Alternatives to Symantec Anti-Virus 9.0?

[Zeitgeist]

Hello!

I am currently using Symantec Anti-Virus 9.0 for my antivirus solution.
I believe it is better than the bloated Norton Anti-Virus software by
the same company.

I am curious if there is even slimmer alternatives available out there
for an anti-virus solution. Something tiny, and allows free updates to
the virus definitions such as Symantec Anti-Virus 9.0 allows.

Tschuss,
ZG

 

[optikl]

Hello!

I am currently using Symantec Anti-Virus 9.0 for my antivirus solution.
I believe it is better than the bloated Norton Anti-Virus software by
the same company.

Well, version 9.0, Corporate Edition, does have features which previous
versions of CE did not. So, I don't know how you're calculating bloat.
In an enterprise environment, it is a good security management tool.
(I hesitate to use the word "solution", since kurt hates it so much).

I am curious if there is even slimmer alternatives available out there
for an anti-virus solution. Something tiny, and allows free updates to
the virus definitions such as Symantec Anti-Virus 9.0 allows.

Just how are you using this? In a corporate/small business environment?
You need to provide more information.

 

[Zeitgeist]

Sorry for lack of information. I am using it as a single-user on a home
PC.. no management system of it installed, just the single client. Which
gets updates from Symantec's "live update."

 

[The Judge]

NOD32

http://www.nod32.com/home/home.htm

 

[Joe Smoe]

www.grisoft.com AVG


NOD32

http://www.nod32.com/home/home.htm

 

[optikl]

Sorry for lack of information. I am using it as a single-user on a home
PC.. no management system of it installed, just the single client. Which
gets updates from Symantec's "live update."

I'm still not sure what you're looking for. You mention free updates.
Normally, updates are only free for the life of your license. So, almost
any product you look at will provide free updates, under license.

 

[Bill]

I am curious if there is even slimmer alternatives available out there
for an anti-virus solution. Something tiny, and allows free updates to
the virus definitions such as Symantec Anti-Virus 9.0 allows.

McAfee Enterprise is a lot like it. I'm sure there are a number of
other products available, but the question is would you be better off
using them?

 

[p51d007]

Not free (free updates though), but Nod32 has a nice small
footprint.....
Http://www.nod32.com

 

[Zeitgeist]

Not free (free updates though), but Nod32 has a nice small
footprint.....
Http://www.nod32.com

Thanks, yes it does seem prety small.

I hear it's one of the best too. I also hear F-Prot has a very small
footprint? THe one I'm looking for is just very small on memory and
bloat but is great at it's job.

 

[* * Chas]

Thanks, yes it does seem prety small.

I hear it's one of the best too. I also hear F-Prot has a very small
footprint? THe one I'm looking for is just very small on memory and
bloat but is great at it's job.

I can't speak for NOD32 but I've been using F-prot Windows on all of my
systems but one for several years. I've been pleased with the performance.

I've run NAV on my E-mail machine forever. My subscription is up in about
a week and it's gone after that.

There are 19 files in the F-Prot folder and 2 in Windows for a little over
8MBs total!

Very frequent updates and a very simple (almost too simple) interface.
Best of all, it's only $29.00 USD per year and you can install it on more
than 1 PC for personal use.

There's a free DOS on demand scanner from F-Prot that's very small and
fast but isn't designed for NTFS.