El Presidente Posted January 19, 2008 Posted January 19, 2008 I think I have over the years used most of them. What are you currently using and what has been your experience? I need to upgrade my personal and office computers.
Claudius Posted January 19, 2008 Posted January 19, 2008 In the beginning, I used the Norton that came with the PC. It slowed it down so much that I junked it. One of my computer geek friends recommended Kaspersky, so I used that. Rather happy with it, slowed the machine down much less but I got annoyed with it because it makes a frightening sound when it detects anything, so I junked that, too. Now I have been using AVG for a week. Seems ok. Virus, trojan and barebone scanner (my computer geek friend tells me that that something that starts before windows and can get infected, too, or something like that). I dont know anything about the technical side, just sharing my user experience.
jdbrown Posted January 19, 2008 Posted January 19, 2008 I use Trend Micro in all of my offices and on home PC. I made the switch a few years ago and updated my server at the same time and have zero problems. I met with our IT Dept today and just installed the latest Trend Micro upgrades. I think the hourly paid bastard was there longer than necessary!
jay8354 Posted January 19, 2008 Posted January 19, 2008 » I think I have over the years used most of them. » » What are you currently using and what has been your experience? I need to » upgrade my personal and office computers. Currently using Avast which is quite good after using everything there is available on the market. Much happier than the impossible to remove and resource intensive Norton or McAfee. Trend is OK, but annoyed with it. CA Etrust is crap.
Ziggy Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 I was using Panda, but recently got my computer out of the shop and they said they upgraded it to Trend Micro. I haven't had it long enough to base an opinion on Trend. Zig
BlackFriar Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 » I think I have over the years used most of them. » » What are you currently using and what has been your experience? I need to » upgrade my personal and office computers. Well work uses symantec anti-virus, and with the military being so paranoid, you have to practically be at the right-hand of God to be granted any kind of meaningful administrator rights. That being said, our IT Nazis have locked things down so tight that our anti-virus scans every document you open (users do not have the ability to change the settings). Imagine MS Word taking upwards of 15 seconds to open a friggin document! All of our computers run about as fast as an asthmatic at a marathon. At what point does too much security compromise your work? Just food for thought.
yossie Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 » I think I have over the years used most of them. » » What are you currently using and what has been your experience? I need to » upgrade my personal and office computers. I use the avast since It's free. But From a conference on computer security I attended , Such software currently can not detect all of malwares more or less. Because There're tremendous them and Hackers' technology is always improving to hide such bad software from security scanners. So, You shouldn't expect so much on software. I also hear the kapersky is very good.
zuma Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 » I also hear the kapersky is very good. I made the switch to Kaspersky internet security suite about a year ago and, thus far, I am quite happy with it... In the past, I used Norton, CA eTrust, and a few of the free-ware ones, none of which I would recommend... For anyone as paranoid as I am, I would definitely recommend it...
tuff Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 Kaspersky. Have tried several others, but had issues. After reading the tech reviews on Kaspersky, it is faster then others and catches a higher percentage of bad stuff. Very happy with it. Tuff
Don Candido Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 » Kaspersky. Have tried several others, but had issues. After reading the » tech reviews on Kaspersky, it is faster then others and catches a higher » percentage of bad stuff. Very happy with it. » Tuff I have not researched current choices, but my mail provider offers Postini. I like it more than others I researched years ago when I picked Postini. What I like about Postini is the change of the MX Record (which is a lookup to the address of the recipient's email domain for the address of its receiving mail server on he internet.) Spammers can work with MX Records to try and hit possible email addresses. With Postini - the only public MX records will point to them. They will privately know how to forward mail which passes through the filter to your mail server. This also keeps loads of unwanted junk from ever hitting your production mail server, which would at the least require server resources for spam. Review of spam is done on the web from Postini's servers. There you can look for wrongly blocked emails or change settings. I had not heard of Kaspersky.
