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"Doofy" wrote:

 

What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

Doofy wrote:

> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

 

Do a Google or similar search and compare. I have AVG free on some

machines and Avast another free and a very good AV program. I use NOD-32

on my personal laptop which is not a free program but IMPO it is one of

the best..Read what you can and make a decision on what seems best for

your situation...

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> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

 

There isn't a single "best Anti-Virus" because people have different needs

and the different programs each work in different ways and hence fit those

different people.

 

AVAST is a fair free product.

F-Secure make a good antivirus product

NOD32 is pretty good, as is Kaspersky Antivirus.

 

But I'm sure people here have horror stories about each of those, and

different suggestions for what product you should use (and some halfwits

will even claim their preferred one is "the best")... and until you try a

few of the options and see which one fits you and your situation you'll

never be sure you've found the best one for you. Why not take a look at the

ones I suggest above while you wait for more suggestions?

Avast or AVG .... both have Free home versions and work well

with Vista. I prefer Avast.

 

http://www.avast.com/

 

http://free.grisoft.com/

 

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> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

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> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

 

 

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Doofy wrote:

> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

 

Free version - Avast

Paid version - NOD32

Best overall - NOD32

 

Just my opinion having tried many as well as researched many more. My

experience is that proper configuration is they key and rarely is the

default configuration the best on most machines. For example, real-time

e-mail scanning can often cause problems with e-mail programs, is almost

never of any benefit, is redundant with real-time file system protection

and is mostly just a marketing gimmick. Yet it defaults to being

enabled in most AV applications.

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If you subscribe to internet access with either Verizon, Comcast, Or MSN,

you should get a Complementary subsription to McAfee, which is more and more

"vista capable" every day. It is a pretty reliable program, with the

occasional "This problem requires your imput" for something like a bad

update.

 

But all in all, it does keep goons off of your computer

 

If you do have one of these providers, check out the "security" tab

somewhere on the browser or the providers homepage.

 

Tim

 

 

 

"Tom Porterfield" <tpporter@mvps.org> wrote in message

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> Doofy wrote:

>> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

>

> Free version - Avast

> Paid version - NOD32

> Best overall - NOD32

>

> Just my opinion having tried many as well as researched many more. My

> experience is that proper configuration is they key and rarely is the

> default configuration the best on most machines. For example, real-time

> e-mail scanning can often cause problems with e-mail programs, is almost

> never of any benefit, is redundant with real-time file system protection

> and is mostly just a marketing gimmick. Yet it defaults to being enabled

> in most AV applications.

> --

> Tom Porterfield

Tim wrote:

> If you subscribe to internet access with either Verizon, Comcast, Or

> MSN, you should get a Complementary subsription to McAfee, which is more

> and more "vista capable" every day. It is a pretty reliable program,

> with the occasional "This problem requires your imput" for something

> like a bad update.

>

> But all in all, it does keep goons off of your computer

>

> If you do have one of these providers, check out the "security" tab

> somewhere on the browser or the providers homepage.

 

McAfee is overly resource intensive and no better than more efficient

programs as far as detection reliability. They also have a less than

stellar record around causing other problems on the system due to

interference. As such, I don't recommend McAfee, even if free.

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> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

"Tim" <reply@nobullsht.com> wrote in message

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> If you subscribe to internet access with either Verizon, Comcast, Or MSN,

> you should get a Complementary subsription to McAfee, which is more and

> more "vista capable" every day. It is a pretty reliable program, with the

> occasional "This problem requires your imput" for something like a bad

> update.

 

McAfee AV continues to screw Windows Mail.

In article <eKqbgAO5HHA.4584@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>,

rooigrond@hotmail.com says...

> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

 

Symantec Corporate Edition 10.2 for workstations and servers, this is

the only workstation AV solution I trust at this time.

 

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You want something like Symantec on your system? Symantec is a resource

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> In article <eKqbgAO5HHA.4584@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>,

> rooigrond@hotmail.com says...

>> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

>

> Symantec Corporate Edition 10.2 for workstations and servers, this is

> the only workstation AV solution I trust at this time.

>

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> Leythos

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Shill. That is not the best! Far from it. Kaspersky and Nod32 both rate

higher than Microsoft's One Care.

"Yukon Jack" <NO@EMAIL.HERE> wrote in message

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> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message

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> Shill. That is not the best! Far from it. Kaspersky and Nod32 both rate

> higher than Microsoft's One Care.

 

Yep. I don't think Carey has a single opinion that wasn't written in

Microsoft's marketing department :-(

 

I'd rather have no virus scanner than Microsoft Don't Care. At least you

won't be lulled into a false sense of security.

