which antivirus do you use?

**Matridom** · April 5th, 2005, 09:37 AM

E-trust server editition for my desktop (running 2k3) i use NAV on my XP box, everything else is linux.

**Platypus** · April 5th, 2005, 09:46 AM

I used E-trust while it was free, since then used AVG.

**Snowbound67** · April 5th, 2005, 11:13 AM

E-Trust EZ-Antivirus... it works great, and like it was already mentioned, it's free for a year. It's also no-where near the resource HOG that NAV is.

I also run the E-Trust on my 2K3 server at home, and it's awesome too.

**GHSTECH** · April 5th, 2005, 03:47 PM

Trendmicro Officescan client/server suite
automatic push updates - we have scheduled on the hour
built in client level 2-way firewall (XP's is only incoming)
spyware detection (removal in the works I'm told)
Web browser based interface for everything.
remote install built-in from web interface.
multiple firewall profiles, can also be updated from web interface.
All for about 1/3 the price of Norton...

**monkeyman2** · April 5th, 2005, 09:37 PM

Umm, I don't use any antivirus, and I've never had a problem!

**TechZ** · April 6th, 2005, 05:27 AM

Thats like saying, I dont go to the doctor to get my shots, so I have no disease.

You might not even know that you have a virus, there are so many types that it could be dormant, or doing its job without your knowledge. Its not a good idea, in todays world of inet to go about without any virus protection, maybe if youre an ub3r g33k, thats ok, but even then, imagine the result if you got infected one day. Its irresponsible is what it is. Virii can attack you through any way you use the internet, and they bring along nasty surpises.

Some good reading here: http://www.rvinginfo.com/antivirus.html

**gazzak** · April 6th, 2005, 06:14 AM

McAfee corporate

***DonJ*** · April 6th, 2005, 08:14 AM

Our company requires that we all use Norton.

'Nuff said.

**Echbart** · April 8th, 2005, 02:25 AM

Well i have used Norton, Panda, Mcfaee, Pc-Cillin and AVAST is the best i have ever used, it is free, with regral updates ( program is updateing 1-2 month ). It is little and userfriendly!

**TechZ** · April 8th, 2005, 05:02 AM

1-2 updates a month? Thats very less, NAV has very regular updates, and this is the only issue with FREE av's, the updates are less frequent cause they want us to get the Pro/Premium version.

**Kodiak** · April 8th, 2005, 08:21 AM

Originally Posted by TechZ

NOD32, I tried that a few times, and their standalone version, just for cleaning, its soooooo fast. Couldnt believe how fast it scans an entire drive.

Nod is real fast, it scips 3/4 of your hard drive. Try any other AV and check how many files it scans then try Nod and compare. I want a thorough scan so I use Kaspersky and it has had a %100 kill rate. It is also good at getting rid of viruses that you have and install it to get rid of them which is hard for a anti virus program to do. I have tried, Nod, Avg, Avast, McAfee, Etrust, PcCillin, Normon, Norton and I keep going back to Kas. Takes a long time to scan but it does a great job and you feel all tingley inside.

**bazcook** · April 8th, 2005, 09:52 AM

1-2 updates a month? Thats very less, NAV has very regular updates, and this is the only issue with FREE av's, the updates are less frequent cause they want us to get the Pro/Premium version.

Well, I've my AVG 7 Free set to check for updates daily and more often than not, there's something to add. Half an hour later its set to do a full scan.

And no hype to upgrade or end-of-year snarking about 'subscribing' for another year...