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January 21, 2005 at 9:11 am #2292515
Which anti-virus do you use and why?
Lockedby cp7212 · about 19 years, 3 months ago
I was wondering who used what and why on their desktops. There are the industrial norms, but then I hear about freeware that works well from time to time. I just built a PC and was wondering what AV I should put on it.
Thanks for your comments.
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January 21, 2005 at 9:28 am #3327840
TrendMicro..sad reason though…cost.
by tomsal · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
At the time, a few years back, when looking for a network anti-virus solution the security company that sold us and configured the firewall had some kind of incentive program/deal with Trend..we got a trend anti-virus solution for 200 nodes for like $1000.
It has worked well though since we had it..the auto-update keeps failing for some reason though, some times it auto-updates, some times we have to manually update it. Trend’s answer for this (of course) is “buy the new version and it will solve that problem”.
The serverprotect product which we purchased back in ’03, works great.
All in all it seems decent, some virus’ did get by however and at home the same virus was stopped with my Norton solution. Luckily it wasn’t a very sophisticated or “deadly” virus.
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January 21, 2005 at 1:35 pm #3327716
Posted in Wrong spot..
by dafe2 · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to TrendMicro..sad reason though…cost.
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January 24, 2005 at 8:52 am #3327276
Geez….
by cp7212 · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Posted in Wrong spot..
You corrected my grammar/not using paragraph breaks in my last post. I didn’t know we got graded here. Well, some day I may get it right. Keep the red pen out, though.
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January 24, 2005 at 4:53 pm #3323057
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January 21, 2005 at 10:07 am #3327811
Cost
by jdmercha · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
At home I use AVG because it is free, and works decently. At work we use Mcafee. It is not free but it is cheaper to support. (For us anyway.)
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January 21, 2005 at 10:34 am #3327792
A standalone PC?
by oz_media · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
Easy, AVG AntiVirus is excellent. I am sure a great portion of the community here uses it for most stand alone installations.
I always remove purchased solutions (Norton MAcAffee etc) and replace them with AVG, problems disappear instantly as it is FAR more resourceful than other retail options.
Another VERY useful tool you can pickup free is AdAware to keep it clean of PC cling-ons, adware etc.
If this is a network solution you are seeking, I highly recommend e_Trust antivirus from Computer Associates (CAI.COM) It’s nice and fast without tying up resources, inexpensive, REALLY secure and seems to catch everything. Works flawlessly on MS and Novell servers etc.
BUT for personal use, AVG is you best bet.
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January 22, 2005 at 3:19 pm #3328085
AVG is Shop Standard
by willcomp · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to A standalone PC?
Use AVG for all PCs I setup in shop. Agree with Oz on this one. Primary advantages are that license doesn’t expire and it takes care of itself without user action (very important consideration for my clientele). Plus it is FREE and also very good.
For your own use, take a look around and judge for yourself. I prefer the Zone Alarm Suite among those that cost. Reasonably priced and excellent product so far.
Dalton
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January 22, 2005 at 11:09 pm #3328014
Computer Associates
by jardinier · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to A standalone PC?
In Australia we have “Vet” which is a product of Computer Associates.
Once you are a registered customer, you can download it on as many machines as you like — well that is of course if you cheat on the EULA and say: “I accept.”
I have been running it on numerous computers for 7 years and have never caught a virus.
I don’t know if it is available outside Australia, but the website is http://www.vet.com.au if you want to check it out.
It is also very cheap — After initial purchase (which can be downloaded) it costs $AU 43 per year to remain eligible for updates (that would be around $US 30 per year).
Currently I am running TrendMicro Security Suite on one computer. This also seems to give complete protection.
Almost everyone I encounter who has caught a virus has been using Norton. But then of course I don’t know if they remembered to renew their licence for the latest updates.
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January 21, 2005 at 11:16 am #3327774
AVG
by faith_michele · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
At home I have used it at home for almost two years free and never had a virus (knock on wood). I think the spyware, adware, and browser hijacking is more of a threat now then it used to be. I use NAV at work. I used to used NAV at home, but sometimes it would do some proprietory things that I didn’t appreciate some of the things that it would do.
