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March 31, 2010 at 7:28 am #2220551
the big decision
Lockedby systemcheck · about 14 years ago
With all antivirus out on the market today, who to choose. What is the best antivirus out on the market, by start up time, updates, reliability, ease, speed, and options?
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March 31, 2010 at 7:39 am #2830565
just my personal choice
by jck · about 14 years ago
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I have ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 2009/2010 installed.
I got 3 licenses for $50 or something like that.
It loads pretty fast at start up.
It has automatic updates if you want them.
It has automatic scans too.
It’s not hard to configure in basic mode at all, and you can set it to automatically handle stuff, or only do blocks with your approval.
Lots of options.
I’ve heard that it’s not as good as other ones from bigger companies, but I haven’t had a virus or anything in the 10 years since I started using the original ZoneAlarm Firewall on Windows 98 SE.
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March 31, 2010 at 10:50 am #2830498
never experienced it
by systemcheck · about 14 years ago
In reply to just my personal choice
never had a chance to use it, so far i’ve used AVG (aint bad), and norton, with all the new nortons out there, i feel they are system hogs and slow. so basically im looking for something good and fast, might look at zone alarm heard a lot about it.
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March 31, 2010 at 12:46 pm #2830477
A few home systems, or corporate environment?
by charliespencer · about 14 years ago
In reply to never experienced it
At home on a Windows system I happy with Microsoft Security Essentials. It’s free, with a small footprint, and updates via MS Update. Unlike some other free AV apps, it doesn’t nag and isn’t supported by advertising. I pair that with ThreatFire, a free heuristics-based utility, and one of the few malware tools that can be installed with other AV apps without causing problems. I use Windows Vista’s built-in firewall, but I was happy with ZoneAlarm on my XP system.
At work we’re running McAfee VirusScan Enterprise, but we’re just beginning to move to MS Forefront since we’re already paying for the license anyway.
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March 31, 2010 at 12:59 pm #2830475
yeah
by jck · about 14 years ago
In reply to never experienced it
if you’re doing it in the home…AVG and Avast are pretty good…ZoneAlarm does cost…but…$15 a PC? for like 2 year license? $8 a year isn’t bad per PC.
I’ve got BitDefender on my new PC as well. It is a bit of a resource hog too. It’s a bit unwieldy as it tries to watch over everything. But, thoroughness is good in some cases.
I wouldn’t go near McAfee or especially Norton. Both are decent, but bloatware deluxe IMHO
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March 31, 2010 at 1:16 pm #2830470
I test different AVs and security tools when I get bored.
by ron k. · about 14 years ago
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I go ’round and ’round and still come back to AVG-Free.
They screwed up a major update a year or so ago and it was s-l-o-w until you turned off the Link Scanner but that issue has been fixed.
The best? I’m not one to ask. Not really. There are any number of criteria that you could pick that makes one the best in your eyes. For us here, for now, AVG is going to remain. It’s the only, highly-rated AV tool I’ve found that doesn’t slow us down. -
March 31, 2010 at 6:57 pm #2830424
That’s a lot of questions
by nicknielsen · about 14 years ago
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Unfortunately, the answer to each is probably different.
My personal favorite is AVG. I sprang for a license ($60/2 years, if I remember correctly).
Check this site for various comparisons of AV software. http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
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March 31, 2010 at 7:03 pm #2830421
$60/2 years
by santeewelding · about 14 years ago
In reply to That’s a lot of questions
And, consigned your soul to a devil you know not.
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April 1, 2010 at 4:35 am #2830369
How is that more consigning than using the free version?
by charliespencer · about 14 years ago
In reply to $60/2 years
In plain English, please. How does paying for a product indicating dealing with the devil any more than using the free nagware version of the same product?
I assume you don’t have a cell phone, which would certainly qualify as giving the devil even more money.
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April 1, 2010 at 8:51 am #2830318
Only a stray thought
by santeewelding · about 14 years ago
In reply to How is that more consigning than using the free version?
Not paid versus free, but going from the devil you do know — attacks and infection (which are free, I suppose), to paid-for, crossing-of-the-fingers protection in the form of a package the efficacy and operation of which you don’t know.
There. I think that’s it.
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April 2, 2010 at 11:32 am #3035966
I think…
by mafergus · about 14 years ago
In reply to Only a stray thought
For a lot of people, both are devils you sdon’t know.
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April 1, 2010 at 12:14 pm #3036113
How often does this question get asked?
by tink! · about 14 years ago
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Well anyway, my 2 cents:
I use Avast! at home for 4 PCs
At work we’ve been using Kaspersky since it’s a cheaper and less laggy option over Norton or Mcafee
Only had 1 problem and that’s because one of my users accidentally installed “Ultimate Anti Virus”. He thought the popup was from the Kaspersky program. What a pain! (Popups have since been taken care of)
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April 2, 2010 at 6:30 am #3035996
My personal choice
by jfuller05 · about 14 years ago
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is AVG. The free version works great for me and the paid version is great too. The version you pay for gives you a feature called ID Protection which is kind of like advanced Internet protection.
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April 2, 2010 at 7:05 am #3035988
I prefer
by dhcdbd · about 14 years ago
In reply to My personal choice
Avast. Of the free AV programs, however, Avira is rated the best.
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April 2, 2010 at 11:30 am #3035967
Test test test
by mafergus · about 14 years ago
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Regardless of what suggestions are on here, you need to test the crap out of any anti-virus product you deploy (assuming it is for a business/enterprise). I have seen many compatibility issues which have crippled many attemted installations.
I have worked with most major products and they all have issues. The key is getting the product(s) with the issues you can live with and having a contigency for those users and groups who can’t live with the issues. -
April 2, 2010 at 11:56 am #3035961
My choice for a perrsonal PC
by router boy · about 14 years ago
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Is a combination of the free version of Zone Alarm and Avast. I have been using both for years and had zero problems on my Windoes PC. I have used this combination on countless PC’s that I work on and all my clients seem to be problem free.
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April 2, 2010 at 12:12 pm #3035956
Ditto that.
by boxfiddler · about 14 years ago
In reply to My choice for a perrsonal PC
I use MalwareBytes, too.
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May 3, 2010 at 12:26 pm #3025093
Norton works for me
by adunkin · about 13 years, 11 months ago
In reply to the big decision
I know it’s not original, but I haven’t had any problems with my Norton system.
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