Mel39 Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 Also use free Avast. Like the way it automatically updates itself, practically every day. Have had no problems. Mel39
Digi Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 » IT Nazis Being one of these guys, I highly recommend a little vigilance while clicking around the web. Some well thought-out best practices, carefully reading the yes and no boxes, and simply not opening emails or sites which make you think twice will save your ass quite a bit more than software will. Now some good software in combination with those will keep you clean. I've operated for many years without virus or spyware scanners on my personal computer and never run into trouble. That said, I understand not everyone is a computer nerd and a little help can go a long way. While viruses are still a problem, 'Spy Ware' really is the culprit that takes control of your system and makes life a nightmare with pop-ups, etc. I recommend 'Windows Defender' for anyone running a Windows PC, its free, light weight, and catches just about all spyware under the sun. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/s...re/default.mspx For viruses; rather than installing some clunky software that ultimately slows your computer down, constantly prompts you to 'ok' things, costs money, and needs regular updates, try periodically scanning with one of the free online scanners. Trend Micro's HouseCall is a great utility that will let you know if you have a spot of trouble and, it can usually fix it. There are plenty of people that simply make a habit out of hitting the site once a week to scan their machine. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ If anyone really cares, this is the beginnings of a doc I wrote on fixing the "my computer is slow, broken, being a jerk, etc." problem. http://schnierer.org/files/MyComputerIsLOLing.doc It comes from years of working at help desks and in systems engineer roles, so there is much more than a shred of truth to it.
jdbrown Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 I agree with what you have said...and with that being said, what about the files themselves that viruses like to attach themselves?? I have two kids 11, 15 that love screensavers and online games. I hate em! I have been told by my IT people that they are nothing but trouble. Your thoughts please!
Tampa1257 Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 Well Blackfriar, considering WHERE you are working, I hope they certainly do have everything locked down tight. Fort H is known for its listening ability and should be tight as a drum in my most humble opinion, yet your thoughts also have validity.
BlackFriar Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 » Well Blackfriar, considering WHERE you are working, I hope they certainly » do have everything locked down tight. Fort H is known for its listening » ability and should be tight as a drum in my most humble opinion, yet your » thoughts also have validity. Hahahaha! Fort Huachuca and the beautful Huachuca Mountains are part of the largest movement corridor for "UDIs" (undocumented immigrants) and drug runners comming up from Mexico. Not uncommon for folks to come up to post housing asking for water in the middle of the night, or to see coyotes (the smugglers) armed to the teeth while hiking on post. You are right about though, somethings absolutely need to be locked down tighter than a drum. But when everyone's computer locks up at noon because the network administrators choose the heat of the day to push updates, well we have some serious issues.
Moglman Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 Zone Alarm for primary firewall/AV/AntiSpy. I have no problems and as a firewall and AV it is excellent! Bugs come up occasionally where pop ups come up asking for approval for a program to access something that you have already approved or denied. Overall, I like it. AVG Free AV and AS, Adaware, and SpybotS&D in conjunction.
Digi Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 They are most definitely nothing but spy ware and problems. A really easy way around this would be to create your kids a separate account on the computer. You can give them restricted permissions so they can do everything but install software. The down side to this is that, when you want to use the computer with regular permissions, you would have to switch accounts. While this isn't a time consuming process, it does mean a few extra clicks to get things going when you sit down. There are plenty of great tutorials to Google, the instructions for setting up an account aren't terribly difficult but it will take you into some of the more advanced areas of the operating system. That's one of the simplest ways to restrict people from installing software on your machine. Another method would be to peruse the Add/Remove Programs menu in the Control Panel from time to time and pull out software you either don't recognize or don't need anymore. This has to be taken with a slight grain of salt, as you don't want to remove anything with the word “Driver” in it, anything hardware related, like Modem for example, or anything you are simply not sure about. Doing that and scanning your computer with a program to find and remove spy ware should keep you quite clean. » I agree with what you have said...and with that being said, what about the » files themselves that viruses like to attach themselves?? I have two kids » 11, 15 that love screensavers and online games. I hate em! I have been » told by my IT people that they are nothing but trouble. Your thoughts » please!
gostgost Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 El Pres, You need the best and that's McAfee. Please funny I tried replying to your post and my computer freaked out. Wha you do???????????????????
Curt Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 I'd recommend NOD32 by ESET. http://www.eset.com/
aavkk Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 » Mac Mac Mac Mac Mac Mac !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No more viruses! Get a MAC.
SonGoku Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 I use Zonealarm for FW and AVG (grisoft.com) for AV. Also use AdAware (antispyware) and Historykill2003 (pop up blocker, delete temporary Internet files and cookies and such). I don't remember the last time I've had a virus problem.
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