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[binky]

I am going to go buy some anti-virus software very soon because I am always being stupid and opening contagious files when I am downloading. I am getting tired of formating my HD all the time and starting over with my backups. So be very honest with me guys. I need to know what type of anti-virus protection I should get and why I should get it over a different type. I need you guys to stay on topic on this one and not get into any battles if there is dogging on certain types of software. Please respond quickly. :praise: :praise:

[Jito463]

Well, AVG is a pretty decent one. And there's a free edition without some of the bells and whistles (www.grisoft.com). I even have a copy of it on my machine (not running in the background, though) as a backup scanner. But for my primary, full-time scanner I use NAV. I once loved McAfee, but it got so bloated and buggy. I switched to NAV years ago and have never looked back. Now, every time I have to fix a machine with McAfee on it, I just chuckle a little and be glad that it's not my machine with the problems.

[binky]

Keep em' comin.

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What is NAV? And where can I get it. Any Big stores carry it?

[zamiel]

Norton Anti Virus. You can get it from symantec.com. There have been a number of Viri written to attack this program as it seems to be one of the most prevelant scanners used.

The question is why weren't you using one right from the beginning?

[maxxcool]

i have to plug NAV as im biased (i work there!) but for a free alternative i would go with AVG.

on the terms of NAV, i HIGHLY reccomend sticking to 2004 or 2002... avoid 2003 like the boiling cyst of pusss it is.. bad bad mojo with the common client driver.

if by some strange chance you can get a copy of "corporate edition" from say work or or by a family member in some military branch i would go with that as long as your good on getting your updates on a regular basis.. but kepp it legal on how you get it.


maxx

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so i should get...

[Iluro80]

I ever liked Kaspersky Antiviral (old AVP) also knowing that sometimes takes too many resources since version 4 :/ As far as i know many important antivirals are using Kaspersky searching engine.

I could say... never use PANDA... many magazines says that is the best but it's really anoying and difficult to uninstal... and over 90% of people i met they've it, they've a lot of problems after uninstalation.

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ok

[dacre40]

For the last 2 years I have been using PC-cillin from Trend Micro. It was recommended to me from one of our computer gurus from work and it has worked fine. Has not let any viruses, trojans and the like through. As well, when I have emailed upgrade/virus questions etc to the help section they have replied with courteous and informative replies and not treated me as an idiot.

Hope this helps. :orig:

[Jito463]

avoid 2003 like the boiling cyst of pusss it is.. bad bad mojo with the common client driver.

How so? What klind of problems are you referring to? I ran NAV 2003 on my WinXP machine for almost a year before recently upgrading to 2004, and didn't have any problems. In fact, it ran better than 2004 (as 2004 is a bit of a resource hog). I still prefer 2004 over 2003, but I can't say I had any problems with it.

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anybody else?

[IGL]

personally, I _HATE_ NAV, it simply sucks.

I've always been pleased with Kaspersky Antivirus (former AVP) from Kaspersky Labs.

[binky]

well i think NAV won so that is the one i am going to get today. Is there any certain year of NAV that is the best. Becasue i am going to just buy 2004 model

[Smiley]

AVG=free download, free updates!

[Jito463]

True, and I like it as a backup scanner, but they've got version 7 of their AV out for a while now, and they're not going to release a free version of it. So v6 is the last free version they said they'll release.

[ZombieKIL]

I like Avast Antivirus Pro,
I like one option, you can set it to scan for virus on boot up,
Windows 2000/XP NTFS

[maxxcool]

avoid 2003 like the boiling cyst of pusss it is.. bad bad mojo with the common client driver.

How so? What klind of problems are you referring to? I ran NAV 2003 on my WinXP machine for almost a year before recently upgrading to 2004, and didn't have any problems. In fact, it ran better than 2004 (as 2004 is a bit of a resource hog). I still prefer 2004 over 2003, but I can't say I had any problems with it.

well the common client driver was introduced in 2003, it loads a crap load of "minder modules". i jumped retail and went corporate before i had to support 2003... all my friends that didnt make it to corporate bemoaned me for months how buggy the drivers were, causing explorer to hang...mass~ resource consumption.

the big problem was the pop mail redirector, it would go to sleep sometimes and you couldnt get mail! anyways...after 2004 released my remaining friends in retial noted that the driver was much more stable.

turns out that version 9 of saymantec AV corp (kelper) will be a bastardized copy of retial since we now have a "unified" support structure so this should be interesting.... but it should be good. asia-pac has been screaming for a mial scanner for corp for years.

anyways, 2003 was a 1.0 release so alot of people had issues with it. it was very sensitive to enviorment, and as you can imagine mom and pop and jhony six pack dont always have the most "functional" systems


maxx

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thanks participators

[Rolando]

I would also say AVG. it has worked excellently for me.