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
