Evaluation of AV software

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MikeB

I'm in the market for new AV software (posted previously). Several
posters suggested various products, and I would like to review
independent evaluations of the effectiveness of the various products.
I've looked around and found ZDnet's evaluations of AV products, but
they don't seem to review free AV products such as AVG. Hence I'm
worried that there may be some cross-promotional bias in their
evaluations.

Are there any good sites out there to evaluate AV products that run on
Windows XP?

Thanks
MikeB
 
MikeB said:
I'm in the market for new AV software (posted previously). Several
posters suggested various products, and I would like to review
independent evaluations of the effectiveness of the various products.
I've looked around and found ZDnet's evaluations of AV products, but
they don't seem to review free AV products such as AVG. Hence I'm
worried that there may be some cross-promotional bias in their
evaluations.

Are there any good sites out there to evaluate AV products that run on
Windows XP?

Thanks
MikeB
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You might look at PC World.
www.pcworld.com
 
From: "MikeB" <[email protected]>

| I'm in the market for new AV software (posted previously). Several
| posters suggested various products, and I would like to review
| independent evaluations of the effectiveness of the various products.
| I've looked around and found ZDnet's evaluations of AV products, but
| they don't seem to review free AV products such as AVG. Hence I'm
| worried that there may be some cross-promotional bias in their
| evaluations.
|
| Are there any good sites out there to evaluate AV products that run on
| Windows XP?
|
| Thanks
| MikeB

Magazines are biased.

There are anti virus News Groups specifically for this type of discussion and if you ask in
the right places, you will get the best answers.

alt.comp.virus
alt.comp.anti-virus

Also make sure what you deliberate on is ICSA certified.
https://www.icsalabs.com/icsa/icsahome.php
 
MikeB said:
I'm in the market for new AV software (posted previously). Several
posters suggested various products, and I would like to review
independent evaluations of the effectiveness of the various products.
I've looked around and found ZDnet's evaluations of AV products, but
they don't seem to review free AV products such as AVG. Hence I'm
worried that there may be some cross-promotional bias in their
evaluations.

Are there any good sites out there to evaluate AV products that run on
Windows XP?

Thanks
MikeB
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There will be loads here.
 
MikeB said:
I've looked around and found ZDnet's evaluations of AV products, but
they don't seem to review free AV products such as AVG. Hence I'm
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That's because the free programs dont send any MONEY to ZDnet for ads.
Thus, they dont get a review. If they did send money to ZDnet for ads,
then they'd get a "good" review.
 
MikeB said:
I'm in the market for new AV software (posted previously). Several
posters suggested various products, and I would like to review
independent evaluations of the effectiveness of the various products.
I've looked around and found ZDnet's evaluations of AV products, but
they don't seem to review free AV products such as AVG. Hence I'm
worried that there may be some cross-promotional bias in their
evaluations.

Are there any good sites out there to evaluate AV products that run on
Windows XP?

Thanks
MikeB
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BitDefender 9 is very good they have a 30 day trial use. Then the cost
to purchase is about $25.00(US).

Rick
 
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