400BHP Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Anyone here got any good stories about antivirus software? I have tested about 5 differnt ones recently and the best I have used so far is NOD32, Kaspersky was pretty good but caused conflicts with Office 2003. I'd like to try SOPHOS but its really expensive, but supposed to be the best, anyone tried it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 I use AVG at home, its cool, does the job nicely, and better than that - ITS FREE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400BHP Posted April 29, 2004 Author Share Posted April 29, 2004 yeah I have tried that too, check this out... Antivirus Review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 have u tried panda antivirus, its not the best but is quite good and very cheap and gets regualr updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Originally posted by 400BHP yeah I have tried that too, check this out... Antivirus Review "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. Apache/1.3.29 Server at http://www.software-antivirus.com Port 80" LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeT Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 on the subject of virus's can any one help me. i run avg and it detects trojan horse startpage.EC found in a windows file and it wont let me send it the the vault. every night i run the avg and it detects more and more(which i can remove but not this little bugger cheers ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulfurn Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Try this mate - I lifted from bits from http://www.computercops.biz/postitle27690-0-0-.html . Its pretty thorough : - SpyBot Search and Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=mirrors - Make sure you update the definitions when its installed though! - HijackThis - http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe - Run an online virus scan at Panda Active Scan - Next, download the latest version of CWShredder by Merijn Bellekom, the creator of Hijack This. http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe Run it, press 'Fix', and allow it to fix all it finds. - Now download Ad-Aware at http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ After installing AAW, and before running the program, you NEED to FIRST update the reference file following these instructions. Now do the following: - Under Ad-aware 6 > Settings (Gear at the top) > Tweaks > Scanning Engine: check: "Unload recognized processes during scanning." - Under Ad-aware 6 > Settings (Gear at the top) > Tweaks > Cleaning Engine: Check: "Let Windows remove files in use after reboot." Press "Scan Now" - Check option "Use Custom scanning options" - Check option "Activate In-Depth Scan" - Press "Select drives\folders to scan" - Select the active partition which is usually C: Now press "Next" to let Ad-aware scan your drives... It will find a number of "bad" files and registry keys. Click 'Next' again Right-click in that pane and choose "select all" If it finds "bad" files and registry keys, press "Next" again It will ask you whether you'd like to remove all checked items. If it says theere are none selected, select them ALL by putting ticks into the boxes - Click OK. Finally, close Ad-Aware, and reboot. That ought to get rid of most of your spyware. When you've done all that, re-run Hijack This. Let us know if there are any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400BHP Posted April 29, 2004 Author Share Posted April 29, 2004 Get rid of AVG its shit! Try NOD or Kaspersky, if you need to find out where they are, drop me a pm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 I always use Norton Anti-Virus 2003 now. I've tried loads of different anti-virus apps and never been very happy with any of the others. AVG let me down very badly once. It's almost impossible to get a virus if you're running NAV2003. I've tried NAV2004 and it also seemed very good but a bit slow sometimes. Drop me an email if any of you guys want to try NAV2003 (62MB dowload) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 AVG also let me down! i wont use anything else other than Norton Anti-Virus now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martynb Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 NAV works well but Symantec aren't always that quick off the mark with new virus definition files. In particular if you rely on the standard "live update" sevice this is normally only updated weekly. They were 24 hours late with Blaster... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400BHP Posted May 1, 2004 Author Share Posted May 1, 2004 I've gone with NOD32, it updates every day, sometimes twice a day, and its supposed to be one of the best. I'd never use Norton again, its too big and it slows your machine down something chronic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxygene Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Originally posted by 400BHP Anyone here got any good stories about antivirus software? I have tested about 5 differnt ones recently and the best I have used so far is NOD32, Kaspersky was pretty good but caused conflicts with Office 2003. I'd like to try SOPHOS but its really expensive, but supposed to be the best, anyone tried it? I use McAffee ASAP....the firm i used to work for re-sells it. I have had no probz with virus' since I installed it. I go to Hax, Crax and Warez sites regularly, which usually squirt a virus at your PC when you go to em...but when it has found a virus it has nuked it on the spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Originally posted by 400BHP I'd never use Norton again, it slows your machine down something chronic... Not mine it doesn't, works great here :shrugs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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