Vinnie's Anti-Virus Thread

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:37 pm

Anti Virus Software:

Well my Norton AV has just expired. So now looking for a good AV which will keep my system protected like Norton with email scanning etc.

I tried to get a way with not having to pay and i got AVG, but it seems to crash when scanning incoming emails though (get emails through outlook express)

Anyone know how good ewido security suit is? I like the interface on the free version

and it gets rid of spyware to and i can get it for ?13 by doing their survey to knock 20% off

. Or is it better sticking with Norton? Or just stick with free AV such as AVG?

I already have a firewall and have lots of spyware scanners

, e.g. one on zone alarm, ad-aware, spybot, ewido free version

. I use ff and get rid of cookies every time i close my browser.

Post by **117** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:39 pm

vinnie, if you're considering paying ?13, have a search on these forums, there's a thread where Ed posted a link to a deal Microsoft were doing with various anti-virus & firewall suppliers for free or cheap software, and last time i checked (month or so ago) the deals were still valid

edit:

i've done the work for you, looks like the deals are still available too

the original thread

the microsoft site

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:57 pm

lol thanks kev :stu

Ah what that Norton 90 day offer lies, it's 15 days according to their website

Anyhoo, i'll look at that this week, see how AVG goes, see if i can get it working

Post by **117** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:05 pm

Norton is arse anyways mate. Word of advice - the Computer Associates one may be completely free, but it's :arse:

with a capital :deize:

Post by **117** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:09 pm

just looking at the deals mate, i would say that if u definitely don't want firewall etc then go for F-Secure Anti-Virus 2006 from that link, ignore what it says on the front, the deal is you get 50% off from F-Secure, so it works out ?12 for the year and F-Secure is pretty damn good security

or you could always pay the extra ?4 and get F-Secure Security Suite 2006 and do away with your other firewall software, the spyware protection included is F-SEcure branded AdAware, so you can also do away with your AdAware install

Post by **fac51** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:21 pm

After years of use i finally decided Norton is indeed arse and with every new release the worse it gets. NOD32 is the best around if you can stump up enough dosh.

Post by **117** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:25 pm

problem with NOD32 at the moment is.... the link to the UK section on their site redirects you to http://www.nod32uk.com which doesn't exist

edit: although if you click to buy NOD32 from the international page it takes you to secure.nod32uk.com and works fine, and the price is ?23

arfur · Post by **arfur** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:38 pm

im using avast - AV & zonealarm, both free.

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:41 pm

woo lots for me to research, thanks :stu

Vlammetje · Post by **Vlammetje** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:01 pm

Of the M$-0customers deals I've tried F-Secure and Kaspersky, both are excellent. Still got F-Secure (licensed) to this day actually

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:53 pm

Is Kaspersky on that list?

Post by **fac51** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:29 pm

just get NOD32, tis the best

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:56 am

I'm using Symantec Corporate edition... erm it's quite good and doesn't hog your resources like the Norton range...