Have a great day,
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January 21, 2005 at 3:16 pm #3327644
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January 22, 2005 at 3:08 pm #3328089
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January 26, 2005 at 6:17 am #3324023
AVG here too
by tomsal · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to AVG
Well at home, I actually run two anti-virus programs at home since I started “playing around” with adding things to my home network…AVG and NAV.
I also use adaware, spybots/d and been trying out the new ms spyware program too.
good stuff..I like comparing various products see how well they stack with each other, etc.
AVG is a no-brainer for home use.
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January 21, 2005 at 2:39 pm #3327665
NAV & Mcafee
by dafe2 · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
I use NAV and Mcafee side by side at the house. That’s just a personal choice.
We use Mcafee in the Business environment exclusively…. It’s the easiest to support & role out..IMO
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January 21, 2005 at 4:19 pm #3327626
Yes
by house · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to NAV & Mcafee
I’ve seen more McAfee in the corporate world. It’s a little bit cheaper and easier to manage.
At home, I use my head… and NAV Pro eventhough it’s a beast. I don’t know why I even bother though, because any virus that I get, rare as it is, is usually outside of Symantec’s abilities. I do some brief research, and kill the stupid thing.
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January 21, 2005 at 6:19 pm #3328249
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January 21, 2005 at 6:21 pm #3328248
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January 21, 2005 at 6:48 pm #3328246
Wish I’d thought of that…………………
by dafe2 · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Yes
Pretty quick there house. 🙂 “Use my Head” LOL!
Bigest & best virus protection going though.
Here’s a story for you:
The last virus I got (believe it or not) on my PERSONAL system was called ‘stoned’ in the early 90’s. It caused your floppy drive to look like it failled & I think it was probably one of the first (“common”) PC type viruses. At least the first one that made me notice them more.
Anyway, I had a laptop. To change the floppy & troubleshoot cable or power issues you had to tear it appart & put it back together to test (About 1 hour). I did this 5 TIMES that day. Back then, the LAST thing you thought about was a virus. *&^^& sakes………..today it’s the first. LOL
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January 22, 2005 at 3:12 pm #3328087
Stoned Huh
by willcomp · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Wish I’d thought of that…………………
Didn’t the “Legalize Marijuana” message give you a clue? Cropped up on every instance of Stoned I saw.
Dalton
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January 22, 2005 at 3:51 pm #3328080
Never saw it?
by dafe2 · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Stoned Huh
One version I saw later gave a message….can’t recall what it was.
There was no message other than the floppy didn’t ‘work’…
Might have been out of it myself back then though 🙂
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January 21, 2005 at 4:51 pm #3327617
many choices
by husp1 · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
I spend alot of time setting up home users and have found that Avast or AVG to be the best of the freeware choices out there often after removing Norton and mcafee and scanned with either I deteced viri. both are small consumers of cpu and tend to be easy to use, altho AVG has a updating problem on ME but if you disable AVGCC on the startup menu it clears up fine. Also you might want to look at some pay version may I recomend Kapensky (did I spell that right?) haven’t tried it myself but have heard nothing but good things about it. don’t forget the spyware killers Ad awareSE and spybot S&D.
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January 21, 2005 at 5:39 pm #3328264
Version specifics please
by titssni · about 19 years, 3 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
We all know that there have been significant upgrades to the AV clients and so while one previous version may be a pain in the a$$ the newer updated versions addressed many of those issues especially on the newer OSs.
Also keep in mind that some AV clients need a special update if you’re running XP SP2 which a lot of people are running but use older versions of AV clients without the updates.
Just another thing to look into when chosing a AV client. The host OS has a lot to do with it as well as hardware resources.
The Suite
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January 22, 2005 at 11:59 pm #3328006
I see a lot of lists
by house · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
…for 2005 that put Panda and Trend Micro on top of the pile. Symantec and McAfee aren’t even in the top 5 on most of these lists. I don’t see too much of AVG, Kaspersky, and F-Secure either.
For some reason, Panda and Trend Micro seem to have claimed the top spots over the past two years. Does anyone have any direct experience with Trend’s Pc-Cillin and Panda’s Platinum/Titanium releases? Or is it just because they are being judged as a security suite as a whole?
