Which anti-virus?
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Prompted by this I just saw in another thread;
Decent spec computer (2gb DDR ram) with very little in the way of programs on it; it was brand new a month or so ago so all that's really on it is some Adobe software and ITunes!
Anyway, McAfee is quite system sapping...so what one to go for?!
ThePassenger said:
I'd also make sure you're running some decent, non-flaky anti-virus (i.e. NOT running Symantic/Norton/McAfee home products).
I'm running McAfee Home Edition (think that's what it's called), and now and then the computer runs a tad slow for a few seconds while it sorts itself out.Decent spec computer (2gb DDR ram) with very little in the way of programs on it; it was brand new a month or so ago so all that's really on it is some Adobe software and ITunes!
Anyway, McAfee is quite system sapping...so what one to go for?!
I'm currently up to my eyeballs digging around on Antivirus.
Admittedly I'm looking for an Enterprise solution so remote management plays a big part, but it's hard to get past NOD32 and Kaspersky as being the frontrunners.
Kaspersky arguably does more, NOD32 is almost certainly less resource hungry.
Admittedly I'm looking for an Enterprise solution so remote management plays a big part, but it's hard to get past NOD32 and Kaspersky as being the frontrunners.
Kaspersky arguably does more, NOD32 is almost certainly less resource hungry.
Stu R said:
AVG I find a bit rubbish, it sniffs out viruses but I've also had a lot of false positives, and feck me is it slow, takes an hour to scan 300GB on my computer.
I'm using Avast at the minute, not bad, but kaspersky seems much better.
Why is time to run an issue when you can schedule it to update and run during the night or some other time when you're not in front of the screen? For free I think it the best of the crop and the latest version is really well bolted together with a great UI, but Kaspersky is king (until it gets taken out by Symantec I'm using Avast at the minute, not bad, but kaspersky seems much better.
).Hut49 said:
Stu R said:
AVG I find a bit rubbish, it sniffs out viruses but I've also had a lot of false positives, and feck me is it slow, takes an hour to scan 300GB on my computer.
I'm using Avast at the minute, not bad, but kaspersky seems much better.
Why is time to run an issue when you can schedule it to update and run during the night or some other time when you're not in front of the screen? For free I think it the best of the crop and the latest version is really well bolted together with a great UI, but Kaspersky is king (until it gets taken out by Symantec I'm using Avast at the minute, not bad, but kaspersky seems much better.
).As far as free goes, Avast has AVG trumped in my opinion, hasn't overlooked any viruses, no false positives that I can think of unlike AVG, and much faster. AVG's not bad though.
As for running through the night, not a problem for me as my computer is on 24/7, but for the more energy efficient folks among us that's not always a viable option.
m3evo2 said:
roadsweeper said:
Kaspersky is definitely worth a look.
Computer shopper did a test on the Internet security apps and this came tops. Although Nod32 and Kaspersky wern't in the line up.
Hut49 said:
Stu R said:
AVG I find a bit rubbish, it sniffs out viruses but I've also had a lot of false positives, and feck me is it slow, takes an hour to scan 300GB on my computer.
I'm using Avast at the minute, not bad, but kaspersky seems much better.
Why is time to run an issue when you can schedule it to update and run during the night or some other time when you're not in front of the screen? For free I think it the best of the crop and the latest version is really well bolted together with a great UI, but Kaspersky is king (until it gets taken out by Symantec I'm using Avast at the minute, not bad, but kaspersky seems much better.
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