What antivirus software is considered top of the line? I'm currently playing with a trial version from norton. It discovered 85 F*CKING WORM infected files.
thanx,
phoenix
thanx,
phoenix
Antivirus Software recomendation.
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Norton is considered to be the best. I've used TrendMicro's PcCillin for years and it has steadily improved to the point I'll claim it is as good as Nortons.
Another vote for Norton.
IMO if you have the extra money, go for Norton Systemworks. It is a much better value.
IMO if you have the extra money, go for Norton Systemworks. It is a much better value.
apoppin
Lifer
Does anybody NOT like InnoculateIT Personal Edition?
It works fine for me. Best of all the software AND regular web updates are FREE!
I used to have MacAfee and didn't like it - it was a resource hog (plus it cost money).
It works fine for me. Best of all the software AND regular web updates are FREE!
I used to have MacAfee and didn't like it - it was a resource hog (plus it cost money).
I actually like Mcafee better than Norton's now that I've played around with both...though that may be because of a general dislike of Norton products...
If I had to go out of the ballpark, I also like AntiViral toolkit Pro by Data Fellows. They made that awesome DOS AV software F-Prot
What am I running right now for AV? Nothing. Paranoid+obssessive compulsively careful = generally avoids viruses
The only thing that's ever taken me by surprise was Win95.CIH (that outbreak during...May/June 98 I think), and that's when I got AVP and cleaned it up.
If I had to go out of the ballpark, I also like AntiViral toolkit Pro by Data Fellows. They made that awesome DOS AV software F-Prot
What am I running right now for AV? Nothing. Paranoid+obssessive compulsively careful = generally avoids viruses
The only thing that's ever taken me by surprise was Win95.CIH (that outbreak during...May/June 98 I think), and that's when I got AVP and cleaned it up.
Hey,
Thanks for your responses guys. It looks like Norton has won this round. While I like free software I'm just not comfortable with it in this situation (call it superstition if you like lol). Any way since someone suggest norton system works I will give that one some attention. As I was only looking for antivirus software but if I see something in system works that I feel is worth it I might go that route instead.
Now as for cost its not that big of a factor if I feel its warrented or is worth the price. An example of this is I saw that F-Secure has their Antivirus software price for a single license is $125, which is totally unacceptable for me since Norton is also in a similar league.
So as you can see if the price is warrented I'm not going to cry over it, but if its not I am not going to pay it.
I have never really been concerned with virii before. This is only my second virus infection in roughly 10 years. But this one caught me 1) by complete surprise and 2) this infection was on a severity many times that of the last time. 85 friggin files completely destroyed, INCLUDING WSOCK32.DLL which if I didn't have another computer system in the house to take it from it would have created some major problems for me. So generally I am not all that concerned I'm just trying to take some precautions.
Thankyou all for your suggestions and advice it looks like I will go with Norton Antivirus but whether or not I get Norton System Works or not is now in debate. LMAO Funny isn't it?
-phoenix-
Thanks for your responses guys. It looks like Norton has won this round. While I like free software I'm just not comfortable with it in this situation (call it superstition if you like lol). Any way since someone suggest norton system works I will give that one some attention. As I was only looking for antivirus software but if I see something in system works that I feel is worth it I might go that route instead.
Now as for cost its not that big of a factor if I feel its warrented or is worth the price. An example of this is I saw that F-Secure has their Antivirus software price for a single license is $125, which is totally unacceptable for me since Norton is also in a similar league.
So as you can see if the price is warrented I'm not going to cry over it, but if its not I am not going to pay it.
I have never really been concerned with virii before. This is only my second virus infection in roughly 10 years. But this one caught me 1) by complete surprise and 2) this infection was on a severity many times that of the last time. 85 friggin files completely destroyed, INCLUDING WSOCK32.DLL which if I didn't have another computer system in the house to take it from it would have created some major problems for me. So generally I am not all that concerned I'm just trying to take some precautions.
Thankyou all for your suggestions and advice it looks like I will go with Norton Antivirus but whether or not I get Norton System Works or not is now in debate. LMAO Funny isn't it?
-phoenix-
Another vote for InnoculateIT Personal Edition. I've found that Norton products are generally buggy and cause more problems than they're worth. Norton AV is also a well know resource hog. If you're careful, you'll probably never have a virus, just check before you load.
