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Anti Virus
08-08-2012 6:08 PM
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Re: Anti Virus
08-08-2012 6:13 PM
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This http://www.anti-malware-test.com/?q=node/167 shows that Avira is the best
Re: Anti Virus
08-08-2012 6:29 PM
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Re: Anti Virus
09-08-2012 8:52 AM
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Re: Anti Virus
09-08-2012 9:45 AM
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Re: Anti Virus
09-08-2012 10:22 AM
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Not really.
Quote from: Oldjim Would you like to comment
I'm basing my opinion on literally hundreds of real-world domestic and small-business installations, all different, covering almost all commonplace anti-malware products.
None of these was in a test lab, most were systems run by relative IT novices.
MSE has very few problems and is less intrusive (but also less "comprehensive").
That said I did see a problem the other day which required a removal and reinstall to resolve - it wouldn't update by any of the available methods.
Re: Anti Virus
09-08-2012 12:16 PM
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Re: Anti Virus
09-08-2012 5:19 PM
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Quote from: Oldjim Would you like to comment ....
I used to favour AVG but newer versions run terribly on older computers and their marketing has become increasingly aggressive. On the other hand, I have installed MSE on old computers running Windows XP with only 512MB of RAM dozens of times without experiencing much adverse impact. And I know if I come back 15 months later then MSE will not have tried the trick the user into installing a paid-for version.
Re: Anti Virus
22-08-2012 11:59 PM
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The ones I find the slowest are:-
1. Norton (a bloody nightmare, remove this from your system if you have it. Apart from slowing your system down Its also not a very good anti virus)
2. McAffe
3. Kaspersky
4. Bit defender
I favour:-
1. MSE
2. AVG
3. AVAST
4. Symantec corporate edition
5. Avira
6. Sophos
7. Panda
Re: Anti Virus
23-08-2012 6:49 AM
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for the past year i have never advised using anything else on all PC i have built
samsung 850evo 250gig , WD black 2 TB . Asus Phoebus sound ,
16 gig Avexir ram 2400 , water cooling Corsair H100i gtx ,
Corsair 750HXI Psu , Phanteks Enthoo pro case .
Re: Anti Virus
23-08-2012 8:49 AM
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Rather than relying on anecdotal reports often referring to the older versions I recommend looking at actual test results as linked to in my earlier thread
A final comment on MSE - it may be light and unobtrusive but all the tests by professionals organisations show that it is much less effective than the competition
Re: Anti Virus
23-08-2012 9:11 AM
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a lot of these test are no doubt run on fairly modern machines with plenty of memory ETC , a lot of it also has to do with what type of surfing yo do if you intend to go on these spurious sites i would expect no surprise to find a trojan or a virus but for everyday normal browsing MSE all the way JIM
PS yes i have had norton myself ,also avg,avast , Kaspersky which i found to be good but slows down my pc
MSE + malwarebytes +CC & the odd running of hijack this is excellent
samsung 850evo 250gig , WD black 2 TB . Asus Phoebus sound ,
16 gig Avexir ram 2400 , water cooling Corsair H100i gtx ,
Corsair 750HXI Psu , Phanteks Enthoo pro case .
Re: Anti Virus
23-08-2012 9:47 AM
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On that subject I backup the C: drive occasionally with Acronis but via a boot CD and I don't have it running on any of my machines. I also backup all the user files automatically every evening via the network onto a separate computer
Regarding memory I have often wondered about that as looking in Task Manager I find that Kaspersky takes less than 100MB total admittedly I have upgraded all our PC's to at least 2GB - including an old XP machine and I don't see any problems
i agree about safe surfing - or more exact unsafe surfing - but I consider the bigger risk is via emails as there have been a number of occasions where trojans have got past the Plusnet system and have been picked up by Kaspersky. There is also the problem where reputable sites have been hacked.
For this reason I purchase two 3 user licenses for KIS every year (usually from Amazon) which works out at less than £8 per user per year and I consider that a small price to pay for security
Re: Anti Virus
23-08-2012 10:28 AM
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Quote from: Oldjim all the tests by professionals organisations show that it is much less effective than the competition
Out of (genuine) interest how do you (or the testers) define "less effective"?
For many of my customers, especially those with older systems "effective" is a balance of risks and capability and has to include not slowing or intruding unacceptably and that's a common complaint rarely seen with MSE.
Re: Anti Virus
23-08-2012 10:50 AM
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The ability to detect viruses and trojans using signatures http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/detection-test/76-file-detection-test-march-2012
The ability to detect via heuristics etc. - this can be seen from zero day tests http://www.blog.mrg-effitas.com/ and http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/retrospective-test
The ability to detect phishing sites http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/anti-phishing-test
Not slowing down the system too much http://www.anti-malware-test.com/?q=node/167 http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/performance-tests
This gives an overview from a different site http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home-user/janfeb-2012/
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