When I am looking at an anti-virus program… I want just that, only that, and nothing else. I don’t like the all in one packages… I can manage my spyware situation accordingly with a few different appz, and I do not want a cheap software firewall included.
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January 25, 2005 at 1:42 pm #3324242
I use Trend Micro for my home network
by kaceyr · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I see a lot of lists
Since I only run a peer-to-peer network at home, I’ve never tried their server product, although I have a State Agency client that uses their server product exclusively and is very happy with it.
I’ve been using PC-cillin since version 1.0 and it has never failed me. The auto-update in version 3 was a little quirky, but they worked that one out. Since I’ve been running it I have never had a virus on my system. I watch more for SpyWare now than viruses, but I run SpyBot search and destroy and AdAware for that stuff.
As for AVG, I’m quite impressed with it and I’ve got my siblings (4) and my sister-in-law running it on their systems (since they didn’t want to pay for anything). I haven’t switched to AVG because I like the other features that Trend provides.
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January 24, 2005 at 9:27 am #3323285
Thanks everybody
by cp7212 · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
By majority rules, I think I’m going to try AVG. Thanks to everybody who gave me their input.
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January 24, 2005 at 11:19 am #3323221
NOD32 and/or AVG
by garyrw · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Thanks everybody
So you are “so concerned” about security that you settle for only FREE solutions. I’ve seen all the “lists”, many giving results for bogus invented virii that are marketing driven. For a free scanner, AVG 7 Free can’t be beat, but don’t overlook NOD32 or the not-free AVG Pro versions. So how many free products/services have you/company given away today?????
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January 24, 2005 at 11:21 am #3323215
Sorry!!!
by garyrw · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to NOD32 and/or AVG
s/b posted under original main question….
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January 24, 2005 at 3:51 pm #3323079
For servers? WHo’s said anythng about servers?
by oz_media · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to NOD32 and/or AVG
Yes, AVG for networks would be a far better choice, just as their Exchange protection would also be a good choice…for a network. Why should someone not choose free solutions, that are proven to be working fine by many, for a desktop they have just finished building?
There was NO mention about this being used for a company OR a network. Read again.
Firt, the poster was wondering what people use for desktop’s (no mention of a network yet) then explained it was for A computer that had just been built (still no mention of a network here).
I also didn’t see any mention of being “so concerned” about security. AVG is slick, in fact most users are WAY better off with AVG than Norton, MacAffee etc. Espicially when they can’t resolve all the little resource errors associated with those products.
AVG free for a standalone desktop is a great choice, or would it be better if you got to pay for it?
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January 24, 2005 at 1:43 pm #3323146
Trend
by phrank05 · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
We use trend here at work and i liked the features it gave. it emails me with any viruses found on the network with what they are and what computer. i bought the Trend internet security 2005 and it works awesome as well detects anything right away!
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January 24, 2005 at 2:07 pm #3323138
AVG
by inxale · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
Go for AVG which is free, also I use Sygate Personal Firewall which is also free on top on my Networked Firewall. Aye I little paranoid maybe , but need to try to make myself as safe as possible.
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January 24, 2005 at 3:49 pm #3323082
AVG for Home – definitely
by paulklerkx · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to AVG
I agree with AVG for home. I’ve personally been using it for about 6 years with my only virus hitting when I put off updating for 3 weeks. Once I updated, AVG killed it. So definitely a quality product.
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January 24, 2005 at 4:05 pm #3323076
But if you listen to the other guy
by oz_media · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to AVG for Home – definitely
MS is better to, because it’s expensive, it MUST be better.
Norton is better too, because it costs a hundred bucks a year.
Some people just don’t get the concept that NO software should really cost anything on the Internet, that’s the whole point.
Open source and shared code.
However I will agree that with AVG network edition it is worth the money, then again it’s more robust, took more engineering to develop and has a support line with it too. Support costs money to provide.
I love it when companies offer a free single user licence and charge you for their network offerings. It’s a great marketing tool. People sell what they use, no matter what the product is.
