What is the best Anti-Virus?

The subject is the question. Ive used Pc-Cillin 98, the one that came with the K7M, it works alright i guess, just wanted everyones opinion.

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Thats my story and I'm stickin to it

I'd suggest Norton Antivirus. It's been great for me, plus you can update it free over the internet (apparently for a year afer purchase, though I have seen no evidence of it stopping afetr this atleast for virus definitions)

I'm running McAfee and it's been alright for me. I upgrade over the internet also for free. The last time I tried to use Norton Antivirus it brought my system to it's knees.

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Got Milk???

This is excellent, and it's free. Easily the best antivirus program.

http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_downl.cfm

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Oreo,
What version of McAfee are you using? I tried McAfee Office 2000 Pro and it, as you put it, brought my system to it's knees. (Got my money back from McAfee) I'm now using Norton System Works 2000, no probs.

[This message has been edited by Christop54 (edited 06-09-2000).]

Looks good Dieu, what about a firewall(free)?

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Heckler:
Looks good Dieu, what about a firewall(free)?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That is a firewall. If your looking for another option, consider:

http://www.networkice.com/html/blackice_defender.html

Arguably the best available!

Also try having a look at
www.zonelabs.com

ZoneAlarm is pretty good.. and it's also free for personal use.

As for antivirus, either Norton or McAfee is pretty good. as long as you don't install any TSR that come with it.. I hate any program that is doing things on the background. and if you are careful, you'll never have any program, just do manual scan.

black ice?! hahahahahaha!!!

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spud@athlonmb.com

Spud, Don't leave us hang'en man! Speak your peace.

ive heard alot of people swear by black ice, and alot of people who laugh them off. when i ask them why they dont like black ice, they give me this odd smirk...

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Thats my story and I'm stickin to it

i am not endorsing blackice because it has several 'backdoors'. it is rarely updated. it is too obtrusive.
if your really concerned about security go get a hardware firewall, they operate on the physical layer of the OSI model giving ultimate control.
if you want flexibilty, go for a software firewall (such as zonealarm, blackice, norton firewall, mcafee firewall, @gaurd). the software fw's work at the application layer of the OSI model. this gives flexibility because you can configure it and even turn it off without bringing down your network.
if you have a couple computers, go get the Linksys Instant Broadband EtherFast Cable/DSL Router. It has a builtin hw fw that is easily configurable in ie or nc. if you have a broadband connection andyou can only have one ip address, get it! your isp will only be able to see the switch (which they wont know its s switch). its under US$200 at compusa (im sure you can find it for $50 less!).


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spud@athlonmb.com

[QUOTE]Originally posted by memo:
[B]The subject is the question.

F-Secure 4.07 is the best one i have tried!
HOW i know!?

easy i got an VIRUS crapper in my puter..
tried NORTON with new UPDATE! (a pal got it with his new mobo)
noway jose! it dident even find it.

then i took MCAFEE + updated scan eng. + dat.
NOWAY JOSE! it dident find it..

i got frustrated....

and f-secure found it AND REMOVED it!



firewalls ...........

ZoneAlarm is good.... and wery EASY
LOCKDOWN is good but cost money..

Hi Spud:

Have you used a current version of BalckICE? Actually, BlackICE is updated quite frequently. Also, NetworkICE is currently working on a Win2K vesion. They may already have one now. The most recent update is under one month old. You stated that you wouldn't endorse BlackICE, but you recommended BlackICE within your same post? What specific backdoors do you believe BlackICE exposes or is vunerable to? Also, you mentioned that BlackICE is obtrusive. The utility is less then 2.5MB. The only way the user knows BlackICE exists, is by the tiny bleu shield located in the lower right corner. Further, it uses about 1% of the users resources.

Your comparing two different technologies. BlackICE is $50.00, whereas it's hardware counterpart, Lynksys is $200.00. Yes, I would prefer hardware security to software, but for non-enterprise environments, it's not practical.

Take care Spud,

dieu


<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by spud:
i am not endorsing blackice because it has several 'backdoors'. it is rarely updated. it is too obtrusive.
if your really concerned about security go get a hardware firewall, they operate on the physical layer of the OSI model giving ultimate control.
if you want flexibilty, go for a software firewall (such as zonealarm, blackice, norton firewall, mcafee firewall, @gaurd). the software fw's work at the application layer of the OSI model. this gives flexibility because you can configure it and even turn it off without bringing down your network.
if you have a couple computers, go get the Linksys Instant Broadband EtherFast Cable/DSL Router. It has a builtin hw fw that is easily configurable in ie or nc. if you have a broadband connection andyou can only have one ip address, get it! your isp will only be able to see the switch (which they wont know its s switch). its under US$200 at compusa (im sure you can find it for $50 less!).


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