tonyfer2
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Re: Consumer Reports - SEPTEMBER 2007 - Best security software
 me myself like AVG |
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Grail Knight
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Thank you.
I do not recall any issues with the 2006 version of TM and even with the 2007 version it is running fine.
As everyones computer setup is different it is not unusual to find software that performs well on one machine vs another. |
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borathram
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Beaumont, CA | reply to VirusXIII
Where is nod32? |
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JTM1051
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said by EGeezer  :... Again, a read of the whole article is in order. ... Yep, and due comparison with other test/reviews 
PC Mag's Security Suite Smackdown, Part I
PC Mag's Security Suite Smackdown, Part II
PC Mag's Security Suite Smackdown, Part II
Malware-Test Lab
»PC World AV review |
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garys_2k
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said by cableties :I'm afraid I don't trust CR. The first time they rated GM products "very highly" across the board, was when I noticed the back cover was a FULL ad for the Corvette. CR lacks the teeth to bite the hand that feeds. You're saying that you saw an advertisement for a Corvette in Consumer Reports magasine, published by Consumers Union? I doubt that. |
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nwrickert
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The first time they rated GM products "very highly" across the board, was when I noticed the back cover was a FULL ad for the Corvette. Wrong!
CR does not accept advertisements, and never has accepted advertisements.
Come to think of it, I cannot recall a time when the rated GM products "very highly" across the board.
I think you are mistaking them for some other publication/organization.
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Diazruanova
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Re: Consumer Reports - SEPTEMBER 2007 - Best security software
It is kind of curious that with exception of 10 to 15 regular readers of this forum, no one else pays much attention to BitDfender10 AV engine (not the suite), which BTW, stays almost always amongst the top 5 to 7 places on all the serious and not so serious tests.
In comparison with KAV, Nod32, Symantec, Trend Micro etc. which are the favorites at least for starting some entertaining discussions here, BitDefender does not figure!
Could it be a lack of advertising on the North-American market? because in Europe it is one of the preferred AV's!
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Mele20
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Re: Consumer Reports - SEPTEMBER 2007 - Best security software
said by Diazruanova :It is kind of curious that with exception of 10 to 15 regular readers of this forum, no one else pays much attention to BitDfender10 AV engine (not the suite), which BTW, stays almost always amongst the top 5 to 7 places on all the serious and not so serious tests. In comparison with KAV, Nod32, Symantec, Trend Micro etc. which are the favorites at least for starting some entertaining discussions here, BitDefender does not figure! Could it be a lack of advertising on the North-American market? because in Europe it is one of the preferred AV's! Maybe because BD requires one to remove Spybot and Spyware Blaster? Yeah, BD has great detection and was an outstanding AV through 9.0. Starting with 9.5, I had throw my Pro version is wastebasket because of BSOD's on boot caused by the BD driver. BD told me the driver doesn't like Spybot (which runs only on demand...no Teatimer) and SpywareBlaster. They demanded I remove those or stop using BD. I stopped using BD and I will never recommend it since it requires one to not use two fine antispyware programs.
Some have asked where NOD32 is...where is Avira? Where is F-Prot? Where is Dr.Web? etc.
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jadinolf
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Re: Consumer Reports - SEPTEMBER 2007 - Best security software
said by zteardrop :Wow I do need to cancel my Consumer Reports subscription. They should stick to things they have a clue about. I agree.
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Diazruanova
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Mele,
I do not know about BD10 problems with Teatimer, because I have it disabled, running CounterSpy instead, but I have had never a single problem with Spywareblaster, which I have installed along BD10 since more than a year and even before, with BD9.x!
I have SpyBot installed and I use it eventually for on demand scan,I also have A2 for the same purpose but I only have as residents BD and CS running along fine without having problems w/each other.
I have not had a single BSOD for more than two years, maybe it is some "luck" or maybe it is that I keep my machine clean
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Mele20
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| The BSOD clearly stated that the faulting driver was BD's. BD has a write-up on the BSOD and why their driver causes it. But that was with BD8. I was having the problem only after the forced upgrade to 9.5 from 9.0. BD support admitted it was their fault not mine. They had me do a bunch of stuff and nothing stopped the BSOD's. They finally had me run Belarc Advisor and send them the results. That is how they found out I have those two antispyware programs. They told me then that those two programs were causing their driver to cause a BSOD on boot. That is, of course, absurd. How could two programs that run only on demand cause a driver for another program to cause a BSOD on boot?
I think they had no idea why that driver problem from 8.0 had come back with 9.5 so they latched onto blaming my two anti-spyware programs. They said those two programs are not acceptable from 9.5 on because they don't want people using anything that competes with antispyware they put in 9.5. I went back to 9.0 and no BSOD. But the upgrade to 9.5 is FORCED. You cannot stop it. I also did not want BD after I had that confirmed by support. That is exactly the same mentality as Microsoft with their trying to force updates. I asked BD support if I could just use 9.0, which I loved, and which worked perfectly. They said no that upgrading to 9.5 was mandatory and if I didn't want to do that, and get rid of those two programs, that I should just not use BD. I asked JavaCool why BD tell users they are reqiired to remove his program and he was quite puzzled. I also asked at Spybot and was told it was a long known problem and why was I using such a bad AV if I liked Spybot? At that point, I threw my hands up in the air and got rid of BD.
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JTM1051
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said by Mele20 :Maybe because BD requires one to remove Spybot and Spyware Blaster? ... Using BD AV 10 and SpywareBlaster on my Dell desktop and Toshiba notebook (both Win XP Pro SP2) without any problems/issues.
Quit using Spybot S&D prior to BD AV 10. IMHO Spybot S&D has not kept up and has fallen behind most of the top rated anti-spyware/anti-malware apps. |
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Mele20
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| I've read a couple of other comments saying the same...that Spyware Blaster and BD work together fine. So, it may have been Spybot and not Spyware Blaster that had something to do with my problem...but I don't see how Spybot with no real time Teatimer could somehow cause a BD BSOD at boot. If I had been getting the BSOD's while using the computer, even with Spybot not running in real time, I might be able to understand that Spybot somehow did something...but even then it seems far fetched to me. At any rate, I happen to really like all the tools that are in Spybot and it was mostly for that reason that I was unwilling to give up Spybot. I still think BD should have just let me use version 9 since it worked fine.
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cork1958
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What an absolutely rediculous claim by them. They just instantly lost any respect I had for them. |
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tim_k
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said by fatness :Does anyone have a direct link to any of these ratings? I'm a member of that site and I've been unable to find them. Perhaps my search skills are poor. I did find the ratings from September 2006 for antivirus, antispyware, and antispam software on the Consumer Reports site. Nothing for 2007 though. Thanks. I can't find anything from the Sep 2007 issue either. Must not be posted yet.
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