looking for good anti-virus software

[Sagbay32]

I need to aquire some anti virus software and I wanted a few opinions on the subject. I do not think I have any on my new pc and am open to any and all suggestions. Should I go and buy software at retailer, or can I just d'load it online?

Thanks
Mike

[boxy]

Mike I use ez trust anti-virus, it works great, and is fairly unobtrusive. Check them out at www.my-etrust.com (http://www.my-etrust.com)
Take care

[Trueser]

Mike,

I use My-etrust also. 19.95 first year, 9.95 there after. Quick downloads automatic.


http://www.my-etrust.com/

See the above web site.

Good Luck.
Mike

[Sagbay32]

Thank you for your replies....any more comments out there?

Mike

[Fish boy]

SagaBay,
although I have never used EZ trust, I have used the two that our network administrators in a subsidiary telcom company of ours recommended when I asked the saem question.

His recommendation was McAfee or Norton.

At the time I was using Mcafee, and although it was a very good AV software, it is very difficult to uninstall, and tech support sucks when it does something it is not supposed to. Also, my mom is still using it and I was heling her with her coputer yesterday and got a message that looked like a virus message from Mcafee that tries to scare you into an upgrade, when it realy was just a list of new viruses. WHo needs this crap.

I began using Norton as soon as I got Klez about 9 months ago, and cannot say enough good about it. It automatically updates itself with the latest virus definitions, and catches, quarantines and deletes about one virus per week (mostly through spam- mostly klez). They are also all over new viruses so you get a new update before you get the virus. Install and forget about it. Really a great product. More expensive than EZ trust, but definately worth the money.

http://www.symantec.com/nav/nav_9xnt/

<small>[ March 19, 2003, 08:14 AM: Message edited by: Fshboy ]</small>

[Sagbay32]

Thanks fish,
I have used both Norton and McAfee, and I did like Norton better.

decisions decisions
Mike

[harbormaster]

I am a Norton Fan. Whatever you use, be sure to download new virus definitions at least once a week.

[MOP]

I used Norton and McAfee in the past, a tech buddie put me onto E Trust. I am into my second year with alot of catches but not infections, I use my machine for both play and work. E Trust updates each and every day. I do not think any of others do, niether Norton or McAfee did back when I was using them. I have a couple of Buds that do not use any anti virus because they are heavey gamers, they just never open attachments. They say the software slows game response. I also do not even from the very best of trusted friends open attachments.

http://www.my-etrust.com/

[TuxedoPk]

As a network security consultant, let me share a different view on this...

First, the virus checkers (Norton, McAfee, etc.) all share the signatures for viruses which is good for the industry. The bad news, is that none of the virus checkers do a good job at detecting trojans. So, in addition to virus software, your REALLY should be running a good trojan program. The best is a program called the "Cleaner" from a company called Moosoft. An eval can be downloaded from their website.

If you want to run your virus checker real time (always checking for viruses as opposed to running nightly/weekly,etc.), then the simple answer is McAfee. The Norton product is great, but REALLY slows down the performance of your computer when running in the background (as you should).

Hope this helps.. Considering how little I know about Donzis so far, I'm happy to find a thread that I can contribute to.

[Forrest]

I personally like Aladdin's eSafe (http://www.esafe.com) solutions and eSafe Desktop (http://www.esafedesktop.com) for standalone PCs. What's good about eSafe solutions is that it provides proactive content security and anti-virus protection through "sandbox" technology. Even if the virus, worm, trojan, etc. is unknown, or not in your signature tables, and it executes, it won't cause damage. Aladdin is based in Israel.

[TuxedoPk]

Forest, I agree that Aladdin's product is also quite good. Seems that Israel has been making some big bucks in this area. Checkpoint, the leading (back and forth with Cisco for marketshare) is also based in Israel.