...hag
...hag
Hag,
I usually do. I seriously have NO IDEA what file was the source of the virus. Like I said this is the second time in 10 years pretty damn good odds if you ask me. I'm just trying to hedge my bets. lol Anyway, resource hoggin is a concern of mine hence why I never used AV software to begin with, never liked the idea of it always running in background. lol Anyway I'll see what I decide soon.
-phoenix-
I usually do. I seriously have NO IDEA what file was the source of the virus. Like I said this is the second time in 10 years pretty damn good odds if you ask me. I'm just trying to hedge my bets. lol Anyway, resource hoggin is a concern of mine hence why I never used AV software to begin with, never liked the idea of it always running in background. lol Anyway I'll see what I decide soon.
-phoenix-
InnoculateIT is great, easily as good as Norton IMO. The .dat files are updated regularly, and the prog itself is very stable and not a memory hog at all. I'm not sure why it's free, but that doesn't reflect on its quality.
I have used both Innoculate IT PE and Norton AntiVirus 2001.
Innoculate IT has good detection rates, and doesn't seem to slow down my system at all and has got good reviews. But I feel that Norton is far superior, because it is a more refined product that has some killer features such as automatic liveupdate (you don't have to remember to updates the virus definition files, it does it automatically!) and the best detection rates of any antivirus package when a scan is run on a particular file or folder. Its Auto-Protect function is good, but slightly behind McAfee's for 'on-the fly' protection, in terms of detection. Norton is slower that Innoculate IT, especially when you try to open up a MS Word document and it scan it before opening it, but it is not too slow. Norton AntiVirus 2001 to me seems to feel quicker then the previous version, and it scans quicker and is less of a resource hog than the old version.
Innoculate IT is good for what it is, but it can't really compete with Norton, but Norton does cost money, but it is worth it.
ANOTHER VOTE FOR NORTON ANTIVIRUS!
NOTE: Stay away from Mcafee Anti Virus! It toally trashed my system when I tried to update it and eventually had to reinstall Windows.:|
Take Care,
UKspace
Innoculate IT has good detection rates, and doesn't seem to slow down my system at all and has got good reviews. But I feel that Norton is far superior, because it is a more refined product that has some killer features such as automatic liveupdate (you don't have to remember to updates the virus definition files, it does it automatically!) and the best detection rates of any antivirus package when a scan is run on a particular file or folder. Its Auto-Protect function is good, but slightly behind McAfee's for 'on-the fly' protection, in terms of detection. Norton is slower that Innoculate IT, especially when you try to open up a MS Word document and it scan it before opening it, but it is not too slow. Norton AntiVirus 2001 to me seems to feel quicker then the previous version, and it scans quicker and is less of a resource hog than the old version.
Innoculate IT is good for what it is, but it can't really compete with Norton, but Norton does cost money, but it is worth it.
ANOTHER VOTE FOR NORTON ANTIVIRUS!
NOTE: Stay away from Mcafee Anti Virus! It toally trashed my system when I tried to update it and eventually had to reinstall Windows.:|
Take Care,
UKspace
I am using Norton but I am getting pissed that they are only giving you 1 year of free virus signature update.
xtreme2k, while that is true, you can still get the updates for free after the end of 1 year but you have to download a whole new AV definitions file on each update occassion from symantec. the file size is about 2.2Mb!
As far as I know, even downloading that wont help. While my NAV2000 subscription isnt over. I have downloaded the NVA2001 trial and honestly, it arent even an 'upgrade'. Norton didnt make much modification that is worth the upgrade. Just a slight interface change compared to NAV2000 (actually NAV2000 looks better than 2001) is not worth crap in my opinion.
My understanding of Inocculate IT is that it is a network soulution, obviously a comercial product. Since home users are not a market focus for them, they decided to give it away for single license use.
I bet they get some valuable feedback from freebie users that has made there comercial product all that better, so the feedback is probably well worth there providing the free download.
So my thought is if it is good for a network, and network admin. choose use it, it should be good for me too. And it is the best AV software I have used, along with AVP.
So in this case, free is good. Real good. The best.
I bet they get some valuable feedback from freebie users that has made there comercial product all that better, so the feedback is probably well worth there providing the free download.
So my thought is if it is good for a network, and network admin. choose use it, it should be good for me too. And it is the best AV software I have used, along with AVP.
So in this case, free is good. Real good. The best.
Innoculate scores at the very bottom of the barrel in the ability to detect a virus in every test I've ever read about it..
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