Author: gerold daniels
Date: 01:20:18 12/14/05
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On December 14, 2005 at 02:54:16, Ross Boyd wrote: >On December 14, 2005 at 01:47:55, gerold daniels wrote: > >>On December 14, 2005 at 01:33:53, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>>Suggestions, opinions welcome. >>>Thanks, >>> Terry >> >>Hello Terry. Avast antivirus is pretty good. >> >>Gerold. > >Agreed. > >I'm (currently) a PC technician in a very busy PC repair shop so I get to see >what works and what doesn't. As far as _FREE_ AV software Avast is imho one of >the best. It has the added ability to schedule a run at startup before the >desktop loads which helps with removing sticky viruses. > >AVG is improving but imho has a way to go. > >By far the most overpriced, overrated and _ineffective_ AV program is Norton. We >get so many faulty PCs with NAV installed and 30+ viruses all resident with NAV >oblivious. And yet NAV is supposed to have one of the best detection rates. It >also slows down a PC to an incredible degree. I wouldn't touch it with a barge >pole. > >If you're willing to pay some money... >we have found NOD32 to be very effective at detecting potential viruses - with >the added benefit of having an extremely light footprint... ie it doesn't hog >the memory and CPU.... which is perfect when you're running chess engines. :-) >Finally, we're back on topic. :-) > >Kaspersky AV provides good protection also, but is very heavy weight and >sometimes over-aggressive to the point of stopping MS-Office VBA based software >from running correctly. > >And finally, its not only about Virus protection. Spyware and adware can cause >just as much havoc as a virus... except they don't procreate/proliferate. So you >need protection against those too. I recommend having several Anti-Spyware progs >on your PC... including Spyware Doctor, Spybot S&D and Adaware. The last two are >freebies. I also use Ewido, CounterSpy and TrendMicro's Anti-Spyware. > >May your PC run long and free, > >Ross (and TRACE) Hello Ross. Thanks for the info. about the spyware. I have been using Spybot and Adaware. Will add Trace. Good luck, Gerold.
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