Re: AV programs

From: Shenan Stanley (newshelper_at_gmail.com)
Date: 06/11/05 

Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:38:18 -0500

RUMPLE wrote:
> I’m looking for a reliable, free, AV program. I used Avast (no
> comment), currently I’m using AVG, which I feel doesn’t do a very good
> detection job and when it does it has problems cleaning or even
> deleting infected files.
>
> So I’m hoping to find something better.
> Any suggestions will be appreciated,

I personally like Avast! and AVG..

However, you have other choices (as any Google search would have shown
you..)

 avast! (Free and up)
 http://www.avast.com/

 AVG Anti-Virus System (Free and up)
 http://www.grisoft.com/

 AntiVir (Free and up)
 http://www.free-av.com/

 RAV AntiVirus Online Virus Scan (Free!)
 http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

 Symantec (Norton) AntiVirus (~$11 and up)
 http://www.symantec.com/nav/nav_9xnt/

 Kaspersky Anti-Virus (~$49.95 and up)
 http://www.kaspersky.com/products.html

 Panda Antivirus Titanium (~$39.95 and up)
 http://www.pandasoftware.com/
 (Free Online Scanner: http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/)

 McAfee VirusScan (~$11 and up)
 http://www.mcafee.com/

 Trend Micro (~$49.95 and up)
 http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/us/personal.htm
 (Free Online Scanner:
  http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp)

Untested (by me):
 eTrust EZ Antivirus ($29.95 and up)
 https://www2.my-etrust.com/commerce/buy.it.cfm 

-- 
Shenan Stanley
     MS-MVP
--

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