What is the best antivirus software at the moment?
What is the best antivirus software at the moment?
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Hi everyone.
I was told that Bit Defend is the current champion. Is this true? Currently my workplace uses TrendMicro which has never been able to clean infected files at all. All it does is pop up message windows saying such and such malicious exe file is in the midst, and the most it can do is quarantine the affected files.
What software works best for you?
Thanks in advance,
jo
I was told that Bit Defend is the current champion. Is this true? Currently my workplace uses TrendMicro which has never been able to clean infected files at all. All it does is pop up message windows saying such and such malicious exe file is in the midst, and the most it can do is quarantine the affected files.
What software works best for you?
Thanks in advance,
jo






RE: What is the best antivirus software at the moment?
I use AVG free at home and multi-license Panda at work and have very few problems.
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Cheers
Greg Locock
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TTFN
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AVG is free? I will try it out then.
Actually, IT policy is very, very strictly enforced in my company. We don't have Kazaa, not supposed to even have personal mails sent to our office mails and up till recently, not even allowed to open online bank accounts other than our salary accounts.
Anyway, thanks again! :)
jo
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Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
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RE: What is the best antivirus software at the moment?
In addition to AV software, I utilize a variety of programs to combat or remove spyware/malware. Spywareblaster, Spybot Search and Destroy, and Ad-Aware all have free versions and seem quite useful in concert together. Throw in a registry cleaner like CCleaner and I have been happy with the results.
Regards,
RE: What is the best antivirus software at the moment?
I would suggest McAfee, Norton, TrendMicro etc.
Thanks,
G. Feric, PE
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tg
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Trend can be a pain in the rear to use.
The other two have multiple times caused me enough mysterious headaches that I would never ever use them again.
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: What is the best antivirus software at the moment?
For my next new PC I'm going to specifically request a clean install of windows, with no trial versions of anything.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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Emails are the big problem. Never open unrecognized emails bearing attachments. I often don't even open emails from people I know if they feel fishy. You know the ones. From relatives who forward a ton of crap daily to you. Interesting stuff created by spammers for email harvesting.
Oh the one thing I do regularily is run a rootkit checker. Very important. That's where they can hurt you. Key logging via a rootkit.
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
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:)
JHG
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Randall Shelaga C.E.T.
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My friend looks for viruses in web sites for a living and then sees which AV program catches the virus. She then sends the viruses on to the various AV vendors so they can add the detection of the virus to their next update.
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I bought a copy of Macafee which crashed the two computors that I loaded it on I ended up reformatting them both!!!.
Macafee support un-helpful.
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A colleague has also given the thumbs-up for Kaspersky btw.
Jo