sav or avast?

[badgolferman]

I have access through work to install Symantec Antivirus Corporate
Edition 9.0 for my home PC. Updates would be done manually. I am
currently using AVAST 4.1. Of the two, which would you choose?

 

[Nicolas VALLET]

I have access through work to install Symantec Antivirus Corporate
Edition 9.0 for my home PC. Updates would be done manually. I am
currently using AVAST 4.1. Of the two, which would you choose?

I would recommend you Avast, which is free and has automatic update.
Detection rates is more or less equal.

 

[Hurricane Andrew]

If you have access to Symantec, go with it. It's much faster and
significantly less bloat than the consumer version.

 

[badgolferman]

Detection rates is more or less equal.

How do you know this?

 

[Nicolas VALLET]

How do you know this?

According to this test,
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=62&mnu=62
, Avast performs as well as SAV.

Regards,
Nick

 

[Jay]

I have access through work to install Symantec Antivirus Corporate
Edition 9.0 for my home PC. Updates would be done manually. I am
currently using AVAST 4.1. Of the two, which would you choose?

An FYI:

Avast's projected release date for new version 4.6 Home/Pro is February
19th:

List of most important changes in this release:

-Added the new "Web Shield" resident provider for on-access scanning of HTTP
traffic. Under NT-based systems, it should work automatically. On Win9x, you
have to tell your browser to use HTTP proxy 127.0.0.1 on port 12080.

-Added NNTP (Usenet News) scanner to the Internet Mail provider. Under
NT-based systems, it works transparently; under Win9x, the Mail Protection
Wizard will help you set up the account (Outlook Express only).

-Added new unpacker for Outlook Express archives (.dbx files)

-Fixed crashing of the program when it found a boot/MBR virus

-The updater should now work with the default proxy settings even if IE is
set to the "Work Offline" mode

-Avast now distinguishes between various malware categories and reports them
differently.

-Greatly optimized memory footprint of the avast processes (especially
ashServ.exe)

-Added support for long license keys (8-digit customer number)

-The Explorer Extension scanner should now work even under 64-bit Windows

-Under 64-bit Windows, the scan of the SYSTEM32 directory now works
correctly

-Fixed the problem with very slow start of the avast on-access scanner
service on certain Windows 2000 configurations with MS Outlook installed

-Fixed some problems in the GZIP unpacker

-Fixed problems related with on-access scanning of named pipes (Windows
NT/2000/XP Standard Shield)

-Hyperlinks in configuration property sheets now finally have correct
background color

-Attempt to fix sound-related problems under Win9x

-Added Romanian and Bulgarian language packs

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=10676.0

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=10806.0

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=11029.0

 

[History Fan]

Avast's projected release date for new version 4.6 Home/Pro is February

19th:

Thanks for the info. Sounds like an interesting upgrade.

 

[Ian Kenefick]

Thanks for the info. Sounds like an interesting upgrade.

My computer at work has got SAV on it. It's more stable than its
retail sister for sure - and to my knowledge better detection than
Avast.


Regards,
Ian Kenefick
http://www.ik-cs.com

 

[History Fan]

Oops. I didn't realize this was beta software.

 

[What's in a Name?]

I am trying out the beta version,so far the web shield nullified sygate
personal firewall-no more prompts from sygate about outgoing
connections.They said it is a
"loopback problem" and nothing they can do about it.
-max

 

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

Jay skrev:

-Added the new "Web Shield" resident provider for on-access scanning of HTTP
traffic. Under NT-based systems, it should work automatically. On Win9x, you
have to tell your browser to use HTTP proxy 127.0.0.1 on port 12080.

How would this interfer with WebWasher (which also uses proxy on
127.0.0.1 to filter the traffic). Would like to use them both

-Added NNTP (Usenet News) scanner to the Internet Mail provider. Under
NT-based systems, it works transparently; under Win9x, the Mail Protection
Wizard will help you set up the account (Outlook Express only).

Same system as for e-mail. Will the old method work for NNTP as well
with XP (you can set avast to still use the 127.0.0.1 mail-server)