Guest lightnix Posted April 15, 2004 Posted April 15, 2004 Given that Norton apparently may not always catch everything, even when fully updated and that my renewal is due soon; what are your recommendations for top-notch anti virus protection ?
gareth Posted April 15, 2004 Posted April 15, 2004 Been using Norton for the last three years or so, and it does the job perfectly well for me ...
MikeR Posted April 15, 2004 Posted April 15, 2004 AVG has trapped every virus thats come my way and has the added bonus of being free. Course it may have missed some that I dont know about... more info on AVG here
Big Dave Posted April 15, 2004 Posted April 15, 2004 Another vote for AVG. I've been using it for about 5 years and as long as its updated regularly, its caught everything thats ever been sent to me. Other huge bonus is that is doesn't install load of crap on your computer like Norton!
Brian Posted April 15, 2004 Posted April 15, 2004 I use Norton but have problems with getting it to co-operate with some other system utilities (spam filters etc). At the moment I'm having to run it with email scanning turned off to get it to run alongside my spam filter of choice. I have a couple of friends who work in IT and tell me that this is quite common. They recommend AVG. A thought I'm having is to put together a seperate machine (I have all the bits) to run as a firewall/mail server/spam filter running Linux. This would then sit between me and the outside world.
deranged-angel Posted April 15, 2004 Posted April 15, 2004 yup I'm also an AVG lover. Updates really easily and it's free!!! My dad can even drive it and it does the trick. Stopped any viruses getting to me just you wait.... I'll get one now ive said that..... Emxxx
Tom_Barton Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 Computer Associates E-Trust is what I use and its very good. No probs with any filters or fire walls you might already use. I dont know how many other programs have this function but you can set up E-Trust to automatically update itself with the lates virus signatures so its always up to date. It does cost a bit though, not sure how much, I managed to get my copy from my brother who works for them. Maybe AVG is the best bet if its free and seems to be getting good reports. I did use norton for a while though and found it generally a bit pants, definately worth changing in my opinion! Too many complete reformats to count! Tom
olistockman Posted April 22, 2004 Posted April 22, 2004 Brian, the Linux idea is well tried and tested, I run a similar set up at home (alhough all my computers bar 1, and my laptop, are running Linux anyway!) and it works perfectly. Be aware that Linux machines are much less likely to get a virus than a windows machine, as all the hacker community enjoys tampering with the BigM's systems (with over 90% of the worlds computers on MS, it's a fairly obvious target) Just make sure you set your user accounts up correctly, and you install a tripwire, as Linux machines are easily compromised by hand (rather than by a virus) if your superuser accounts don't have decent passwords, or you assign processes to be run from a non-superuser account.O
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