Quick report on ClamWin Antivirus and a question

[Art]

Yep, I'm well aware of how things normally go down in these tests having
been around the place for quite some time myself, as you probably remember.

I did remember your name. Good to see one of the "old timers" posting
again

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg

 

[Franklin]

On Sun 10 Jul 2005 12:02:29, Art wrote:

Sorry, but it is tiresome. I've seen no recent comparatives that
indicate ClamWin is worth having and using. There are many
far better alternatives.

Art

Which alternatives are there for the OP and me to consider?

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Franklin" <[email protected]>


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| Which alternatives are there for the OP and me to consider?

Here ya go. McAfee, Sophos and Trend Micro all wrapped into one "On Demand" front end.


Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

It is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains the Kixtart Script Interpreter {
http://kixtart.org Kixtart is CareWare } three batch files, five Kixtart scripts, one Link
(.LNK) file, this PDF instruction file and two utilities; UNZIP.EXE and WGET.EXE. It will
simplify the process of using; Sophos, Trend and McAfee Anti Virus Command Line Scanners to
remove
viruses and various other malware.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This
way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor’s web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Exit the menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file.

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE and/or FTP.EXE to go
through your FireWall to allow them to download the needed AV vendor related files.

* * * Please report back your results * * *

 

[BillR]

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Which alternatives are there for the OP and me to consider?

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/search?q=(antivir
OR avast OR antivir OR antivirus) 2005 scoring=d

You will find plenty of opinions (including mine) in at least a dozen
related ACF threads from the last 6 weeks alone. See why I recommend:

avast! + avast External Control (AEC) for on-access monitoring

BitDefender (or MicroWorld AntiVirus Toolkit (MWAV) or F-Prot for DOS +
front-end or on-line on-demand scanner like
Kaspersky/F-Secure/Norton/McAfee/...) for secondary scanner

Ewido Security Suite (or maybe a-squared) for additional trojan
protection

MS AntiSpyware, Ad-aware, Spybot S&D, and SpywareBlaster for additional
adware/spyware protection; Sunbelt and Webroot also have promising
on-line scanners

An additional registry monitor/IDS/... instead of Spybot Teatimer (see
the excellent "Registry Monitor comparison" maintained by hojtsy at
Wilders Security Forums; or maybe PrevX or Abtrusion)

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=32823

And don't forget a good firewall

Try http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005SECURITY.php (and other
pages) for still another opinion

BillR