any recommendations for Anti-Virus & Disk Partitioning ?

[neutrino]

I'v tried installing Avast onto a Vista Pc - even downloading the
latest free Home Version which is supposed to be Vista compatible,
but terrible results! pc hung, rebooted and immediately turned off
Avast, and system was ok.
Same for another - Paragon Partition Manager - it came up and I got as
far as ticking the boxes for creating a partition - then it hung!.. I
managed to kill to off, and tried again - but from there on it would
not get any further than the "Splash Screen" of the program.! then
wouldnt boot, tried tried and ended up reinstalling Vista !!!
So no more trying to partition with that, or having Avast as the A/V
program. even though both have been great on XP. any
reccomendations for an AV and a partitioning prog' for Vista??
t.h.a.n.k.s.

 

[ceed]

I'v tried installing Avast onto a Vista Pc - even downloading the
latest free Home Version which is supposed to be Vista compatible,
but terrible results! pc hung, rebooted and immediately turned off
Avast, and system was ok.
Same for another - Paragon Partition Manager - it came up and I got as
far as ticking the boxes for creating a partition - then it hung!.. I
managed to kill to off, and tried again - but from there on it would
not get any further than the "Splash Screen" of the program.! then
wouldnt boot, tried tried and ended up reinstalling Vista !!!
So no more trying to partition with that, or having Avast as the A/V
program. even though both have been great on XP. any
reccomendations for an AV and a partitioning prog' for Vista??
t.h.a.n.k.s.

I have been using almost everything out there over the years. The best
anti-virus out there in my opinion is Sophos who only delivers
enterprise solutions. However, there's one consumer product out there
which now includes the Sophos anti-virus engine: SpywSweeper with
AntiVirus. We now have this solution on several computers and do not
have problems with spyware nor viruses. This is a great running very
good combined solution which solves two problems in one go.

If you insist on a heavy-hitter stand alone anti virus package I would
go for NOD32. It's proven over time and runs well.

//ceed

 

[ceed]

I'v tried installing Avast onto a Vista Pc - even downloading the
latest free Home Version which is supposed to be Vista compatible,
but terrible results! pc hung, rebooted and immediately turned off
Avast, and system was ok.
Same for another - Paragon Partition Manager - it came up and I got as
far as ticking the boxes for creating a partition - then it hung!.. I
managed to kill to off, and tried again - but from there on it would
not get any further than the "Splash Screen" of the program.! then
wouldnt boot, tried tried and ended up reinstalling Vista !!!
So no more trying to partition with that, or having Avast as the A/V
program. even though both have been great on XP. any
reccomendations for an AV and a partitioning prog' for Vista??
t.h.a.n.k.s.

As for partitoning there's the one and only Acronis Disk Director
Suite. Has never caused any problems whatsoever, and it works great
with Vista.

//ceed

 

[Guest]

I run McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise v. 8.5.0i and it works perfectly.

//Ulv

 

[MICHAEL]

* neutrino:

I'v tried installing Avast onto a Vista Pc - even downloading the latest free Home Version
which is supposed to be Vista compatible, but terrible results! pc hung, rebooted and
immediately turned off Avast, and system was ok. Same for another - Paragon Partition
Manager - it came up and I got as far as ticking the boxes for creating a partition - then
it hung!.. I managed to kill to off, and tried again - but from there on it would not get
any further than the "Splash Screen" of the program.! then wouldnt boot, tried tried and
ended up reinstalling Vista !!! So no more trying to partition with that, or having Avast as
the A/V program. even though both have been great on XP. any reccomendations for an
AV and a partitioning prog' for Vista?? t.h.a.n.k.s.

NOD32 and Acronis Disk Director.

http://www.eset.com/
ESET NOD32 Antivirus offers superior, comprehensive protection, the fastest scanning
throughput, and the least performance impact of any solution.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/

Also, I recommend Acronis True Image.
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

Those three, IMO, are essentials for any computer, and well worth
their price.


-Michael

 

[dennis@home]

I'v tried installing Avast onto a Vista Pc - even downloading the
latest free Home Version which is supposed to be Vista compatible,
but terrible results! pc hung, rebooted and immediately turned off
Avast, and system was ok.
Same for another - Paragon Partition Manager - it came up and I got as
far as ticking the boxes for creating a partition - then it hung!.. I
managed to kill to off, and tried again - but from there on it would
not get any further than the "Splash Screen" of the program.! then
wouldnt boot, tried tried and ended up reinstalling Vista !!!
So no more trying to partition with that, or having Avast as the A/V
program. even though both have been great on XP. any
reccomendations for an AV and a partitioning prog' for Vista??
t.h.a.n.k.s.

I am running avast AV and it has worked as it did on XP since I installed
it.
It would suggest that something else is causing you problems on your PC.
Vista has a built in partitioning tool.. what do you want to do that it
can't do?

 

[neutrino]

I am running avast AV and it has worked as it did on XP since I installed
it.
It would suggest that something else is causing you problems on your PC.
Vista has a built in partitioning tool.. what do you want to do that it
can't do?

YES! I agree with the Acronis software - excelent - I tested the
backup program.. clear and easy to use, I'd previously used Norton
Ghost,

I wanted to partition mainly for backup purposes (ghost or Acronis)
and have a partition to save it onto, as it's just a bit bigger than
will fit on a DVD, I'll also set that partition as the store location
for email, so even in a melt down of the os, and a restore - current
email will always be safe.
I'm very new to Vista - what and where IS the partitioning tool ?
This is all happening on a friends PC.. I'm assisting in some of the
setup, and advised a partition, a backup program, and ya just gotta
have an anti-Virus, and since I'd been using Avast for some time now -
I recommended it - curious though! I spotted another post here where
Avast was recomended by folk using it quiter happilly on Vista - so
yep.. must agree.. there must be something else troubling this
system! though even last night after I'd completed a full reinstal of
Vista, set up the email and 'net connection. all complete - I
thought.... wonder if there are any drivers to install for the video
card.. and popped in the CD that came with the system - soon as I
clicked the setup.exe - it stopped functioning ~ froze up! Aarrrggg!
not again.. but managed to terminate it, and all was ok - gave up at
that point trying to do any further installls, either the video
drivers (if any) , or Paragon Partition manager, or Avast - thinking
I better think of another way to accomplish this!
seems to be a bit of a sensitive system when it comes to putting in
new programs! but !?!?!? how and why, and how to figure out the
cause!?!?!