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GoinAllTheWay · 02-07-2008, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Buff

We use Symantec at work, it isn't as bad as Norton, but we're looking into other options because we fear Norton's bloatedness will quickly come Symantec's way.

I'm actually about to propose to the powers that be at my company to move to Avast Pro. Heard from other IT related people that it has worked out very well.

worth · 02-07-2008, 10:42 AM

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llama64 · 02-07-2008, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by worth

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photon · 02-07-2008, 12:13 PM

The new NOD32 is very nice as well, I like it, though it is a pay one. Their new version is quite lite on resource usage.

Antivir is another good free one, I like it better than AVG or Avast.

Buff · 02-07-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay

I'm actually about to propose to the powers that be at my company to move to Avast Pro. Heard from other IT related people that it has worked out very well.

We were looking at AVG, but I chimed in with my past experience with AVG (the enterprise edition or whatever it is called). Needless to say, my past experience wasn't very ideal. I can't remember the name of our top two choices. I want to say that TrendMicro is one of them, but I'm not sure. My colleague is handling that.

worth · 02-07-2008, 02:55 PM

I use AVG Internet Security and I find it to work very well. No problems whatsoever.

I-Hate-Hulse · 02-07-2008, 04:37 PM

I'm using TrendMicro right now. No major complaints yet - but I will say Trend Firewall causes a lot of conflicts.

GoinAllTheWay · 02-08-2008, 10:48 AM

Here is a side by side comparison of the more common scanners. Glad to see Avast doing well. Please keep in mind this list is in Alphabetical order, see right side for actual score.

http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/Results-2008q1.htm

llama64 · 02-08-2008, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

I'm using TrendMicro right now. No major complaints yet - but I will say Trend Firewall causes a lot of conflicts.

I'd recommend ditching the software firewall and using a hardware solution. Most software ones are just over kill if you're behind a hardware firewall, and since most routers come with them installed, software solutions are redundant.

Unless you connect to a lot of unsecured wireless access points that is.

worth · 02-08-2008, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay

Here is a side by side comparison of the more common scanners. Glad to see Avast doing well. Please keep in mind this list is in Alphabetical order, see right side for actual score.

http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/Results-2008q1.htm

That's interesting. How do you put out a product that only catches 55% of viruses?

Bobblehead · 02-08-2008, 11:27 AM

I find it interesting that if your software takes 4 hours to respond to "widespread malware" (how do they define that?) it is only average.

Vulcan · 02-08-2008, 02:42 PM

I used AVG and had poor luck with it but that may have had something to do with me using the Millinium OS. I've used Shaw Secure for a few years and it's worked well for me and I like the fact it's free from Shaw. It's actually F-Secure which does well in the ratings I've seen. On the downside, I think it's more of a resource pig than Norton but I've got a good fast computer.

Hack&Lube · 02-08-2008, 04:46 PM

I have not used antivirus's on my main computer for years. They are bloatware and and the resident ones scan everything as you work on each file and the overhead is ridiculous in addition to annoying live updates.

The fine line between viruses and spyware is almost gone, it's all malware and many spyware scanners will do fine for a sweep every now and then. Just make sure you immunize your system with Spybot, have teatimer to monitor registry changes, and then get fixes for any possible exploits and you should be clear to go. I've never had a virus in about 5 years. So glad I ditched Norton, Mcaffee, AVG, Kapersky, Bitdefender, etc.

If a major issue comes up, I run combofix.exe

RougeUnderoos · 02-11-2008, 08:12 PM

Okay so apparently I never really got rid of this thing because after a few days of adequate though slightly quirky (that I tried to ignore) performance, everything is indeed effed.

It's Windows XP and right now I'm logged in on a "guest account" and it seems to work decent enough, but I'd rather use my own actual user profile, since it's mine, and all my stuff is there. But it won't let me. It won't do anything. Outlook and Firefox simpy won't respond.

I've done the Trend scan, virus scans (still Norton -- installing anything new could, I fear, shut me out completely), Spybot scans, AdAware scans. They've all found bad stuff and apparently gotten rid of it, but still it is screwed up.

If I run those scans while logged in as "guest" will they pick stuff up across the whole machine, or does it just look at what "guest" has?

This is quite frustrating. Does anyone get anything out of messing up my computer?

photon · 02-11-2008, 08:23 PM

Guest has restricted access, so that's probably why things are better there, the bag programs can't do what they want

This just illustrates that even the best tools don't always get everything.

At this point I think you're quickly approaching rebuild territory, or at least using something like hijack this and going through the system with a fine toothed comb to get rid of anything unwanted.

Vulcan · 02-11-2008, 11:53 PM

I'd try using system restore before doing a new installation.

Shawnski · 02-11-2008, 11:58 PM

HijackThis is a good tool IF USED RESPONSIBLY!!!

You can find it here http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php

Download it, do a scan and post the results here. Do NOT make any changes via this program yet. It impacts your registry, and can seriously screw you up....

But by doing this, we can probably find your problem and it could be a good case study for all CPers.