the clients that do not have anti virus program avg is good to have. But with trend micro you get more for your money
CA Internet Security offers 90 days trial
by bionico_1 - 11/23/07 8:12 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
For special and real good pc protection I recomend AVG Internet Security's best of the Best's,I'd try for 30 days free some times when my pc is on troubles,and I have been used CA antivirus and shows good work's,Now I'm trying Internet security from CA for 90 days free,so let's see the way it work,and some times have tried windows one care scan from Microsoft's, did shows good work,but I must take advantage of CA offers,it's free for 90 days
antivirus
by jleeram2002 - 11/23/07 8:47 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I used McAfee for a long time, but I could buy a new release cheaper
than their renewal fee. So I switched to Zone Alarm and have been happy ever since.
AVG Anti-Virus
by mrkillerman - 11/23/07 9:18 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've used McAfee and I had a lot of problems with it so I deleted it and downloaded Norton. Had a few issues with Norton but the seem to work out some way. A thunderstorm hit and took out the computer so I canceled Norton when I got it back the guy we had fix the computer put Trend Micro on it. Trend micro was great! It had an ad blocker that would stop fraudulent pages form opening. Now I have AVG Anti virus Free Edition. Nothing special.
Kaspersky Internet Security package
by rex.basham - 11/23/07 9:38 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I can't recall where but I read someplace that Kaspersky has the fastest response to new security threats. Typically 2-4 hours after a new threat hits the net, they have a fix published and the local application does auto-updates every 4 hours. This time to check for updates is user settable for anytime from 5 minutes to once a month on a selected day of the month. There is also an automatic selection which I believe runs at start up and once every 4 hours.
I was running the Norton Internet Security Suite and it is a real hog on resources. Kaspersky runs very quietly in the background and is extremely user friendly. You can tune practically every setting in the application (i.e. how to handle email, spam settings, program protection settings, self protection settings, etc.)
Overall, Kaspersky offers a very good integrated security package with excellent performance and limited resource consumption. I have not tried AVG and probably won't due to satisfaction with the Kaspersky product's performance.
(NT) comodo antivirus pro
by lankylee - 11/23/07 9:50 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Eset Nod32
by Curufin - 11/23/07 10:03 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I used it for years now. Tried Kaspersky and a few others, but Nod32 has really worked the best, fastest, and with the least system drain.
McAfee
by pamwpamw - 11/23/07 10:28 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Only because it came with the computer. I'm not a fan. It's overly complicated--not user friendly; Even "help" is hard to understand.
Which antivirus utility protects your computer?
by Gilles Langlois - 11/23/07 10:38 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a Mac with Mac OS 10.5.1 and Window XP.
I have no anti-virus, and no virus.
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