antivirus softwere

Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Canberra

Hi Guys,

Got the internet on at home now and was wondering what the best antivirus softwere was (preferably free?)?

Would be great if you could help

Thanks

Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Location: Hidden

Basically it dpends who you talk to, macafee is good, not free,, nortans is bad, Trend micro is ok, again not free, pc cillian is like also by trend micro and mostly free, AVG is good and fairly free.. many differnt ones out there really

Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Location: Brisbane

I use AVG. It is free.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

Used it for years and never had any issues with it.

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:17 pm

NOD32 but its not free.

Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Location: brisbane

Utemad wrote:

I use AVG. It is free.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

Used it for years and never had any issues with it.

we have this works well Very Happy

we also use nortons it doesnt work so well Crying or Very sad

Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Location: Brisbane Southside

*off topic *
I have never had any issues with Nortons System works...
seems alot of people say its crap though.

Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Location: Hidden

happygutz wrote:

*off topic *
I have never had any issues with Nortons System works...
seems alot of people say its crap though.

I dare you to diable it and get it to stay that way for an hour

not to get a ttacked, but to prove it can't be done if you needed to

Joined: 22 Dec 2004 Location: im at wello point

http://www.download.com/McAfee-SecurityCenter/3000-2239_4-10108376.html?tag=lst-0-3

works awesome Very Happy

Joined: 11 May 2004 Location: Newcastle

AVG is free and works well

Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Location: Melbourne Australia

Utemad wrote:

I use AVG. It is free.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

Used it for years and never had any issues with it.

Best free antivirus I know of by miles. And doesn't dick around with your system in ways you don't want it to.

Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Location: Sydney

Good to know AVG is ok Very Happy

Been using it for a while now - but it was always in the back of my mind that "Free = not so good" Confused

I feel protected and secure now - I will sleep well tonight - thanks guys #Rofl

Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Location: Land of Plenty

http://safety.live.com

Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Location: Kingston, Tassie

Avast is also a good one similar to AVG if not better with more features and its free too, i highley reccomend both!!!

Also your antivirus cant cover everything on your pc, u need other spyware programs like ad-aware, spybot search and destroy & spyware blaster all used together to find 99% of the nasties, just an antivirus wont pick it all up.

Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Location: In the Goatshed in Melbourne

AVG works as well as any of the others, and it's free. Remember to update regularly.

I actually run a couple of antivirus products at once, as you often find that one will pick up things the other completely misses.

There a a number of free packcages on the web for download, some are better than others....main difference is in ease of updating files and the size of update files.

MAKE SURE YOU RUN A FIREWALL: www.zonelabs.com

I also run:

Spybot S&D: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/

and:

Hijack This (only recommend it if you know what you're doing)

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html - scroll down to "Official Downloads"

Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Location: Regents Park

IMHO

i see this everyday at work

computer comes in with a virus on it and guess what anti virus is on it AVG its free its crap and doesnt do the job that norton or other do ( norton isnt that good either but just about the pick of the bunch ) @ 40$$ you cant go wrong McAfee is a waste of time screws with you system and can leave it as unstable as a 12yr old on crack! Also one to try is Trend Micro Pc Cillin its not to shabby but!

I personally use Computer Associates E-Trust found it to be awesome never ever had a problem with it even running it on my server.

Just my 2c worth

Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Location: Kingston, Tassie

Well u have to tell the customer to run at least 1 antivi etc weekly if not more often and also use firefox if they dont already.

er posting hijack this is a bit dodge, only use this if u know what your doing people lol, this could be funny if someone deletes everything lol!!!

Do other people reccomend firefox? most people dont even know the dif, but the pc certainly does when its not getting infected from every crack and pron site..

Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Lost in Melbourne.

the biggest issue with customers is getting them to update the antivirus... even with autoupdate turned on.. dont ask me how or why they turn it off...

Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Location: Shed.

unix/linux is the best antivirus software. linux is technically free.

Joined: 24 Oct 2002 Location: ACT

dumbdunce wrote:

unix/linux is the best antivirus software. linux is technically free.

i run a linux box with ipcop on it here as a firewall, all traffic in/out has to go through it. haven't had any attacks since. had plenty before i set that up ROFL..

Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Location: Land of Plenty

Wendle wrote:

dumbdunce wrote:

unix/linux is the best antivirus software. linux is technically free.

i run a linux box with ipcop on it here as a firewall, all traffic in/out has to go through it. haven't had any attacks since. had plenty before i set that up ROFL..

That setup is ok for 0.1% of the population, the other 99.9% can bugger any system they use. It's not all about the technology. There needs to be some user awarness too.

Joined: 11 May 2004 Location: Newcastle

kroozer91 wrote:

IMHO

i see this everyday at work

computer comes in with a virus on it and guess what anti virus is on it AVG its free its crap and doesnt do the job that norton or other do ( norton isnt that good either but just about the pick of the bunch ) @ 40$$ you cant go wrong McAfee is a waste of time screws with you system and can leave it as unstable as a 12yr old on crack! Also one to try is Trend Micro Pc Cillin its not to shabby but!

I personally use Computer Associates E-Trust found it to be awesome never ever had a problem with it even running it on my server.

Just my 2c worth

I also use VET and its great but most peolple refuse to pay for anti virus software so I think that AVG is better than going bare back

My parents have run it for years no drama are your customers updating regularly?

Joined: 01 May 2005 Location: Ferntree Gully

I'm very happy with Avast, use Sygate firewall with it... Both free... If I was goin to pay for antivirus, I wouldn't go past Nod32... Only problem I had with Avast was it doesn't like ZoneAlarm, will give you BSOD if used together.

Joined: 28 Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne

Don't know what everyone's issue with Norton's is...never had a problem and its protecting 15+ PCs at work - and half of the users have no idea whatsoever.

Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Location: Brisbane

dumbdunce wrote:

unix/linux is the best antivirus software. linux is technically free.

The man is correct.
And these days some distro´s come with a nice shiny gui that makes it very easy to use.
Its free and its very easy to setup a dual boot pc. I currently am running a mandrake linux partition (going back to FC4 soon) and windows partition. Use linux for my day to day stuff, and windows when I need to edit using avid. No crashes, no viruses, no problems, and free. Extra software is free and easy to install with urpmi.

Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Lost in Melbourne.

Ben wrote:

Don't know what everyone's issue with Norton's is...never had a problem and its protecting 15+ PCs at work - and half of the users have no idea whatsoever.

I run nortons at home, never had an issue, I update it daily even if not needed.. but have yet to find a business running it.
most Ive worked with run Trend Micro...

Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Canberra

Thanks Guys,

You have all been a big help, after alot of talking to many people decided to go with AVG.

Thanks again

Mrs MK Patrol Smile

Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Location: Hidden

ato be honest the only reason why I run antivirus on thei pc is because I hate nortans and it came free with the computer, I couldn't uninstall it so I installed something over the top which uninstalled it.

I have decided the best antivirus software avalible is divorce. onlyh reason i have gottten a virus since mine is cause I asked the ex to show me where I could get something, I learned that one pretty freaking quick. but he tells me his virus scanner picks up 2 -3 viruses a day, I wonder if he thinks maybe it's what he is doing with it that is causing the attacks?

Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Location: Brisbane

kroozer91 wrote:

IMHO

i see this everyday at work

computer comes in with a virus on it and guess what anti virus is on it AVG its free its crap and doesnt do the job that norton or other do

I use AVG and update it whenever I use the computer whether it turns out it needed it or not. It has certainly picked up a few viruses but I have never had an issue with it.

Maybe the sort of people who need to take their computer to a shop to get a problem sorted are the sort of people who don't realise you need to update your virus scanner daily?

I have sorted a few friends computers which have been virus ridden. They use various virus scanners between them but they all fit into the category above. Update?? what's that?

Joined: 26 Jun 2003

I use N*A*M once daily, never had a virus since.

Joined: 12 Dec 2002 Location: Wangaratta

blkmav wrote:

Wendle wrote:

dumbdunce wrote:

unix/linux is the best antivirus software. linux is technically free.

i run a linux box with ipcop on it here as a firewall, all traffic in/out has to go through it. haven't had any attacks since. had plenty before i set that up ROFL..

That setup is ok for 0.1% of the population, the other 99.9% can bugger any system they use. It's not all about the technology. There needs to be some user awarness too.

And that 0.1% of the population are the ones who know about the differing vectors viruses use to infect a system, and close those doors..

I could not agree more user awareness is the key..