Anti Virus advice

I had no problems with the combination of Kaspersky and Zonealarm.

Hey Weirfire, i should not be telling you this maybe but i can't resist,

I have won the Kaspersky suite package in a prize contest a few days ago

And my fsecure trial is nearly ending

 

@vlada
I agree with you, Nothing is perfect

 

common sense

 

Well done on winning the prize contest. I hope everything goes better for you when you install everything

 

Thanks I hope so to but i don't expect any problems...your problem could be related to another anti-malware solution that you have installed.

 

I remember trying to get rid of a virus on my girlfriend's Dad's PC and the bugger would keep getting back on the PC after reinstalling windows (to be sure) and before I got the virus checker on. It would then reboot the PC.

If you've still got the rebooting problem, then I can look into what I did to fix it. Otherwise I'll shut up.

Oh, and I use and reccomend the free.grisoft.com one. Never had a virus problem since I used it. Just make sure if it's on a laptop you schedule your scan at a time when the laptop is actually on

(I see a lot of people schedule it for 5am, then close down the laptop before going to bed).

 

Thanks for the help Blackbug. I have to dialup to connect at home so at the office its fine.

I've uninstalled Kaspersky for now and I may install it again this week but I'll make sure any other virus software is removed first.

 

Free software is nice but it's complimentary in my oppinion since your virus protection is dependant on the latest updates therefor you really need a paid anti-malware solution.

Yes the scan engine is good but your database is always late in contrast to the paid versions out there...most of them that is.

Relying solely on free protection for virusses and trojans and sophisticated spyware is not reconmended.

Some on this forum would disagree

BTW Kaspersky is the fastest with updating their database.

 

AVG is good ..use firewall like ZoneAlarm or McCafee...

 

Okay, (at the risk of hijacking Wier's thread).

If I'm behind a router at home with a built in firewall. Is there any point in running a software firewall on each individual PC? They just seem more annoying than anything else when I've encountered them.

 

If the router's firewall is configured properly, it's no sense to have redundancy.

But usually, there are always escapes, and it would be best to individually protect the LAN's workstations. (basicly because each workstation uses different software, and has different usage destinations, so firewall rules and applications are different for each one).

 

Kaspersky is currently the leading antivirus product