Re: Antivirus Comparison

[nospam <nospam () dranem org>]

The last PC I cleaned [last week] had Norton 2005 installed.
although it was behaving badly I cross-scanned it with bitdefender, 
trendmicro & AVG

it also had 19 viruses which Grisoft AVG 7 FREE found; that norton did not
besides the usual spyware etc.

bitdefender.com    [go to home user]
housecall.trendmicro.com  [scan my computer]
mcafee.com 
symantec.ca  [online security scan]
symantec.com
ww.grisoft.com  or www.grisoft.cz
www.kapersky.com

MOST have on-line virus scanning [although it must be run with Internet 
Explorer because they use ActiveX to access the Drive]
Does it make you wonder why the on-line scanner must use internet 
explorer to AV Scan your computer
but they can't / wont with firefox, netscape mozilla?
;-)




Andrew Shore wrote:

> If that's so then take a look at this
>
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.02.08.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jediah [mailto:rife () madeinmaine org] 
> Sent: 10 February 2005 17:54
> To: 'Shawn Wall'
> Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: Antivirus Comparison
>
> I've personally still found Norton to be robust and adequate; I switched
> from MCAFEE a long time ago.  I have subscriptions for my home based
> office
> machines, and the company I primarily work for has a corporate
> subscription.
>
> I've enjoyed the central update capabilities of all Symantec products (I
> have a few different products). I have also found for the frequency of
> the
> updates has been adequate to address the new variants that come out
> frequently. 
>
> The script blocking capabilities has saved me a few times on various web
> URL's that had harmful intent (sometimes even when I deserved to be
> infected
> :)).  The UnErase wizard with the Norton Protected files is also nice.
>
> I really can't speak to the management of the AV solution from an
> enterprise
> perspective - as I've not dealt with that side (Although my primary
> company
> has 5000+ employees being managed through the corporate subscription),
> but
> as a small business owner and consumer, I've been very pleased.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:07:47 -0700, Shawn Wall <sjwall () shaw ca> wrote:
>  
>
> > Hi All.
> >
> > For years I've been using Norton antivirus products but lately I'm
> >    
> hearing
>  
>
> > that Norton is no longer the de facto antivirus solution. I'm
> >    
> interested
> in
>  
>
> > hearing what antivirus products are considered to be the best for both
> > enterprise and private use. As always, all comments are welcome.
> >    
> Thanks.
>  
>
> > shawn
> >
> >
> >    
>
>
>