Which Antivirus?

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Ok guys having Trojan problems and a few people have told me to take of one
of my antivruses Norton and leave AVG 7 on but is there a better one out
there than AVG I can get. Norton didn't seem to pick up on the Trojans
where as avg did shall I leave AVG on or get another maybe better antivrus
than AVG

cheers dave
 
Dragon said:
Ok guys having Trojan problems and a few people have told me to take of one
of my antivruses Norton and leave AVG 7 on but is there a better one out
there than AVG I can get. Norton didn't seem to pick up on the Trojans
where as avg did shall I leave AVG on or get another maybe better antivrus
than AVG
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Personally I'd keep AVG.

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Yeovil, UK.
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Dragon said:
Ok guys having Trojan problems and a few people have told me to take of one
of my antivruses Norton and leave AVG 7 on but is there a better one out
there than AVG I can get. Norton didn't seem to pick up on the Trojans
where as avg did shall I leave AVG on or get another maybe better antivrus
than AVG

cheers dave
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I use Trend Micro's PC cillin. We use their Corporate
version at work. Never had a virus get through at
either place. It also has a firewall included. The latest
version also has a spam blocker and web mail scanning.
I think you can try it 30 days for free. You can usually find
it if you check around for 29.95.

gls858
 
I would agree... I used it since I first started and not had any major
problems... Aside from my sister deciding to turn it off so it wouldnt stop
her watching a mpeg...

D'oh!
 
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gls858 said:
I use Trend Micro's PC cillin. We use their Corporate
version at work. Never had a virus get through at
either place. It also has a firewall included. The latest
version also has a spam blocker and web mail scanning.
I think you can try it 30 days for free. You can usually find
it if you check around for 29.95.

gls858
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Ok guys having Trojan problems and a few people have told me to take
of one of my antivruses Norton and leave AVG 7 on but is there a
better one out there than AVG I can get. Norton didn't seem to pick
up on the Trojans where as avg did shall I leave AVG on or get
another maybe better antivrus than AVG
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If you are having trojan issues, you need an anti-trojan utility,
Kaspersky Anti-Virus, or both. I mention KAV because while it is
marketed as an "anti-virus" utility, it has very strong anti-trojan
abilities as well. And unlike most people, I actually have experience
here, not just a "Gee, I visited the freeware anti-virus site, and it's
free, so kewl!" attitude.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Damn good virus and trojan protection, good support, and unlike Trend
Micro (ala PC-cillin and Fix-It Utilities) they actually add samples you
submit. Likes to eat CPU time, though, on some configurations.
http://www.kaspersky.com/

Trojan Defence Suite
The best overall anti-trojan utility, but does not operate in real-time
(no, kids, "execute protection" is NOT "real time" protection).
http://www.diamondcs.com.au/

BOClean
Good real-time anti-trojan protection, but no on-demand scanning, and no
trial period.
http://www.nsclean.com/boclean.html
 
I have EZAntivirus and it has stopped every Trojan that has tried to get
past it. I have never been infected by a virus yet. Cross my fingers because
you never know.
 
I discovered a great bit of kit, go to mailwasher.com and
download free software which will let you look at all
the 'e' mails prior to bringing them in to your computer,
you can bounce them back and delete them at the incoming
server, hopethis helps
 
Gary said:
I have EZAntivirus and it has stopped every Trojan that has tried to get
past it. I have never been infected by a virus yet. Cross my fingers because
you never know.
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I heard a few good things about AVG. Someone in my chat-room
mentioned EZ was very good today - he said he got it & replaced
Norton.

I hear knocks about Symantec/Norton, but I have it, as well as the
Personal Firewall, & every time I check there is an updated
definitions package, and I have never caught anything. The firewall
was always catching intrusion attempts, and telling me (Most types of
intrusion attempts do not inform me any mpre because I checked the box
for it to not inform me of the same type of attempt). Of course I
haven't been running that long, but I am on multiple hours a day,
every day. (I will knock Norton for having the crapiest tech help in
the known universe, [free email only], but not their software, if it
runs right, on your computer, then no problem).

If you want to try EZ Armor Le (that is what the CD says), you can get
a free copy of it good for one year, if you order the free Windows XP
updates CD - it has all Windows XP updates up through Oct 2003. A
real deal for a dial-up account (in case you ever have to re-install,
you won't have to spend 6 hours getting updates again). ** And what
came with it was a 3rd party CD named EZ Armor Le. The sleeve says it
is anti-virus and a firewall. The sleeve also says "free trial CD".
And the CD itself has printed on it "Free for one year".

And get this - Microsoft even pays for shipping & handling... It is
*really* free. They even sent me two when I ordered another for my
son. Go here for it:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp

Big Mac
 
Sanny said:
I discovered a great bit of kit, go to mailwasher.com and
download free software which will let you look at all
the 'e' mails prior to bringing them in to your computer,
you can bounce them back and delete them at the incoming
server, hopethis helps
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*****AVG and XP are like PB and J. Spybot takes care of everything else**

Cheers and beers for years!

MrGib
 
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