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Old 13-07-2010, 07:56 PM
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Can people stop saying they love Avast as I went for Choicemail...lol

Day 1 currently blocked 89 of the pesky things
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I use Avast on my personal machines - we have AVG on our servers.
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another fan of avast.... after years of paying for nortons and endless problems. Avast rocks!
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Next to a staff member's PC, is a bottle of Dettol spray, claiming to destroy 99% of viruses. Worth a try, do you think?
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I've flitted between Norton, McAfee, AVG and COMODO over the years - what's your's?
Microsoft Essentials I recommend for home users, ESET is a good alternative for businesses with more machines.

However, I use more of a proactive approach locking down computer accounts, using opendns to block nasties on the home network, and a good email provider that scans mail before delivering also with good anti-spam filtering. As a multi employee business I would serousily think about investing in web content filtering on top of opendns.

As a security IT consultant (turned software developer) I found 90% of such nasties come from A. people looking at stuff they shouldn't (unless you want to go blind ) and B. using computer administrative accounts for daily computer usage (Use a limited user account people! and switch as needed ).

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Get a Mac!
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Contrary to popular belief Macs aren't impervious to virus infection.

Best bet for windows based PC, IMHO is Avast if you want it free as it had plenty of active scanners.

If you want to pay for it your best bet in my experience is Kaspersky. I use it myself and include a years subscription as part of my virus removal offer.

EDIT: I should qualify though that NO AV product will protect a user 100%. Browsing habits are the main cause of infection and reinfection.



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While no AV product is a catch all. In my experience as a computer tech I find that avast or Kaspersky get most things while not sacrificing system performance.

Anyone needs any help pm me.

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AVG everytime, even on my phone as well.
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I have AVG on my mobile. But what does everyone think of the Microsoft product (possibly called Defender)? I'm currently using this on my notebook.
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