Best Anti-Virus Program

[Vgrfx]

Whats the best anti-virus program out there. Just looking for some advice on a new one

 

[themadmonk]

McAfee AV.

 

[javathehut]

Depends on the OS. For 98/ME I would say probably MCaffee. But their WINNT virus scanner really stinks! I couldn't figure out how to update it or scan all of my hardrive. For Win 2000/NT I would go with Norton AV.

 

[jaywallen]

Want to try AVG? There's a free version and a "pro" version. In my own informal testing (under W2K) it has worked as well as McAfee and Norton on detection, and it doesn't drag the system the way the "big two" do. I use it on my personal systems. Panda is also very highly regarded in circles I respect. (Got a buddy who works at NAIS.)

Regards,
Jim

 

[aUt0eXebat]

dont go with macafee........ go with norton anti virus 2001

 

[CetiAlphaV]

I perfer Norton AV

 

[Cweeks]

I have some experience I would like to share onthis subject.

I just battled the Navidad virus and several others here at work and Mcaffee with the latest engines and dats, IT failed to stop a single virus form infecting the PC'S . As an experiment I loaded Norton on several pc and sent the same viruses to them and norton stopped them every time..


Just my observation..

 

[Marine06]

One, Mcafee is the WORST antivirus out there and that won't change in the near future. Norton gets the job done but it doesn't inoculate files like it used to. AVP is the best antivirus out there for home use. CLICK HERE FOR TEST RESULTS ON OVER 15 common antivirus software

 

[Castellan]

I never had a problem at home with McAfee, but it was horrible in an enterprise setting. We're using NAV Enterprise 7.5 now, of course we don't have any problems

 

[CyGho]

Norton AV 2001 (version 7). NAV 2000 (version 6) slows down the system to mutch.

 

[Drifter]

>Norton

 

[Zenmervolt]

Hate to say it, but Norton probably is the best. I like McAfee's interface much better, and I have had no trouble updating the DAT's or the engine in Windows 2000. However, Norton has optimized a little better for Windows 2000, and currently McAfee hasn't released a utility set that operates on Windows 2000 that I know of yet. <sigh> Guess it's Norton System Works for me.

Zenmervolt

 

[apoppin]

I use a free program recommended by the AnandTech administrators as being excellent - InoculateIT Personal Edition. There is no charge for the scanner engine nor ever a charge for the free (semi)automatic web updates. It has caught viruses that would otherwise have infected my machine.

Download it free here.

 

[Camm]

PC-cillin by Trend Micro. I have used it for years. It hasn't given me troubles that others do and it has caught stuff that slipped past others. trend's site

 

[cape123]

Hello,

I just downloaded InoculateIT 5.2. Can anyone tell me whether this software can scan email attachments automatically. I can't seem to find that function.

Thanks

 

[slunk]

I perefer InnoculateIT.

 

[AngelOfDeath]

Antiviral Toolkit Pro. The best I've tried until now. Norton as well as McFee uses to much system resources than the AVP. The few times I've tried Norton and McF, I was annoyed by the amount of slowdown my machine had using those two proggies. Go for AVP and U wont be sorry.

AoD

 

[TP]

There is mention in above posts of AVG and AVP...are these the same? If not, anybody got a link to the AVP site?

I prefer NAV 2001 (only other one I have experience with is MCaffee), but am curious about the system resource issue, though I dont notice any bog with Norton, I still want to experiment)..

 

[UKspace]

mcafee is crap! cashed my whole system had to reinstall Windows.

Norton AntiVirus 2001 rules!!

 

[designgirl]

i have to agree Mcafee seems to crash all my systems.

norton has never given me any problems (although Norton corporate edition 7 has)

but antivirus personel works just fine.