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Antivirus software 2Sweet 08-24-2007
Posted by 2Sweet on August 24, 2007, 11:54 am
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What antivirus is recommended for Windows and Macintosh based machines?




Posted by Kayman on August 24, 2007, 5:01 pm
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> What antivirus is recommended for Windows...

Avira AntiVir® PersonalEdition Classic - Free
http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html

Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/

Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 7.0 - Not Free
http://www.kaspersky.com/homeuser

ESET NOD32 Antivirus - Not Free
http://www.eset.com/
Have you seen these "extra settings for NOD32"?
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=37509

BitDefender10 Free Edition
http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html

SuperAntispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

> ...and Macintosh based machines?

Dunno :)


Posted by KC2006 on August 25, 2007, 5:00 am
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For Windows

Virus Chaser (Not Free)
http://www.viruschaser.com.hk/eng/
Windows Defender (Free)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Spybot (Free)
http://www.safer-networking.org/
SpywareBlaster (Free)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Mcafee VirusScan Plus - Special edition from AOL (Free)
http://safety.aol.com/isc/BasicSecurity/

> What antivirus is recommended for Windows and Macintosh based machines?
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Posted by Jupiter Jones [MVP] on August 25, 2007, 1:41 pm
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While they all may be good for what they do, Windows Defender, SpyBot
and Spyware Blaster are for spyware and NOT viruses and should not be
depended on to detect viruses since that is not their purpose.

Personally I like AVG FREE and Nod 32:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff
http://www.eset.com/

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


> For Windows
>
> Virus Chaser (Not Free)
> http://www.viruschaser.com.hk/eng/
> Windows Defender (Free)
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
> Spybot (Free)
> http://www.safer-networking.org/
> SpywareBlaster (Free)
> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
> Mcafee VirusScan Plus - Special edition from AOL (Free)
> http://safety.aol.com/isc/BasicSecurity/


Posted by Sir_George on August 26, 2007, 5:29 am
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Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
> While they all may be good for what they do, Windows Defender, SpyBot
> and Spyware Blaster are for spyware and NOT viruses and should not be
> depended on to detect viruses since that is not their purpose.
>
> Personally I like AVG FREE and Nod 32:
> http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff
> http://www.eset.com/
>
(snipped)

I am in total agreement with your recommendations.

--
Sir_George




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