I mean, c'mon! When I first met my wife, she had Norton on her computer, and at one point (and I kid you not) it detected a download from Norton as a virus.
Please re-read my post. I didn't say anything about how people need AV tools, I asked why people need to use resource-hogging TSRs (or daemons / services / background processes etc (TSR _was_ quicker to type [sigh] )).
I've re-read it but still don't see what your solution for a permanent and reliable workplace client side protection should be. For what I need, it should be cost-effective, reliable as a client side antivirus, it should protect every possible virus entry point on EVERY computer (including removable media and boot sectors, not only internet traffic), it should be always on and it shouldn't rely upon external resources or additional expensive hardware boxes and - more important - standardised for firms that have a number of PCs ranging from 1 to 100. Proactive solutions are not applicable in this case since user intervention has to be minimised, false alarms and data loss must be kept to a minimum and disabling the AV should always be possible to circumvent data disruption caused by an AV intervention.
If you can provide a centralised solution that wouldn't be contested in a tribunal according to Italian D.D.L 196/03 feel free to do so since you apparently think you know what you're talking about.
As for me, I'll keep analysing the need of my Customers and provide the best solution I can according to their limits and to laws I must respect because I work for someone else and I can't endanger these people with my personal ideas about effectiveness. I work for them, not for myself.
Kaspersky for me, been running it for almost a year, never had a problem, can shut it down when playing games and it doesn't complain or warn, it just closes everything and all the processes belonging to it.
Whoever voted Norton and McAfee should be shot, they are more viruses than anti-viruses.
Norton Internet Security & Norton 360 seem to cover me brilliantly. The only thing which annoys me, is when you turn the laptop on from the start, it takes like 5 minutes before Nortons actually loaded.
Not having any viruses isn't such a big of a deal, but it's never a bad idea to have a light antivirus running in the background, for example ClamAV. Nobody even listed it and it's easily better than AVG and Avast and of course is free.
Antivirus is like a condom. Better safe than sorry.
I like the way no-one is using the Windows Live OneCare. It's a disgrace of an "anti"-virus. I'm convinced that virus' specifically target PCs running OneCare...
As for me, Avast all the way. Helped me to salvage some old weapons from destruction, continues to protect me. I haven't gotten a serious virus since I've switched from Norton (Hey, it was default :shy to Avast...
I'm abit suprised bullguard isn't on there, its a great AV+firewall. And it has a gaming version called steel security which switches off most features besides the firewall when gaming to give you more resources
But as many have said here common sense is the best AV
Oh those old software bundles they used to throw in, I hope she didn't have that defragmentation program that was actually a credit card number phisher - but then again that's usually built-in. Mind you they still haven't added the manual in .pdf form and the registration forms are quite positively an intrusion on private info.
i forget F-Sequre. anyone can tell me how i can edit the poll or i can't?
to Avast...