MS trained a gazillion MCSE’s and bada-boom, every network is all of a sudden a MS shop?
But where are all the free, home user programs from MS, Norton and MacAffee to compliment their network offerings?
You don’t have to spend money to get the best home software, that’s for sure, it’s just a mindset some people fall into after swimmmming in the MS pool for too long. 🙂 Don’t drink the MS pee water, it makes you blind!
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January 24, 2005 at 5:41 pm #3323032
Free Software Discussion
by willcomp · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to But if you listen to the other guy
Oz,
You stir things up pretty well. Why not start a discussion on free useful and effective Windows apps. Some that come to mind and are widely used:
AVG Free
Spybot
Ad-Aware SE personal
Zone Alarm Free
Open Office
Acrobat Reader
Simply Safe Backup
FirefoxI haven’t tried it yet, but belive I could build and load a very useful PC with no purchased software other than Win XP.
Would be interesting to see what others have found useful.
Dalton
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January 24, 2005 at 5:56 pm #3323026
We’ve had more than one of those
by oz_media · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Free Software Discussion
Yeah we’ve done it a few times. Here’s what happens.
P1) AVG, ADAWRE,OpenOffice
P2) AVG, ADAWARE OpenOffice
P3) AVG, SPYBOT, OpenOffice
P4) SPYBOT or Adaware they’re both great
P5) No, Adaware finds stuff that Spybot doesn’t
P6) My brother’s uncle’s cousin’s sister said that Open Office sucks and you should but MS Office
P7) NO way, Open Office and Linux is way better
P8) Windows beats Linux in every area
P9) Windows sucks, XP is horrible compared to Linux are you an idiot?
P10) Linux is beter than XP because it’s free and secure
P11) ……..
SO good free software instantly become a heated debate over XP vs Linux, which then evolves into Win2003 vs Novell, vs Novell Linux, vs Linux, vs Commodore 64 vs Vic 20 vs Atari vs ….
Until you eventually read. ‘I have been building computers since before electricity was invented! I remember when they ran on candle power.’
Yeah they usually end up as a viable list of productive free tools…not. 😀
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January 24, 2005 at 6:04 pm #3323021
Opinions are Like ……
by willcomp · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to We’ve had more than one of those
Yeah, I should have realized that. Although fairly new to discussions, have seen enough to realize you are most likely correct.
Anytime opinions become involved, discussions degenerate rapidly.
And by the way, how can you be sure I wasn’t working on PCs prior to electricity? I’m old you know.
Dalton
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January 25, 2005 at 2:00 pm #3324235
Some more free stuff for Windows …
by kaceyr · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Free Software Discussion
All of the GNU programming languages
MySQL DBMS
A whole slew of MySQL tools and toys
Xitami web server
*LOTS* of business accounting packages
*LOTS* of image softwareIf you want to do .Net development try:
Microsoft .Net Framework (C# and VB.Net compilers come with the free framework distribution)
#developer .Net development IDE from http://www.icsharpcode.netIf you’re a JAVA programmer check out JBuilder Foundation, free from Borland.
I whole-heartedly agree with Dalton on this one. You can build and load a complete Windows PC for just about any purpose with no purchased software other than Windows XP.
And before you jump all over it Oz, I’m well aware that I can build the same system without any OS cost by using Linux (even using .Net running with the Mono CLR).
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February 10, 2005 at 3:20 am #3337370
AVG – Yes!
by lompnaz · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to AVG for Home – definitely
AVG user for 4 years; so impressed became a reseller. Free version is English only, but paid for version is multilingual, so sells well.
Worth noting the rules for free version – for home personal use only; corporate business use, schools charities etc require paid for licence. But the licence is so cheap at 39.90? for 2 years why worry? Discounts are available for schools and charitable orgs as well.
Good product, good support. Why use another?
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January 25, 2005 at 5:08 am #3324541
NAV cumbersome but it works
by crussel8 · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
We use NAV pro at work, since I do a lot of paperwork at home I have the same thing there. Yes it can be a beast to work with but once it is set up and you learn how to use it it’s fine. I have never used the AVG program. Does it have a built in firewall?
chuck.
