Virus Protection Software

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:32 pm

I just reformatted, and I am looking for the best overal virus protection software. It can be free or retail, my dad is willing to buy it. I just want one that detects viruses quickly as I'm working and it doesn't eat much memory in the background (I'm on 300mhz). I was using AntiVir, and it was pretty good, but it was more like a first try software, I'd like to get comments on some other types and if I like it better then I might stick with it.

neoak · Post by **neoak** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:35 pm

Norton

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:43 pm

neoak wrote:Norton

Really? I've heard good and bad things about it. How is it with memory?

Egotistical EvilN · Post by **Egotistical EvilN** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:57 pm

FreeAVG.

Norton wraps itself around the registry, and is quite a bit of a ram hog.

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:13 pm

My dad has FreeAVG on his laptop, and I can say it's quite annoying. It failed to detect some trojans we had, and it slows the computer's startup process down a bit.

sixteen-bit · Post by **sixteen-bit** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:32 pm

I put that free AntiVir on Dad's (300MHz, 64MB) laptop; Isn't that bad really.
Only alternate I've used is AVG by Grisoft. :/

For the record, neither have ever detected anything.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:51 pm

Safest way... ditch Windows, install Linux. Or buy a Macintosh.

megaman8x · Post by **megaman8x** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:15 pm

Stormwatch wrote:Safest way... ditch Windows, install Linux. Or buy a Macintosh.

penor · Post by **penor** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:21 pm

McAfee or Macafee

one of those names is the best.

JuddWack · Post by **JuddWack** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:55 am

I use FreeAVG. Are you sure it was updated when it missed the trojans? In combination with ZoneAlarm Firewall I think they are pretty effective.

Post by **|darc|** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:02 am

I use McAfee VirusScan Enterprise v8.0. It works great, but I doubt your dad's going to pay for it.

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:36 am

|darc| wrote:I use McAfee VirusScan Enterprise v8.0. It works great, but I doubt your dad's going to pay for it.

We have an old version of McAfee Virusscan bought. I can't remember what version, but we bought it in 2002. I'm assuming they'd want me to pay for it all over agian since the upgrade would be so big?

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:44 pm

I never did like Norton. Macafee is pretty good, but you gotta buy it every year. Usually they give you upgrades free for a year, after that they update the software and of course require you to buy the updated software in order to get updates.

navi · Post by **navi** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 1:48 pm

JuddWack wrote:I use FreeAVG. Are you sure it was updated when it missed the trojans? In combination with ZoneAlarm Firewall I think they are pretty effective.

MidnightObsidian · Post by **MidnightObsidian** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:11 pm

Symantec Corporate AntiVirus v9.0. IMHO the best; all of the great protection of Norton, plus some, and with a smaller footprint and no goofy interface. Message me if you'd like.

Post by **|darc|** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 4:57 pm

MidnightObsidian wrote:Symantec Corporate AntiVirus v9.0. IMHO the best; all of the great protection of Norton, plus some, and with a smaller footprint and no goofy interface. Message me if you'd like.

Holy crap, its MO!

Post by **Roofus** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 5:47 pm

McAfee. I've used it for years.

Post by **melancholy** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:24 pm

I use to love Norton, until it's 2005 version since it killed my ability to use bittorrent.