Antivirus - CA E-trust or Avast?
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From: Carey Frisch [MVP] on 25 Oct 2006 17:44 I would recommend trying Avast! antivirus. I've been using it for over a year and its been great! It's also FREE! avast! 4 Home Edition Download http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html I would also recommend installing the new Windows Defender antispyware program. It's also FREE! http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "lalinda" wrote: | I've been seeing Avast taking a hit in these groups and I'm wondering | if E-trust is any CA's E-trust AV is any better? | | | I thought that Avast with all its shields prevents alot of malware and | trojans, which seem to be the major problem on the web today. | | | How about the CA E-trust firewall product? | | | I know that most are going to say that the best are NOD32 or Kaspersky, but | I have the option of getting E-trust and Avast quickly. What's the better | of the two?
From: David H. Lipman on 25 Oct 2006 17:49 From: "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch(a)nospamgmail.com> | I would recommend trying Avast! antivirus. | I've been using it for over a year and its been great! | It's also FREE! | | avast! 4 Home Edition Download | http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html | | I would also recommend installing the new Windows Defender | antispyware program. It's also FREE! | http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx | But it took Avast two months to correct a False Postive declaration of VBS:Zulu using Avast on IE7 when accessing some Microsoft web pages. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
From: David H. Lipman on 25 Oct 2006 17:51 From: <lalinda(a)yahoonospam.com> | I've been seeing Avast taking a hit in these groups and I'm wondering | if E-trust is any CA's E-trust AV is any better? | | I thought that Avast with all its shields prevents alot of malware and | trojans, which seem to be the major problem on the web today. | | How about the CA E-trust firewall product? | | I know that most are going to say that the best are NOD32 or Kaspersky, but | I have the option of getting E-trust and Avast quickly. What's the better | of the two? Kaspersky or NOD32 are suggested. If you *must* use a free anti virus, rather than a paid for solution, Avira AntiVir is suggested. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 25 Oct 2006 20:36 In alt.comp.anti-virus, lalinda(a)yahoonospam.com wrote: > I thought that Avast with all its shields prevents alot of malware and > trojans, which seem to be the major problem on the web today. Truth be told, if you use modern, secure software (OS, mail, news, browser, firewall) and practice safe hex, you don't need any of those other programs. -- -bts -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck
From: Joe on 26 Oct 2006 00:33
Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote: > I would recommend trying Avast! antivirus. > I've been using it for over a year and its been great! > It's also FREE! > > avast! 4 Home Edition Download > http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html I agree.. Avast! also does some spyware, and has the option to schedule a boot scan at next reboot. That can find a virus that normally shuts down a/v software once Windows is running. -- Joe =o) |