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January 25, 2005 at 7:02 am #3324477
Symantec Antivirus Corp Edition at work, personal preference at home
by unclerob · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
We use Symantec Antivirus Corp.Edition v9.x at work on our servers and user desktop machines. We can push virus definition updates automatically to each user which means everyone is always running with the most updated definitions. The server product also allows you to deploy the client software to users just by specifying machine name or ip address and the install only takes a few minutes and can be done while the users are working on their machines – it’s very good software but it isn’t cheap.
At home I use whatever is available, I always tend to install & uninstall the software when something new comes out just to try it out. Norton’s good but probably uses more system resources than any other av product out there, unless you have a quick machine try something else; Grisoft seems to be OK, I’ve heard that NOD32 is really good but never tried it so can’t vouch for it, PCCillin got the best reviews from PCWorld magazine as far as how it works, what it caught in virus tests and the amount of system resources it uses for real-time protection which can slow down a machine quite a bit. I don’t ever use McAfee products anymore, I tried them a few years ago and they seemed to be more trouble than they were worth and never uninstalled cleanly. This is a really good discussion, this is what these forums should be about, read some of the other discussions and people tend to argue with each other. Hope this info helps.
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January 25, 2005 at 8:07 am #3324429
AVAST
by gjohnson · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Symantec Antivirus Corp Edition at work, personal preference at home
I’ve seen AVAST mentioned but not this particualr feature. I had an XP pro machne acting strange and couldn’t figure it out. It had Norton, 2004 and it ran with no errors. I tried AdAware SE, Spybot S&D, and the beta (Gaint) spyware from MS. Finally tried AVAST just fr kicks. It found and cleaned a virus, can’t remember the name but this one hides from Norton. AVAST found the virus by doing a scan prior to XP booting. Kinda like McAfee used to do back in the DOS days. I used to recommend AVG and still do use it some but for an already infected machine AVAST is a good choice.
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January 25, 2005 at 1:20 pm #3324253
Avast works well
by eraspperry · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to AVAST
For a free program, Avast works well. I have the home version runnng on 2 systems on my home network. One system is Win98SE and the other is XP Home. I have used the Avast program to clean up a system the my friend across the streethad. He is running Norton, the computer got wacked with a brouser hijacker. this one was a real bear to clean. It’s good to go now.
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January 25, 2005 at 10:05 am #3324367
eTrust
by serenitywizard · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
Have used Cheyenne AntiVirus for years…have since been taken over by CA (computer Associates)…now called eTrust. Has always worked well, and does not conflict with other programs, as other antivirus programs have…price is reasonable, as well.
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January 25, 2005 at 10:35 am #3324358
Love e-Trust
by oz_media · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to eTrust
I think it’s great, my Inoculate had an auto update feature (which NOvell still need to work on with e-Trust) that a guy wrote for me and cutomized for munetwork, very sweet. With e-Trust and Novell, you still need to manually update, load unload but it is still slick.
The poster in this case didn’t say his was for a network though, but fr a stand-alone he had just built.
I mentioned My-etrust, the free personal use edition, but that site is just a mess, not all pretty and well laid out like the e-Trust business site.
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January 25, 2005 at 11:38 am #3324336
Anti-Virus of choice
by pchurchill · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
I have never actually used Norton’s anti-virus product – but have uninstalled it from many systems because it has caused conflicts and problems. After the uninstallation, the systems worked great. I have used McAfee’s anti-virus solution at 2 different organizations and not been happy with it at all. The ePolicy Orchestrator has many issues with things not working and the support I got was less than desirable. Their e-mail solution had too many reported issues for me to even install it. I am now using Trend Micro’s anti-virus products and and more than satisfied. I’ve been using it for about 3 years now. I use OfficeScan for the desktops – Server Protect for the Servers (Windows, Novell, and Unix), ScanMail for Exchange, and the InterScan Messaging Security Suite for an e-mail gateway and a temporary anti-spam solution until we get something more permanent. We actually have their NeatSuite – which all this is bundled with. We actually own the InterScan Web Security Suite too – but don’t use it because we have an Iprism appliance from St. Bernard Software – which is superior to Trend Micro’s IWSS, Microsoft’s ISA Server, and Websense. The Trend Micro products work without much user intervention at all. I have it setup to autoupdate hourly, and except for adding new PC’s and servers, all I have to do is program updates. It’s a “REAL” anti-virus solution that works fantastic and is easy to setup.
