AntiVirus Suggestions

tomED

Hi Everyone,

Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good antivirus software other than Norton.

I found the latest version of Norton to be extremely heavy on resources and just want something simple to run in the backgroud without slowing my machine.

Thanks in advance!
Tom

robbie1876

Has to be AVG Free edition - small on resources, free virus database updates, and it found 32 viruses on my PC that Norton had missed when I installed it first

TerrorFirmer

Used to use McAfee, AVG Anti-Virus does just as good a job and it's free!

mukki

robbie1876 wrote:

Has to be AVG Free edition - small on resources, free virus database updates, and it found 32 viruses on my PC that Norton had missed when I installed it first

does it update itself automatically, i rebuilt a lot of pcs for friends and family, and i am looking for a good antivirus that will

quarentine without giving virus found messages (i get phone calls every time)
update itself (sometimes norton can fall behind and never catch up)
just be reilable, sometimes norton just stops loading


i found norton corporate edition is just brilliant, but would prefer a free one

robbie1876

mukki wrote:

does it update itself automatically, i rebuilt a lot of pcs for friends and family, and i am looking for a good antivirus that will

quarentine without giving virus found messages (i get phone calls every time)
update itself (sometimes norton can fall behind and never catch up)
just be reilable, sometimes norton just stops loading


i found norton corporate edition is just brilliant, but would prefer a free one

It claims on the website that it updates once a day, but for me it updates every time I boot the PC. One of the beauties is that you never have to restart the program or give it permission to update, it does it automatically with no user intervention.

Quarantine - I'm not too sure, I've definitely seen quarantine 'advisory' messages pop up, where the only option is ok, but it has to be clicked. I'm not sure if that can be turned off, can't see anywhere obvious in the preferences.

I've never had any issues with it not updating or not starting etc, have been using it now happily for about 2 years. When I recently installed Thunderbird to replace Outlook, it seemed to require no re-configuring, which may have been just luck though!

mukki

thanks, i'll check it out when i get a few days off, will want to use it for a bit before i start installing it on other peoples pcs

C_Breeze

bullguard v6.0 is wat im using , it really is excellent i think.
doesnt slow ur computer , auto updates take 2sec and u dont even notice it.
and it doesnt keep prompting you to alow this and that . very hassle free.

that gets my thumbs up

Tobias Greeshman

Using AVG at the moment and its working a charm, easy to update, pretty secure and uses feck all resources. What more could you ask for really.

Lump

robbie1876 wrote:

Has to be AVG Free edition - small on resources, free virus database updates, and it found 32 viruses on my PC that Norton had missed when I installed it first

What are you doing with 32 Virus' on your pc to begin with?

John

Heinrich

Lump wrote:

What are you doing with 32 Virus' on your pc to begin with?

John

As the chapo said they were undetected by orton so he installed AVG! Presumably AVG subsequently removed the viruses.

Canis Lupus

That's what you get for browsing dodgy porn sites.

Lump

Heinrich wrote:

As the chapo said they were undetected by orton so he installed AVG! Presumably AVG subsequently removed the viruses.

I can actually read suprisingly enough! The point I was making, is how does one get 32 Virus' on to one's PC in the first place!

Dodgy porn I agree!

John

Heinrich

Lump wrote:

I can actually read suprisingly enough! The point I was making, is how does one get 32 Virus' on to one's PC in the first place!

Dodgy porn I agree!

John

Kazza, cracks etc. would be possibles.

nl

I use Antivir. Dont reall like AVG
http://www.free-av.com/

DingDong

I use NOD32 I think its the best AV software out there.

Tobias Greeshman

Actually its AntiVir I'm using not AVG, its monday i'm allowed to get at least a little confused.

I've actually heard very good things about NOD32, must try it out sometime I feel like actually paying for Antivirus s/w.

robbie1876

Lump wrote:

What are you doing with 32 Virus' on your pc to begin with?

John

Exactly what I was thinking too, when AVG finished its full scan I was expecting a big message flashing up on screen saying "AVG has detected 32 viruses and 1 case of carpal tunnel syndrome"

Rollo Tamasi

Lump wrote:

I can actually read suprisingly enough! The point I was making, is how does one get 32 Virus' on to one's PC in the first place!

Dodgy porn I agree!

John

could be that AVG found Norton's Quarantine list and went bananna's

DingDong wrote:

I use NOD32 I think its the best AV software out there.

I agree, i switched from AVG to Nod 32 and it's much better, scans are a lot quicker, nicer interface and updates itself daily same as AVG.

SeanW

tomED wrote:

Hi Everyone,

Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good antivirus software other than Norton.

I found the latest version of Norton to be extremely heavy on resources and just want something simple to run in the backgroud without slowing my machine.

Thanks in advance!
Tom

Grrr ... Norton is evil.

AVG anti Virus is relatively good, but it missed 2 viruses on my machine in the last year, still though its free.

And as to how you can get viruses - very easily. Dodgy websites can put them on your machine, very easily especially if you're using an insecure installation of Internet Explorer, don't have a firewall port scanners can patch into something, also dodgy attachments to emails that look like they come from a friend (thought its mostly non-tech n00bs that fall for that one).

My old trick had been to disable all scripting features on IE and depend on my firewall (McAffee Personal Firewall Express) to keep the crap out, and use AVG AV only as a pennultimate line of defense, but I got hit by the WMF bug last week (AVG didnt pick up the resulting loader.exe but my firewall did) after that I said f*ck this and started using FireFox.

mukki

it was probably the same virus 32 times

it was just trying to spread its seed throughout the machine

robbie1876

mukki wrote:

it was probably the same virus 32 times

it was just trying to spread its seed throughout the machine

Yeah, it was a long time ago, but I do remember they were all of the same type, maybe with slight variations.

Lump

Well that makes sense I guess. The argument of Cracks/illegal stuff I don't understand. I download stuff and I never have had a virus.

John

Fanny Cradock

i can't believe that nobody had mentioned !avast

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html


it's free, automatically updates on a daily basis, very thorough scan and runs a number of provider scanners, e.g. p2p scanner etc.

avg and this can also be run in conjunction with one another and NOT cause conflicts.

irishgeo

I am using kapersky and its the best. It even removed program from my computer that contain spyware. I got of ares galaxy because it contained spyware.

its not free but its updates itself every time you go on the net.

kaimera

More kudos for Nod32.

mneylon

F-prot is the only thing I would use on windows