Re: Which is THE BEST antivirus
From: Shenan T. Stanley (newshelper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 09/28/03
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:22:41 -0500
"Naser" <> wrote:
> I'm currently using Norton antivirus 2003. I'm not happy
> with it as it has missed some obvious BDE trojans and
> allowed some worms to slip through. I had to install The
> Cleaner which picked them up and dealt with them swiftly.
> I read reviews in www.software-antivirus.com which
> recommend 'Kaspersky' and 'Panda' among other antivirus
> software as better alternatives. Has anyone had any
> experience or knowledge about the effectiveness, or the
> lack of it, of those two antiviruses as they don't seem
> to be that well known.
morpheus111 <> wrote:
> I don't think you can rely on any one program for efficient defense.
> IMO, NAV is best when updated regularly. Don't just depend on Auto
> Updates as they only go out on wed of ea week. Go to the site daily
> for manual updates as needed.
> I scan w/ the following ( and always w/ current updates) :
>
> NAV 2003
> The Cleaner
> PestPatrol
> Ad-aware 6.0
> Spy Sweeper
> Tauscan
>
>
> M111
No one program will handle everything. Morpheus is correct there.
Run several things in conjunction - firewall, spy/adware cleaners, etc and
you will be happier. Hell, the firewall alone could have likely prevented
the worms spread for you and not opening attachments in email might have
accounted for some of the others. Make sure you have your auto-updates for
Windows turned on to at least NOTIFY you and install them when you see them.
Not only that, visit windowsupdate.microsoft.com often, just to be sure.
It takes effort on your part as well as all the nice automations. The
hackers/crackers/virus & trojan writers are not going to stop because you
installed a system that automatically updates for todays problems.
Symantec (NAVE) does update more often if needed, try setting your NAV to
auto-update daily after 11:45AM CST and see if that helps matters. It has
not missed any viruses/trojans for me in a university environment in a lab
of over 1200+ computers used by 40,000+ students in several years.
The point?
It takes more than an antivirus software to keep from being infected with
viruses/trojans/etc these days. You have to be a bit intelligent about it,
keep updated (not only software, but mentally as well), don't open crap,
check for adware/spyware periodically, etc.
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