recommend a good antivirus?

[blackinches]

i was using norton av 7.6 corp edition, but i hear that the norton and mcaffee stuff isn't so great. someone recommended etrust ez antivirus any thought on that or other av recommendations?

 

[blackinches]

anybody?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

The most effective virus protection is between your ears. Don't open attachments from anything other than a completely reliable source, don't use known vulnerable products like OE and exercise a little common sense and any virus scanner will be fine. Go around downloading anything you see from usenet or Kazaa and no AV software on earth will save you, eventually something will get through. That's for the simple reason that no AV software is completely foolproof. Writing a virus is childs play (literally in many cases) and a product that catches them all today will let a half dozen new ones through tomorrow. The trick is not to be exposed to them in the first place.

1) Use any decent AV software like Norton, AVG or McAfee
2) Keep your definitions up to date.
3) Rely on your brain, not your software.

 

[VicodiN]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
The most effective virus protection is between your ears. Don't open attachments from anything other than a completely reliable source, don't use known vulnerable products like OE and exercise a little common sense and any virus scanner will be fine. Go around downloading anything you see from usenet or Kazaa and no AV software on earth will save you, eventually something will get through. That's for the simple reason that no AV software is completely foolproof. Writing a virus is childs play (literally in many cases) and a product that catches them all today will let a half dozen new ones through tomorrow. The trick is not to be exposed to them in the first place.

1) Use any decent AV software like Norton, AVG or McAfee
2) Keep your definitions up to date.
3) Rely on your brain, not your software.

A Damn good rule to live by...

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
The most effective virus protection is between your ears. Don't open attachments from anything other than a completely reliable source, don't use known vulnerable products like OE and exercise a little common sense and any virus scanner will be fine. Go around downloading anything you see from usenet or Kazaa and no AV software on earth will save you, eventually something will get through. That's for the simple reason that no AV software is completely foolproof. Writing a virus is childs play (literally in many cases) and a product that catches them all today will let a half dozen new ones through tomorrow. The trick is not to be exposed to them in the first place. 1) Use any decent AV software like Norton, AVG or McAfee 2) Keep your definitions up to date. 3) Rely on your brain, not your software.

Use your brain, but find software you can rely on, would be my take. Your brain can't stop scripts from devious websites altho antivirus programs can. NAV is an excellent antivirus package, altho some like free ones like Avast and AVG (which I haven't completely been able to get to work with web2pop tho).

 

[TheCorm]

Too true....I have found that some users brains are very vunerable to virus attacks, I have tried downloading a common sense patch but to no avail....they still can't resist a file that is named something like "britney spears naked.doc.exe".

Corm

 

[blackinches]

yeh me no trust the attatchments and what not, but for peace of mind i would like to at least install a decent av.

 

[calpha]

Panda panda panda.

Me hates Norton.

 

[kermalou]

is panda better than avg?

 

[calpha]

Originally posted by: kermalou
is panda better than avg?

I can't say.

But if you buy Panda....you can generally buy in 3 year packs when you buy the corp setup. I bought it for home and bought 5 licenses.

It was about $60 a seat.....but it's for three years, and the tech support is 24/7. The biggest reason I went with panda is that if you get a virus and you're using their software, they'll stay w/ you on the phone until you get rid of it. I've been using computers for over 15 years now, and I was sorely unprepared for all the hell that Nimda laid to waste on my computer. I was behind a firewall, so that was ok, but I went to a test for Nimda whole site, and I got infected.....after that, I didn't know I was infected for another week b/c my copy of Norton was old.....I think it was running 2000.....and the latest def pack on the day that I figured out I got the virus didn't find it. I used symatec's NimdaRemove.exe instead....and then I got it again b/c I didn't know that much about Nimda (I hadn't removed it from all of my computers).

So...to make a long story short....I contacted Panda about buying a version (sales) and told him that I was currently infected w/ Nimda. He directed me to the web site for active scan (which works much like Symatec's), and then told me if I wasa interested, he would offer a 30 day return policy (which I accepted), and directed me to the website to download the setups. He told me as soon as I was done downloading to call in tech support and they'd help me get Nimda off everything.

As far as the product goes....I've not had a single virus since that day....nor a single Antivirus Software problem. The one time that my update failed was because I didn't read the email they sent out (the newest version required an uninstall).

I know a long answer.....but that experience, plus great tech support, on top of a pretty solid product is why you'll have to pry panda from my cold dead lifeless fingers. I'll never change. I'm no expert at the diff't AV Co's....but I sure can't offer a single complaint about panda.

 

[theAnimal]

See AV Test.org for comparison tests.