"Robert Moir" <usenet@REMOVE2EMAILrobertmoir.com> wrote in message

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> But I'm sure people here have horror stories about each of those, and

> different suggestions for what product you should use (and some halfwits

> will even claim their preferred one is "the best")...

 

Well, obviously the one that detects the most virus's and has the least

false detections is the best. I use AVG on Vista and Avast on Win2K but that

is because I am a cheap bastage. From what I have read Kaspersky and Nod32

get the highest ratings.

 

If you want free though I prefer AVG as it is less resource hungry compared

to Avast. Avast has better protection modules but I find it slows down my

boot up time and my web browsing compared to AVG. Nod32 is designed with

gamers in mind so uses the least resources and is a very good scanning

engine too. Never used it yet but am going by my own research on Antivirus

progs. One thing I don't like are obtrusive AV progs, like Norton.

In article <uiCWDOP5HHA.4964@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, bill@yanaire.com

says...

> You want something like Symantec on your system? Symantec is a resource

> hog, causing more problems than it's worth. Good luck.

 

Bill, forgive the way I'm going to put this, but you don't know much

about symantec. The Corporate versions are very low on resources, fast,

don't expire each year, and have good support.

 

For the Home/SOHO user version you are correct, Norton completely sucks,

but I specifically mentioned CORPORATE.

 

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Doofy wrote:

> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

 

AVG. Make sure you get the latest version!

 

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"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message

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> In article <eKqbgAO5HHA.4584@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>,

> rooigrond@hotmail.com says...

>> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

>

> Symantec Corporate Edition 10.2 for workstations and servers, this is

> the only workstation AV solution I trust at this time.

>

 

You know when I was using Norton back in 2001 it gave me nothing but trouble

on Win 2K, to the point I had to dump it and never looked back.

 

I have worked in companies that use the solution, and at least on the

development workstations that were Win 2K Pro and XP Pro, it runs, no

problems and I don't notice it.

 

Really, what is difference between a home version of Norton and a corporate

version Norton?

 

I like NOD32 myself and use that on all my home machines.

"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message

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> Really, what is difference between a home version of Norton and a

> corporate version Norton?

 

Chalk and cheese. The home version is concerned with upselling you a new

version and making a noise to convince you its keeping you clean. The

corporate version is concerned with keeping you clean.

"Doofy" <rooigrond@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

 

The experience of the Windows Mail group suggests the Avast

is the best free product for a homeuser.

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

"Doofy" <rooigrond@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

 

I would avoid any Microsoft security products -- they tend to be

underpowered and assume the computer must be protected from the person who

owns it.

 

I like AVG from Grisoft. The antivirus component is free. However, I've

just upgraded to include the spyware component as well as the firewall.

It's working great for me.

Doofy [Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:16:05 +0200] wrote:

>What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

 

Consider this:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2050516,00.asp

http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html

http://www.claymania.com/anti-virus.html

 

Marco

Robert Moir [Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:37:19 +0100] wrote:

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>"Yukon Jack" <NO@EMAIL.HERE> wrote in message

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>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message

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>> Shill. That is not the best! Far from it. Kaspersky and Nod32 both rate

>> higher than Microsoft's One Care.

>

>Yep. I don't think Carey has a single opinion that wasn't written in

>Microsoft's marketing department :-(

>

>I'd rather have no virus scanner than Microsoft Don't Care. At least you

>won't be lulled into a false sense of security.

 

All anti-virus software lull you into a false sense of security.

They can all only detect *known* malware.

 

If you're careful, you don't need anti-virus software at all.

Useful information:

http://www.claymania.com/nav-map.html

 

Marco

Marco Desloovere wrote:

> Robert Moir [Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:37:19 +0100] wrote:

>

>> "Yukon Jack" <NO@EMAIL.HERE> wrote in message

>> news:Md0zi.48362$HL1.11861@fe05.news.easynews.com...

>>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:8FF25BC9-9A1B-4B68-B301-FA71308C3F5D@microsoft.com...

>>>> Windows OneCare...you can try it FREE for 90 days!

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>>> Shill. That is not the best! Far from it. Kaspersky and Nod32 both rate

>>> higher than Microsoft's One Care.

>> Yep. I don't think Carey has a single opinion that wasn't written in

>> Microsoft's marketing department :-(

>>

>> I'd rather have no virus scanner than Microsoft Don't Care. At least you

>> won't be lulled into a false sense of security.

>

> All anti-virus software lull you into a false sense of security.

> They can all only detect *known* malware.

>

> If you're careful, you don't need anti-virus software at all.

> Useful information:

> http://www.claymania.com/nav-map.html

>

> Marco

 

Unless they search for suspicious behavior like Kaspersky 6 does.

 

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