Anti Virus

[TQB]

What is so bad about the registration of AVG?

I am currently using it and Kerio Firewall and have never had a problem with anything maybe I should just stick to this combo and forget about paying for protection

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: TQB
What is so bad about the registration of AVG?

I am currently using it and Kerio Firewall and have never had a problem with anything maybe I should just stick to this combo and forget about paying for protection

just annoying, antivir is install and go, no waiting on keys or entering them in, according to spywareinfo, AVG only had a 69% detection rate, antivir had about 85%. This is because of Antivir being better against trojans which was used in the tests a good deal (if you look at the charts trilobite has listed about what was and what was not detected, AVG is still good against traditional normal viruses, just not trojans, but does offer some protection). If you want to use AVG, i suggest adding a seperate program in to deal with trojans as Ice Czar over at HardOCP has suggested in the past.

 

[TQB]

So do you think with a firewall, and safe web habits it would be ok to just run the free programs instead of paying for virus and firewall protection?

I use FireFox exclusivly unless I have to use IE. I dont go to porn or crack sites, I basically just go to forums, ebay, and shopping when I am on the net. I mainly am an online gammer.

I have been using AVG and Kerio for over 6 months with no problems so far.

 

[Schadenfroh]

So do you think with a firewall, and safe web habits it would be ok to just run the free programs instead of paying for virus and firewall protection?

Yes, the freeware antivirus and firewall should be fine

I have been using AVG and Kerio for over 6 months with no problems so far.

If your happy, dont change, just run the occasionaly online scans every once in a while tho just to be safe. AVG should be fine if what you listed is all you are doing, worse thing that could happen is a virus thru outlook express (you might want to go to the more secure thunderbird) but other than that, you should be fine as is. Keep windows and AVG up to date also.

 

[TQB]

The thing is AVG hardly ever updates thats what has me worried. I mean Kaspersky updates every hour. I was lucky to get AVG to update 3 times a month.

As for email I use Outlook 2000.

I have a MSN Email address so I dont think I can configure that to work with thunderbird can you?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: TQB
The thing is AVG hardly ever updates thats what has me worried. I mean Kaspersky updates every hour. I was lucky to get AVG to update 3 times a month.

As for email I use Outlook 2000.

I have a MSN Email address so I dont think I can configure that to work with thunderbird can you?

are you running the new version of AVG Free based off of 7? they are not providing updates for the AVG Free version of 6 anymore.

about thunderbird and pop3, take a look around this forum

 

[TQB]

Yeah I am running 7 and it doesnt seem to find updates very much at all.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: TQB
Yeah I am running 7 and it doesnt seem to find updates very much at all.

ill ask my dad about it, he uses AVG 7 Free edition.

 

[TQB]

Thanks.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: TQB
The thing is AVG hardly ever updates thats what has me worried. I mean Kaspersky updates every hour. I was lucky to get AVG to update 3 times a month.

What is actually being updated though? I don't know anything about Kaspersky's heuristic capabilities. I do know that many antiviruses, especially Nod32, can detect multiple variants of a virus with a single signature. By making the detection more flexible, a signature that understands variant A, B, C through G, will easily spot X, Y, and Z before they even have a name. That's what makes a good realtime scanner. On Demand scanners are zoo based, meaning they detect, identify, and disinfect known virus classifications. On the flipside, being able to spot the (unkown or known) virus isn't enough, you have to stop it in action. There are some AV that can spot generic variants but the virus still infects and spreads. That happened to my company awhile back.

There are just so many variables in choosing the right antivirus, that there is no #1. Are you smart enough not to open every attachment you get in an email? Stick with a free version from AVG, AntiVir, or avast!. Pay more attention to a free personal firewall like zonealarm or sygate, and keep your patches up to date. Are you supporting a few curious users? Focus on AV with stronger signature support and have SUS running. Supporting a large corporate customer base? Make sure your AV has good centralized management and reporting, use a decent proxy web filter, and invest in patch management software. Are these corporate users mobile? Add a decent centralized managed personal firewall product, again sygate and za's integrity are good.