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Community weekly poll: Which antivirus utility protects your computer?
- 2/22/07 1:55 PM
Avast is pretty great
by esa11y - 2/25/07 10:25 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Over the last 15 years or so I've used Norton, McAfee and Kaspersky. In addition to the hefty annual fee (all three) and bulky programs (Norton and McAfee) and freezing problems with Outlook (Kaspersky). Hadn't occurred to me before to try one of the free antivirus applications until I read the CNET piece last week. Have downloaded the compact and free Avast (for Home and Personal Use) and it seems to be going about its business in a tidy, efficient manner. My conflicts have vanished. No problems so far. You have up to 60 days to register (still free, they just want to know who is using their product and keep track of what viruses are showing up where). Seems to be a winner.
bitdefender - slow but deadly
by yarlq - 2/25/07 11:23 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
For normal use, I use Avast! which is unobtrusive and updates itself quietly in the background. In the last 3 or 4 months of use (4 to 8 hours/day) it has done the job.
Previously AVG worked well, but the klutzy download and restart was a pain.
McAfee and Norton are like pouring glue on your processor. (It took 22 minutes to uninstall Norton from a Vaio laptop).
Kapersky is on my tablet - works well and is unobtrusive.
I downloaded Panda once - it arrived with 3 trojan horses (later found by bitdefender).
So bitdefender is my back-up, bottom line anti-virus. On my Vaio desktop (2.8 Gh, 512 Mb) it takes about five hours to scan 800,000 files. The first time I ran it, it found trojan horses in archives that had been there for at least four years.
It ain't fast, so I don't use it on-line, but I run it overnight and know that my machine is clean, clean, clean the next morning.
W@hich anti-virus?
by jimzim27140 - 2/25/07 11:46 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Its simple, I switched to a MAC!
Mac's are NOT immune to virus attacks
by retiredtech - 11/24/07 11:20 AM In reply to: W@hich anti-virus? by jimzim27140Mac users should check out this recent post on a security magazine web site.
http://www.scmagazineus.com/Trojan-targets-Mac-users/article/58290/?source=PSGL1SCM1001&gclid=CIStzYWZ9o8CFQg1WAodREgpMg
You sir are correct.
by Me, Myself and You - 11/24/07 11:30 AM In reply to: Mac's are NOT immune to virus attacks by retiredtechNothing is, not even if its Unix based. Linux too is not immune to virus attacks, and in many ways UNIX leaves a lot to be desired in security. I've just started using UBUNTU, but I'll never become complacant on security because you just can't afford to be these days. Where there's a will... there's a way.
Keep in in the same family to save time
by m1kemc897 - 2/25/07 12:44 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm using Zone Alarm's (ZA) anti virus because I purchased their Security Suite. I trust ZA for their firewall capabilities; a good friend in the IT business mentioned it was one of the toughest to crack. I might as well keep it in the same family instead of spending additional time researching software for each group of potential problems. I have used Norton in the past, good and easy to work with.
My anti-virus of choice:
by JSchwage - 2/25/07 1:49 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Avast Home Edition is what I use. I've used AVG Free Edition and have liked it, but Avast is my favorite.
I use ZoneAlarm Pro!
by Dick F. - 2/25/07 2:43 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use ZoneAlarm Pro which, first and foremost, is a software firewall that provides more control over the whole process than with other firewall products; it controls both incoming and outgoing internet access. Additionally, the more recent product includes an AntiVirus and Anti-Spyware capability that appears comprehensive; and, it does the Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware search at the same time.
I did use AVG for about a year and valued their quick updates/downloads and the significantly lower "overhead" on system assets. However, I felt more concerned about a comprehensive firewall that included the antivirus and antispyware as oppossed to three standalone products all demanding "overhead" at different times and for equally long periods.
I tried Norton products for a year, too ... that was enough.
How can you leave Windows Live OneCare off the list ?
by macmcf - 2/25/07 3:10 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I am using Windows Live OneCare! How could you leave this off the list the same day that you post a Member Question of the Week about it?
ALWIL (Avast!)
by carsonight - 2/25/07 8:12 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Avast is a clean, well put together anti-virus that was recommended to me by a bench I rely on. It has found stuff Norton missed. It's free for the personal computer user with free updates. For me Avast! is a win win.
antivirus
by samegautam - 2/25/07 9:18 PM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
which anyvirus protecting well our home edition and which of speciallity differ fron other anti
virus
Zone Alarm Security Suite
by PFurball - 2/25/07 11:45 PM In reply to: antivirus by samegautamI purchased the complete Suite a couple of years ago after using Zone Alarm Pro for years as my firewall and feeling very secure with it. I figured the Zone Alarm approach to threats would hope fully be as thorough in their move on Virus's (virii?) and spyware so bought into the suite. I have been very happy with it, it is fairly easy to configure and when I have had an issue, Zone Alarm "live" help has always got me back on track. I also use IE Spyad;Spywareblaster; Spybot 1.4; AdawareSE Pro; WinPatrolPlus; and have recently installed LadyTaskCatcher as an extra.I also mainly use Firefox as my browser.
I,ve used them all!!
by relcein - 2/26/07 1:48 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
"Kaspersky" is the only antivirus utility i run and have running it for 4 years now the others have failed me atleast one way or another ! so to whom ever it may concern may concern,
may you be virus free
if you use a diffrent AVU before anything "MAKE A BACKUP OF YOU SYSTEM "
GOOD LUCK ALL 8-)
best anti-virus and free
by bones73mn - 2/26/07 6:00 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
i have had a lot of used comps over the years.many with dif ops's.avg never failed to clean them,even when previous owners siad all hope was lost.bundled with ad-aware se i think avg is the best all-round anti-virus,both the free and paid versions.
Why - PC Magazine Editor's Choice
by john55440 - 2/26/07 8:50 AM In reply to: Which antivirus utility protects your computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm in no position to test which antivirus software is the best, so I select a PC Magazine Editor's Choice.
These days, it seems like antivirus is pretty much a comodity item, and that antispyware effectiveness is what differentiates the various security suites.
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