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Anti Virus Review: Renew or Replace
Oscar_The_Grouch
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Good morning all,
I've seen an awful lot of threads here about different security progs and know that each has their strengths and weaknesses. I'm looking for some advice now.
We have several machines in the house, each with a different OS. All are running Windows, but we have XP, Vista and 7. I try to keep the AV progs up to date, but I really am not sure where I should be going.
MS already get their cut from the OS, so I'm not sure whether it's a good idea to give them the AV business as well. Having said that, the machine with 7 on is running Security Essentials and there have been no problems with it.
The other machines are all running McAfee and when they are due to be renewed, I'm wondering where to go next.
The only time I ever got a virus was when I used AVG and ZoneAlarm. I had back-ups, so rather than try and fix the problem, I just reinstalled XP after a complete format of the HDD. The XP version was SP1, so I then spent 3 hours doing updates and the like. I did discover that you get through more beer watching Windows re-install than you do during an afternoon of football, so it was not a complete waste.
McAfee is ok when it's just running in the background, but as soon as it starts doing its complete scan, you're best off just leaving the machine running and walking away for a couple of hours or cancelling the scan. What's the point in that? Also, I have some programmes that I have used for years and trust, but McAfee detects them as a virus (no other AV prog does) and disables them.
Norton - I've used the Corporate version as well as 2007/2008. Can't say I'm impressed. The Corporate version is very sluggish and I had loads of problems with the Norton firewall.
Security Essentials is the one that I've only been using for a couple of weeks. It seems ok, but do I want Microsoft to rule the AV world as well as the OS one?
What I'd really like is one AV that will work well on all the machines. It shouldn't take up too much of the processing power (lowest machine is 1.6Ghz with 1Gb RAM running XP Home) but should provide adequate security when running without the need for a full scan every time I blink. I don't want the "Daddy, what should I do with this pop-up?" every five minutes either! So as you can see, I don't want much!! Finally, I don't want to pay for it!!
Please feel free to give your humble (or not so humble) opinions, experiences and advice. All views are welcome!!
I've seen an awful lot of threads here about different security progs and know that each has their strengths and weaknesses. I'm looking for some advice now.
We have several machines in the house, each with a different OS. All are running Windows, but we have XP, Vista and 7. I try to keep the AV progs up to date, but I really am not sure where I should be going.
MS already get their cut from the OS, so I'm not sure whether it's a good idea to give them the AV business as well. Having said that, the machine with 7 on is running Security Essentials and there have been no problems with it.
The other machines are all running McAfee and when they are due to be renewed, I'm wondering where to go next.
The only time I ever got a virus was when I used AVG and ZoneAlarm. I had back-ups, so rather than try and fix the problem, I just reinstalled XP after a complete format of the HDD. The XP version was SP1, so I then spent 3 hours doing updates and the like. I did discover that you get through more beer watching Windows re-install than you do during an afternoon of football, so it was not a complete waste.
McAfee is ok when it's just running in the background, but as soon as it starts doing its complete scan, you're best off just leaving the machine running and walking away for a couple of hours or cancelling the scan. What's the point in that? Also, I have some programmes that I have used for years and trust, but McAfee detects them as a virus (no other AV prog does) and disables them.
Norton - I've used the Corporate version as well as 2007/2008. Can't say I'm impressed. The Corporate version is very sluggish and I had loads of problems with the Norton firewall.
Security Essentials is the one that I've only been using for a couple of weeks. It seems ok, but do I want Microsoft to rule the AV world as well as the OS one?
What I'd really like is one AV that will work well on all the machines. It shouldn't take up too much of the processing power (lowest machine is 1.6Ghz with 1Gb RAM running XP Home) but should provide adequate security when running without the need for a full scan every time I blink. I don't want the "Daddy, what should I do with this pop-up?" every five minutes either! So as you can see, I don't want much!! Finally, I don't want to pay for it!!
Please feel free to give your humble (or not so humble) opinions, experiences and advice. All views are welcome!!
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the main ones are
avast (use personally)
antivir (used to use but got fed up with pop ups)
MSE (generally very well regarded)
now all of the above generally come out very well in reviews so anyon should do you fine although Antivir might not be the best choice because of the pop up.
just remember you will need a firewall with these as well and the windows firewall other than on windows 7 is really not very good from my experience and in this i use comodo which i rate quite highlyDrop a brand challenge
on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)0 -
Avast for me.
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I use Avast & comodo Firewall -- Dave0
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It shouldn't take up too much of the processing power
Then try Avira, lowest footprint and sits quitely in the background (apart from the pop up window when updating)0 -
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It probably makes little difference which of the three already mentioned you choose but fwiw...
Avira gives me a false positive on a piece of software I find essential
It seems a little perverse to me to trust Microsoft to produce protection against malware that exploits security weaknesses in their operating systems (yes I know it gets good reviews).
So I use Avast0 -
HoofeHearted wrote: »You can always do this to remove the pop-ups!
You can Hoofy but I don't find it a hassle just to close the pop up considering the AV is free.0 -
kwikbreaks wrote: »It probably makes little difference which of the three already mentioned you choose but fwiw...
Avira gives me a false positive on a piece of software I find essential
It seems a little perverse to me to trust Microsoft to produce protection against malware that exploits security weaknesses in their operating systems (yes I know it gets good reviews).
So I use Avast
What software is that kwikbreaks?0 -
I use Avira. I dont know why everyone moans about a daily popup. Its free !!!!!!. Hardly the end of the world..........:idea:0
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I use Panda Cloud. It's free and it has "Cloud" in the name so you know it's good.0
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