anybody tried virus chaser?

[none]

http://home.virusdesk.net:8080/nwi_en/product/faq_frame.htm

how does it compare in avg or avast?

 

[Chuck Mattsen]

On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 02:57:20 GMT

none> http://home.virusdesk.net:8080/nwi_en/product/faq_frame.htm
none>
none> how does it compare in avg or avast?

I didn't get the impression it was freeware, did you?

 

[John Corliss]

http://home.virusdesk.net:8080/nwi_en/product/faq_frame.htm

how does it compare in avg or avast?

Sorry, but it looks like trialware to me.

"Virus Chaser Trial Version!
It's free! Click to download Virus Chaser"

I looked real hard and maybe I missed something, but I saw no freeware
download.

 

[Sweet Andy Licious]

It was first mentioned here in Feb this year.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
&q=virus+chaser&meta=group%3Dalt.comp.freeware.*

There was a debate over whether it was just trial ware or freeware, since
it appeared to have autoupdates for 3 months only up to May 2003. aBut I
found that somewhere near May, it changed the update license again .
Currently mine says expires in May 16 2004. Which is more then a year's
worth.

I can't comment on the resident shield, since I don't use such functions.
But it's Korean and is based on Dr Web. The Koreans are pretty web savy
(highest rate of broadband connections in the world), so their antiviruses
should be pretty solid. And Dr Web is a well known name.

Viruschaser has being entered has a seperate entry in the VB100 awards
currently it has scored 1 out of 2. But so far, it's results mirrors that
of Dr Web which is 12/26.

AVG is 2/21 (ironic that it's second and last pass was the most recent June
award which Viruschaser and Drweb failed)

Avast is 7/17 - Pass 2 out of last 3.

Personally I think Viruschaser is worth using, though it's slower on
demand, then either AVG or AVAST , It seems I'm definitely getting at least
1 years worth based on the license, but whether you think this qualifies
has freeware (i'm thinking of the people bitching when CAI went payware,
and rumours of AVG going payware), is up to you.

[snip sig]

Well, I use CA's etrust and I find it very nice: cool automatic update, ten
bucks a year (tho I hear this is increasing next renewal) and it
(ironically) caught some trojans for me. So flame me for mentioning money.

 

[Bryan Kirk]

Well, I use CA's etrust and I find it very nice: cool automatic update, ten

bucks a year (tho I hear this is increasing next renewal) and it
(ironically) caught some trojans for me. So flame me for mentioning money.

I'm now using Virus Chaser. I think that it has a good resident scanner. Its GUI is ok, could use some work though...