Request for good antivuris program

[Calum]

Please recommend a good anti-virus program for a small office setting (1 server with 1 laptop networked).

Have used Norton, had troubles with it.
Am using Panda, they have sold my email address to spammers (Is this legal? The email address provided to them is unique, so I KNOW they have passed it onto spammers. Awaiting a reply from them).

Am using McAfee Spamkiller if anyone is interested in a good spam prog (caution: fault with prog is that it only filters on spoofed "From" addresses, so not very intelligent).

Thanks
Calum

[Leosghost]

Take a tour here www.ealaddin.com......
their team appears to get out their alerts at least 24 hrs before the rest....
I was also told of NOD 32 ..i think thats it ..during conversations recently with M$ security people ( sorry is that an oxymoron? ;)

[Calum]

Ok, thx the advice. Here's what I've discovered:

Here's the authoritative independant site on virus progs: www.virusbtn.com

Top of the rankings you'll find NOD32, an evaluation can be downloaded for free from download.com. It's very reasonable at $40. Am about to trial and see whether the rave reviews from both users and virusbtn hold true.

www.ealaddin.com only offer a corporate version, no more home user licenses. They don't quote prices, neither do their resellers.

Thx a lot, hopefully a light very near the end of the tunnel on a worthwhile anti-virus prog. Panda, Norton and McAfee deserve to have the whistle blown on them.

[Tropical Island]

Norton AntiVirus 2004 Pro works just fine on the 500 to 1000 virus e-mails we receive monthly. Haven't had one get through in years.

[keyplyr]

Had the others, now I pay $10 a year for AV from a company in Argentina. Update definitions are installed concurrent with Mcafee or Norton, and has a very small footprint.

[Leosghost]

Esafe do give prices on the site BUT it does help to be sitting down when you find them ..
Its somewhere around 1500$ ... see why you needed to be sitting down :)
...
Personally... you cant beat a registry monitor .. a worm monitor ...always surf "source" ...always always always ..view "message source" in mails before opening from anyone ...if you've got too many to do that you need a "corporate" AV ..or a "techie" secretary ...
And don't down load kazza and the rest of the **** out there .....
Don't use warez ...the list goes on ...

[grahamstewart]

I just use AVG on my laptop. Mainly because it is free (and I am cheap) :)

It's probably not exactly the best defence, but I'm pretty careful with what I open/download and all my email gets scanned by my mail provider (fastmail.fm) before I see it anyway, so its really just a safety net.

Definitely not the best solution for an office situation though.

[Raymond]

Why is AVG free? Hey, not that I have a problem with it being free. I just want to choose an antivirus program that works. It is tempting to download AVG for free than to subscribe mcafee online scan for 40 bucks.

[Calum]

Yes have also heard good things about AV - though have also heard it needs to be combined with other offerings due to it not being all singing all dancing. So a solid anti-virus prog then, thx.

Am now using NOD32 and am wondering about 2 things. Neither of which have been responded to by NOD...
1. NOD slap a footer on all received email saying that it's been checked. This smacks of their indulging in free advertising - anyone know how to de-activate this?
2. NOD conflicts with McAfee Spamkiller - each and every time an email arrives it throws up errors (not fun).

So still on the path for the best anti-virus prog. Any and all contributions welcome.

Rgds
Calum

[Herenvardo]

avg at [grisoft.com...]
It's free and works ;)

Herenvardö

[bruhaha]

Why is AVG free?

Actually, it is more accurate to say that there is a basic free version of AVG. Versions with more capabilities may be purchased, starting at about $33.

You'have to look at their website (grisoft.com) to see the differences --in frequency of updates, ability to schedule and customize tests, and of course, technical support.

[Chndru]

AVG.

[shylo]

Here is one more you can check out. My tech installed it on my computer (I didn't have one) and I've been happy with it. It's called f-prot from Frisk Product International. I can tell you they stay on top of things, it seems like every other day I am getting an email for a new signiture file to ad to the program. It's very easy to use and update. At one point they had a free verison, not sure if they still do.

[f-prot.com...]