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January 25, 2005 at 12:57 pm #3324279
ClamAv for Windows
by felixortiz · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
http://clamav.net
and
http://www.clamwin.netThis is what I use on my home systems. Why – simple – Free and Open Source, and it works very well. On my business systems TrendMicro all the way. I have been migrating all of my customers to TrendMicro Client/Server/Messaging SMB as their licenses expire for other products.
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January 25, 2005 at 12:58 pm #3324277
my anti virus of choice is bsd or linux
by bsd · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
use any *nux *bsd or any free os
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January 26, 2005 at 7:36 pm #3322759
Trend Micro – 5 Years Running
by ljskot · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
I have been using Trend Micro products since 2000. As I am the owner of small PC service and repair business, I encounter the full spectrum of antivirus products through my clients, Symantec, McAfee, Pands, etc. In no other case, have I seen any reason to switch. Trend Micro offers the following advantages:
A better product (as confirmed by PCWorld magazine)
Toll free tech support (at no charge!)
Virus definition updates as required (sometimes more than one on some days) to keep download size smaller
A lower cost than Symantec and McAfeeAfter looking at this list, why use anyone else?
To remove any suspicions, I am not on Trend Micro’s payroll (though I do often receive discounted or free upgrades, as most, if not all, of their customers do!)
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January 26, 2005 at 8:19 pm #3322753
Why use anyone else?
by oz_media · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Trend Micro – 5 Years Running
Well first let me agree that Trend is one of the better performers as far as resources are concerned.
Anitvirus engines these days all perform very similar to each other I find. The only REAL difference is the intended application (network or stand alone install), the resourcefulness (where MacAffee and Norton fail), and cost.
In this case we are discussing a good AV solution for a stand alone home made PC.
THe only viable difference I have noticed between Trend and AVG when it comes to a single computer install is cost. AVG is free and finds the exact same viruses as any other scanner for upwards of $100.00, in some cases the more expensive offerings don’t catch what AVG does.
Now it doesn’t include support at the free level, yet it is VERY reliable and stable, updates are regular and the online help is generally suitable for this pretty much fire and forget scanner.
Not to slam Trend, as I agree it is a great network scanner, but in the case of a stand alone, you get the same thing, less the support, for free with AVG. Just to answer your question as to WHY people use other solutions of course.
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February 6, 2005 at 1:37 am #3344034
AVG Anti-Virus
by azcarman · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
At the office we have all the big name anti virus programs to use, but at home I use AVG,and after 6 years or more I have never got any virus on my PC. So for my self , I would like to say good job and thanks for all the help
Bob Duncan
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February 8, 2005 at 7:17 am #3338674
NOD32
by mary.hoerr · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
I know this was originally about desktop solutions, but I’m interested in network solutions too.
We use the network version of NAV, automatically updated every morning, no problems, on a Novell network. But it is expensive. I’m intrigued with other solutions.
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February 9, 2005 at 8:12 am #3336978
I use many of them
by vong.sak · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
At work we use Symantec AV since were on a government contract
At home and for users I use CA EZtrust Because its free.
Here a list of other free Antivirus that also work particularly well
Avast
http://www.avast.com/eng/down_home.html
AVG
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
Panda Antivirus
http://www.pandasecurity.com/zd/
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February 10, 2005 at 11:01 am #3338470
My preference for an Anti-virus program
by swathingscientist · about 19 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Which anti-virus do you use and why?
Normally,I spend about 12 to 14 hours a day on the net.When your housebound,little else to do.Anyway,it is my opinion due to enormous time/trial/error that AVAST Home version is presently the very best AV program anywhere in the world.This AV program NEVER has to be “Run” like all the others do,it never stops.In the past year,have only seen one virus try to get in my PC,Avast slammed on,took it out and then suggested I run the program to find any bits/pieces that may have been left behind.Anyone who does try this program would likely never switch again
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