Comments on: Popular antivirus software do not work http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3321 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:49:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: ValuedCustomer http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3321#comment-53955 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:36:37 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3321#comment-53955 Martin S. - "This doesn’t seem to be a serious information but rather a personal opinion." Exactly. and not only is it personal-opinion it's unreliable information. "8 out of 10"? puhleease.. that is complete non-sense. - a home user can get by very well w/ the small-vendor clients because they are in fact more responsive to new threats. But while these applications work fine on the small scale they're completly un-scalable in the corporate world. There's a reason "53% of the market" uses Symantec. Martin S. - “This doesn’t seem to be a serious information but rather a personal opinion.”

Exactly. and not only is it personal-opinion it’s unreliable information. “8 out of 10″? puhleease.. that is complete non-sense. - a home user can get by very well w/ the small-vendor clients because they are in fact more responsive to new threats. But while these applications work fine on the small scale they’re completly un-scalable in the corporate world. There’s a reason “53% of the market” uses Symantec.

]]> by: Stephen http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3321#comment-53938 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:27:33 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3321#comment-53938 Where do you have to go to pick up all this malware that just about everybody you read thinks is out there? Three years on my new PC and not one virus, trojan or piece of spyware. Where do you have to go to pick up all this malware that just about everybody you read thinks is out there? Three years on my new PC and not one virus, trojan or piece of spyware.

]]> by: Martin S. http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3321#comment-53933 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:35:11 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3321#comment-53933 This doesn't seem to be a serious information but rather a personal opinion. Refer to reliable independant antivirus tests like www.avtest.org and you'll see that there are weak point in every software not only in Symantec's or McAfee's internet security suites. Anyway, NOD32 is an excellent antivirus software but keep in mind that it hasn't firewall, anti-spyware and anti-phishing functionality. This doesn’t seem to be a serious information but rather a personal opinion.
Refer to reliable independant antivirus tests like www.avtest.org and you’ll see that there are weak point in every software not only in Symantec’s or McAfee’s internet security suites.
Anyway, NOD32 is an excellent antivirus software but keep in mind that it hasn’t firewall, anti-spyware and anti-phishing functionality.

]]> by: MarcosV http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3321#comment-53932 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:34:20 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3321#comment-53932 I personally prefer NOD32 over NAV because it doesn't slow your computer to a crawl at times, gets updated very frequently, very affordable when you buy 2-year family packs, and seems to get really good scores in some of those virus detection surveys. I do wonder about how series is the problem this article is putting forward. Has this been proven out in the field? Are people running updated copies of McAffee or NAV having a measurably higher infection rate than those running updated copies of NOD32 or Kaspersky? I personally prefer NOD32 over NAV because it doesn’t slow your computer to a crawl at times, gets updated very frequently, very affordable when you buy 2-year family packs, and seems to get really good scores in some of those virus detection surveys.

I do wonder about how series is the problem this article is putting forward. Has this been proven out in the field? Are people running updated copies of McAffee or NAV having a measurably higher infection rate than those running updated copies of NOD32 or Kaspersky?

]]> by: David Johnston http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3321#comment-53931 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:18:58 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3321#comment-53931 My current reccomendations are Kaspersky and NOD32. I prefer Kaspersky, but it's a bit more expensive than NOD32. Both have excellent detection compared to more widely known brands. My current reccomendations are Kaspersky and NOD32. I prefer Kaspersky, but it’s a bit more expensive than NOD32. Both have excellent detection compared to more widely known brands.

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