A good Anti Virus program needed

[Ian]

hi,
I just found out symantic are no longer doing virus definition updates for my AV program, can anyone recommend a good AV program? I have heard that some are very heavy on system resources when it is running in the background etc, and others that cant detect a damn thing to save themselves. So whats the gossip, whats good and whats not, I would sure like to know before putting money into a program that is useless.
Thanks for any input, advice or suggestions.

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[SteveS235]

I use Trend's PC-cillin. I've never had any problems with slowdowns or resources while using it. You can update from the internet, and after a year now (and monthly updating), I have yet to be infected with a virus.

You can check it out at:
http://www.antivirus.com/pc-cillin

You can download a 30 day trial to see if you like it, and at $29.95 to buy, it's not a bad price.

The real time virus tracker is a neat feature also. Just click on the banner at the top of the page.

Hope this helps.

[Doni FN]

I use AVP at http://www.avp.com its the best ive seen or used so far

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[Ian]

Hi,
Many thanks so far guys, I'm going to download the trials of both of them and see how they go.
Doni, I see there are several versions of AVP, what version are you running? AntiViral Toolkit Pro Platinum, AntiViral Toolkit Pro Gold, AntiViral Toolkit Pro Silver. AntiViral Toolkit Pro Platinum is $99.00 which is a lot for me, but will pay it if I find its a good program.
Thanks again.

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[jalouda]

i use dr solomon's virus scan toolkit (formerly dr solomon's anti virus toolkit). that's a network associates http://www.nai.com product. but it seems to be aimed at corporate rather than residential users. the price certainly is - approx $100 for a year. although US price may well be cheaper.

i got hit with a virus once (kak worm) but at that time updates were only mailed quarterly. now you can download *weekly* updates from the net, so i hope to have no further incidents.

anyway, my point is that you may need to consider the support factor. maybe you know how to get rid of the virus if you become infected by following help files on the internet, but that wasn't enough for me. luckily, the company that distributes the software in ireland offer telephone support. my virus software itself couldn't get rid of worms. i had to do that manually. there were lots of things to delete in all sorts of places and it took a few attempts and lots of phonecalls to tech support.

a few weeks later, i read an IT journalist's article. she had got the exact same virus but was using mcafee software with website support. her software had alerted her and she followed instructions on the website to get rid of it. but the instructions didn't cover all the ifs and buts and she kept getting reinfected and infected many others.

i know you would probably know what to do, but the support available if a virus does strike is an important issue for many. that's why i am happy to part with the money each year (well my dad is :D)


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[whkoh]

Why don't you try Symantec's Norton AntiVirus? They always have AV definations comiung out as far as I know. There is a trial version here (http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10093-100-2872672.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-5.2872672). McAfee (http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10093-100-895874.html?tag=st.dl.10093-106-1.lst-3-3.895874) is another one.

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[Wabanaki Web]

Originally posted by SteveS235
I use Trend's PC-cillin. I've never had any problems with slowdowns or resources while using it. You can update from the internet, and after a year now (and monthly updating), I have yet to be infected with a virus.

You can check it out at:
http://www.antivirus.com/pc-cillin

You can download a 30 day trial to see if you like it, and at $29.95 to buy, it's not a bad price.

The real time virus tracker is a neat feature also. Just click on the banner at the top of the page.

Hope this helps.

An entire chatroom I used to go to got a virus. It destroyed my harddrive, lucky for me it was new, so Seagate replaced it for free. Others weren't so lucky. I found out later that many were able to save their hard drives by going here:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/
It's a free ONLINE antivirus scan run by Trend, makers of pc-cillin. I figure if it is that good then I have to have it on my machine and bought pc-cillin. What I am saying is that neither McAfee or Symantec virus scanners caught the virus on other peoples computers, this one did. ( I was a newbie to the internet at the time, and wasn't running any virus scan software!)

[warrencon]

I use a product from Iceland called F-Prot that has been around a long time and has won many awards. I have 20 machines so I like it for it's low cost as well as it seems to be efective. Download updates on the web. Free trial.
Just do a search on "F-prot" with a dash.