Grisoft AVG AntiVirus on home network PC

[John Blaustein]

I'm looking at trying AVG AntiVirus Free Edition and I notice the website
says it can't be used in a network environment. I have a home network -- 3
PCs connected via a switch to a DSL modem through a firewall. I would like
to use AVG on one of the PCs, to protect only that one PC.

Does anyone know if this will work? Or, am I asking for trouble by
installing AVG on a PC connected to a network?

Thanks!

John

 

[purplehaz]

It works fine on a network with xp or win2k and also works fine on a win2k
server.

 

[John Blaustein]

Thanks for the quick reply!

Great news. I wonder why their website says AVG Free Edition won't work in
a network environment? Any ideas?

Do you have any experience with Norton AV, PC-Cillin or Panda Titanium?
I've used Norton AV for years. I just reformatted my HD and reinstalled XP
Home, so I thought this might be a good time to try another AV program.
I've read bad things about NAVs activation routine. I could just reinstall
Norton SystemWorks 2003, but thought I'd look into an alternative first.

John

 

[anonymous]

John
I've used Norton security/a-v and for past 3 years (free
with full rebates each year) and have had no problems
with it. Both works great on winXP for past 3 years.

 

[David Candy]

Because it won't scan drives on other computers. You can't control the program on all computers from one computer. This is the features of network AV programs.

 

[John Blaustein]

David,

Thanks. That works for me. I'm on a home network with three PCs connected
to DSL via a switch, firewall and DSL modem. I would only use AVG on one PC
to protect only that PC.

Do you think AVG does as good a job as NAV, Panda and PC-Cillin? The price
is certainly attractive.

John

Because it won't scan drives on other computers. You can't control the
program on all computers from one computer. This is the features of network
AV programs.

 

[David Candy]

It works well enough. One should not rely on any AV program. Regard it as an emergency parachute. The first defense is not to do stupid things.

It has one known bug. If you right click a folder on the All Programs menu and choose Open or explore nothing will happen. This is a bug that is caused by lots of programs not just AVG - MS programs get it right so is probably a fault in the docs or something.

 

[John Blaustein]

Couldn't agree with you more about not doing stupid things. Thanks for the
bug tip.

John


It works well enough. One should not rely on any AV program. Regard it as an
emergency parachute. The first defense is not to do stupid things.

It has one known bug. If you right click a folder on the All Programs menu
and choose Open or explore nothing will happen. This is a bug that is caused
by lots of programs not just AVG - MS programs get it right so is probably a
fault in the docs or something.