TurboBlower

Its that time of the year again and all our machines at work require their anti-virus / firewall renewal, last year i was led to believe that Zone Alarm / Labs was the best thing since sliced bread How wrong was I

Theres 5 Workstations and we all work over a wireless network through a networking hub,

Anyone that could point me in the direction of a good programme ???

What do you peeps use and opinions !!!

Regards - Adi

antony215

Ive been using Kaspersky for the last 2-3 years on my pc and never had any problems with it and it's fairly easy to use.

TurboBlower

Nice 1 m8,
Thanx for the reply, its amazing every1 has anti-virus of some kind yet nobody likes to shed an opinion

Regards - Adi

DanRSturbo

I use avg antivirus and anti spyware, and Internet Security sytems Blackice firewall

TurboBlower

Hi Dan How we doin M8

Is that as all in 1 package or individual programs / installs ??

Adi

antony215

The pctools stuff is verygood aswell i use the Spyware Doctor and the Registry Mechanic programs and there very,verygood so i would think the virus one should be too i may invest in that one in the future when mine runs out http://www.pctools.com/

skeg

Its 2 different programs. AVG is grisoft. Its not the best but okish. I found black ice firewall/IDS to be quite good when i tested it out but as its more of an intrusion detection system expect more alerts than others, even on legitimate things. Obviously these can be configured.

Myself after trying a whole load out after reading reviews i found Kaspersky, Nod32 and Trend micros pc cilin to work the best, anti virus wise. When i say work the best i mean ones that detected the best in all methods and did what they were supposed to with good features and customisation not sit there be convenient and keep me happy. With AVG and Norton i found a couple of things they could not remove.

Best to get hold of a load put test them on a spare pc and infect yourself with worms, viruses and trojans, look for the usual emailed attachment virurs we all get spammed or send them yourself and also go on malicious sites like crack or warez sites to see how good it blocks via the web,

I'd say get your software firewall seperately rather than all in one, if it comes with one like sygate or trend micro security suite then just don't install that part.

antony215

I couldn't get on with Avg or Norton and as you say i found that they didn't remove alot of stuff from my pc in some case's i think it made it worse

TurboBlower

So Kasperspy is winning it at the minute

Has this got its own built in Firewall ??

antony215

Yep it's got a few things built in

http://www.kaspersky.com/

BigMouthBillyBass

Mcafee AVD 8.0 SBE all the way, we sell it all our customers and it works a treat, and doesnt hog resources.

T38Mat

NOD32 is the best for protection IMO (working on normal people budget). Check out the 30 day trial, it uses barely any resource (unlike norton, pc cillin etc) and has an amazing detection rate. I have an IT business and this is all we resell all day long, never any complaints, ever.

Download the trial from www.eset.co.uk

pm me if you need any more info or a discount !!!


Mat.

BigMouthBillyBass

Avoid Sophos like the plague....utter shite

TurboBlower

Excellent !!!

Looks like i'll be getting this one then :

http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/anti-virus_windows_workstations?sitemode=GB&ipcountry=G B#"b"

Can you tell me would this be adequate?? i.e have everything already built in etc Firewall Etc and if this would be enough ???

many Thanx For All Your Advice

Regards - Adi

TurboBlower

Whow few posts since ive posted that last 1 lol

NOD32 Ill Take a look thanx - has this got Firewall Etc ??? Sorry im a bit dull (as you can tell) when it comes to stuff like this lol

Regards - Adi

SapphyMike

McAfee causes me more headaches than the EX!!!

BigMouthBillyBass

the home stuff is shite but the business products are rock solid, have been installing them for years

JamesH

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Panda

PGT

its the virus manufacturers who create the viruses IMO. Eg antivirus software developer #1 writes a virus but at the same time ensures that thier own customers updates contain protection from said virus. they then unleash the virus so that users of other software get infected and hence #1 is seen as the best.

aduz

nod32 or kaspersky