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What Anti-Virus Protection Do You Use?

I used the paid version of Norton Anti-Virus for years, until recently. On a recommendation from one of my readers, I tried the free version of AVG 8.0.
Well, its been about 3 months since I switched and I`m ready to give you my analysis.
In my opinion, AVG 8.0 provides better overall protection than Norton. I especially like the new SafeSearch Link Scan feature where the software checks search results when you use one of the major search engines against AVG`s database for known malicious sites and warns you of the potentially harmful link.
What about you? What anti-virus protection do you use? Are you happy with it?
David Jackson
Well, its been about 3 months since I switched and I`m ready to give you my analysis.
In my opinion, AVG 8.0 provides better overall protection than Norton. I especially like the new SafeSearch Link Scan feature where the software checks search results when you use one of the major search engines against AVG`s database for known malicious sites and warns you of the potentially harmful link.
What about you? What anti-virus protection do you use? Are you happy with it?
David Jackson
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Spy Bot Search & Distroy
I definitely agree with that.
David Jackson
That`s one of the things I hated most about Norton.
David Jackson
I have been using a product called clamav for many years on my clients and my local including server machines. It works on Unix, OSX and windows. I also have found it has database updates for virus at times faster then the larger commercial products. I also like the idea of its open source model.
Pat
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All that shows is the relative market sizes of the PC and MAC worlds. More people use PCs so more people will service them.
Macs are just as vulnerable to virus and trojan attacks as PC`s, but the harvestable data is so much more plentiful in the PC world, that`s where the hackers focus their "talents".
As Willie Sutton the bank robber said when asked why he robbed banks, `because that`s where the money is`.
This it becoming more and more the avenue of attack, Browser flaws(clickjacking, buffer-over-flows, etc), PDF reader flaws, etc..; make headlines in security circles almost daily. The greatest way to keep systems secure is security in layers and it can be the most difficulty to keep up with.
It need to be remembered “ the hackers need to be right only once ”otakurider2/24/2009 9:38 AM
Check it out.
Also, in your security lineup you need to have a hardware firewall, such as found in your router. Make sure you change the password to your wireless router or anyone driving along down the street will be able to get into your network.
Check it out.
I`m more than satisfied right now with AVG 8.0. So, I`m going to stick with it. But I`ll keep Nod32 in mind for the future.
Thanks for your suggestion!
David Jackson
DavidJackson2/28/2009 7:37 AM