What anti-virus to use come Monday?

[Guest]

I am a sold out McAfee user but they are silent on a program for Vista. I
have tried OneCare, TrendMicro, BitDefender and keep coming back to Avast.
Avast isn't rated tops but my system runs best with it. I want to try McAfee,
key word try, because it hasn't been stellar on my wifes XP Pro machine but I
feel it is doing a good job. What to do come Monday night with my final
release of Vista Ultimate. Will McAfee suddenly appear in the next few days
with a program?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The Vista compatible version of Windows OneCare will be available starting January 30th.
You can download the new Windows Vista 90 trial version beginning January 30th here:
http://onecare.live.com/

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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I am a sold out McAfee user but they are silent on a program for Vista. I
have tried OneCare, TrendMicro, BitDefender and keep coming back to Avast.
Avast isn't rated tops but my system runs best with it. I want to try McAfee,
key word try, because it hasn't been stellar on my wifes XP Pro machine but I
feel it is doing a good job. What to do come Monday night with my final
release of Vista Ultimate. Will McAfee suddenly appear in the next few days
with a program?

 

[Guest]

There is word that AVG 7.5.441 is really close to release and is fully Vista
compatible. They've apparently fixed the resident shield start up problem
with Vista with build 441.

 

[JP]

Norton AV 2007 is now compatible with Vista.

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

AVG free works well enough..

 

[Guest]

Sam

Part of an e-mail received from McAfee Customer Support.

"In regards to your query, McAfee will be compatible with Microsoft Windows
Vista. In order for you to install the McAfee Security on your computer with
Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, you will have to contact McAfee
Technical Support directly to get it installed on your computer. You may
contact McAfee Technical Support at 1800-998-887."

This is from (AU) so other countries may have a different number.
This e-mail was dated Jan 25, 2007

We can only but wait as they also said, "not until Feb 1, 2007"

Best of luck

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[Michael O]

McAfee has a Vista product 8.5.01 in thier enterprise line, I'm running it
now, it doesn't say anything about beta on it. I can only assume they will
have a retail product soon.

My company just got this yesterday, 1/24/07

 

[Dennis Pack]

Sam:
Nod32 works well with Vista but it's not free.

 

[Guest]

Michael

To clarify, I was talking about a subscription available
through your ISP.
BigPond in OZ offer the "McAfee Firewall + &
Desktop AntiVirus" via a subscription for $9.90 per month.
(added to your phone bill)
I am still waiting on answer from McAfee as to if this
will continue or will we have to have a subscription
directly with McAfee.
The subscription as it stands now is for Home/Small Business
and not Enterprise, as you suggested.

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[Stefano]

Stick with Avast. I use Vista 64 and switched to Avast three years ago when
still using XP. Never missed TrendMicro, NOD 32 etc. Gave up with Norton
when Symantec bought it years ago.
Have a nice day.
Stefano

 

[Conor]

I am a sold out McAfee user but they are silent on a program for Vista. I
have tried OneCare, TrendMicro, BitDefender and keep coming back to Avast.
Avast isn't rated tops but my system runs best with it. I want to try McAfee,
key word try, because it hasn't been stellar on my wifes XP Pro machine but I
feel it is doing a good job. What to do come Monday night with my final
release of Vista Ultimate. Will McAfee suddenly appear in the next few days
with a program?

NOD32. 100% in Virus Bulletin for what seems like the last two years.
Dirt cheap and low on resources. Very frequent upgrades.

Free trial at www.eset.com

 

[Alias]

NOD32. 100% in Virus Bulletin for what seems like the last two years.
Dirt cheap and low on resources. Very frequent upgrades.

Free trial at www.eset.com

The Eurozone version is not cheap but 45.24 euros or $US 58.34.

Alias

 

[Chad Harris]

Come Tuesday.

CH

 

[Cymbal Man Freq.]

| There is word that AVG 7.5.441 is really close to release and is fully Vista
| compatible. They've apparently fixed the resident shield start up problem
| with Vista with build 441.

Would that fix The Resident Shield Startup problem I had on Win 98SE back in
early-2005? My eTrust AV subscription expires in a few months and I want to try
something less resource hoggish that won't prevent my computer from booting up
(like AVG did in early-2005) in Win 98SE.

 

[Frank Pajerski]

Webroot support just informed me that they will release a
Vista-compatible version of "Spy Sweeper" on 29Jan2007.

Whether this is also true for the anti-virus option (by Sophos) for this
product wasn't mentioned.

--- Frank

 

[JoMomma]

Sam

Part of an e-mail received from McAfee Customer Support.

"In regards to your query, McAfee will be compatible with Microsoft Windows
Vista. In order for you to install the McAfee Security on your computer with
Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, you will have to contact McAfee
Technical Support directly to get it installed on your computer. You may
contact McAfee Technical Support at 1800-998-887."

This is from (AU) so other countries may have a different number.
This e-mail was dated Jan 25, 2007

We can only but wait as they also said, "not until Feb 1, 2007"

Best of luck

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[JoMomma]

McAfee sucks so badly that running no AV is better than using it. At
last when you run no AV you dont have the false sense of security that
you are safe. I will not let my customers use McAfee at all under any
circumstances.

 

[JoMomma]

Michael

To clarify, I was talking about a subscription available
through your ISP.
BigPond in OZ offer the "McAfee Firewall + &
Desktop AntiVirus" via a subscription for $9.90 per month.
(added to your phone bill)
I am still waiting on answer from McAfee as to if this
will continue or will we have to have a subscription
directly with McAfee.
The subscription as it stands now is for Home/Small Business
and not Enterprise, as you suggested.

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$9.90 a MONTH! Thats ****ing rape! Especially when you are only
getting something as totally ****ing useless as McAfee...

 

[Dale]

I agree. Network Associates openly admits that their anti-virus products
would, if one existed, ignore trojans and backdoors created by or for the
government - any government.

There was a case back in the late 90's where a trojan that was going around
the Internet and all other anti-virus programs identified it as a trojan,
McAfee had, on their website, a statement that they were classifying this
malware as a "remote administration tool". I don't remember the name of the
trojan but it is buried somewhere in my website archives because I had
posted something about it back then.

Because, in my opinion, the Network Associates name became so untrustworthy,
Goliath took on the name of David - Network Associates changed their name to
McAfee, in 2004 so they could get away from their own reputation.

I will never use any Network Associates program, including McAfee.

Dale

McAfee sucks so badly that running no AV is better than using it. At
last when you run no AV you dont have the false sense of security that
you are safe. I will not let my customers use McAfee at all under any
circumstances.

 

[gunnbear]

BitDefender wokrs great IMO; it did an awesome job on Win XP Pro and
I've used it on Vista RC's. BitDefender released their Vista supported
items this past week IIRC - cheapest place I found it was http://
antivirus.citationsoft.com. Great heuristics; picked up almost all of
Consumer Report's 5000 viruses in that controvensial test last year.
Well worth it.