Topic 'AntiVirus Poll 2008' in forum 'Security' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/AntiVirus-Poll-2008-19739894 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:43:18 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:43:18 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-21014103 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-21014103 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:44:35 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20979326 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20979326 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:12:30 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20979274 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20979274 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:04:02 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20978269 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20978269 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:32:13 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20965112 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20965112 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:01:22 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20962612
It seems to work, though... periodic scans with other AV haven't turned up anything missed by AVG.
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I recently switched to AVG--no speed-test mess-ups, and it has a smaller footprint.
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never had an infection so i don't know how good he combo iss]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20701049 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:16:02 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20654368 See Profile about the nag screens from the Kaspersky trial version, I've been using it for about four days now and, as he has no doubt discovered, the nags pretty much go away after the first day or so. I'll probably run the trial for the duration and if I have no issues I'll buy it. The fact that it found several trojans that Symantec Corporate 10 had let through, and fixed them, is plenty reason enough for me buy it.

I've used NAV for many years and SAV for the last few, and am really impressed with Kaspersky. My only issue with KAV so far is it tries to be extremely protective and some things may have to be tweaked to prevent it interfering with stuff -- many might find this to actually be reassuring. In particular it likes to monitor network traffic and some applications may need to be put in the Trusted Zone and traffic monitoring turned off for those apps to prevent slowdowns or side effects or spurious warning messages. But other than these small tweaks I've been very happy with it so far. After what happened with Symantec I don't feel I can ever really trust it again!
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Cool. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20545385 Tue, 27 May 2008 11:35:45 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20543636 --
DAMOX Proud to be a member of Team Discovery]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20543636 Mon, 26 May 2008 22:36:24 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20211444 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20211444 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:28:39 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20208345
Been using NOD32 for the last couple of years now with no problems. Currently using Eset 2.7. Don't know If I want to try 3.0 as I've read about some issues when it first came out. Don't like suites will stick with a stand alone AV. Although I've been thinking of going the free route when NOD expires with Avast or AVG.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20208345 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:38:47 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20131164 said by hayc59:

how long have you been using it??

Company history
»www.k7computing.com/company_history.asp
I have used K7 (off & on) for a little over 1 month. You can view a series of screenshots of K7 at...
»www.wilderssecurity.com/showthre···=1188921

K7 has amazingly good support. I had an update problem & messaged them. They replied quickly. After 3 exchanges of messages, the problem persisted. Then they telephoned me (India to Hawaii!!). The problem eventually got fixed.

The problem ensued from the fact that my registry cleaner (Ace Utilities) deleted K7's update registry entry. Between me & one other user we tested 3 other registry cleaners (Wise, Regseeker, Regsupreme Pro). They all did the same thing. After I configured my reg cleaner to ignore K7's update entry, the updater has worked just fine.

In case you decide to try K7 -- a 30-day trial is free; a 1-year license is $16.

Again, I must point out that K7 is a 2nd tier antivirus. It passed its only test by VirusBulletin, & is Checkmark approved. However, Blackcat's IT tested its protection at only 69% & BC commented that "K7 apparently is not too hot on spyware/adware and it also seems to be poor in heuristics."

Ergo, I regard K7 as strictly a low-risk surfer's AV for those who want to support a small company.

said by StraitShoot:

My eyesight must be going bad.. I thought you typed "KY"...
MORAL: Use KY too often, & your eyesight goes bad -- or maybe you grow hair in the palm of your hand -- (I forget which it was).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20131164 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:46:43 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20125974 said by bellgamin:

Antivir & DrWeb are primal. I also like K7 (not on your list)...
»www.k7computing.com/k7_av.asp
My eyesight must be going bad.. I thought you typed "KY"...

Spent 20 minutes trying to figure THAT out!

LOL,
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20125974 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:40:36 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20125225 how long have you been using it??

Company history
»www.k7computing.com/company_history.asp]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20125225 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:30:23 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20124257 said by bellgamin:

Antivir & DrWeb are primal. I also like K7 (not on your list)...
»www.k7computing.com/k7_av.asp

...but it is 2nd tier, at best, right now. Worthy of support.

VBA32 is a good AV with dreadfully poor website admin. Trying to get a functional trial copy is an exercise in working with needlessly convoluted procedures & unanswered messages. It's sad that such a potentially good av is so poorly managed as to its business aspects.
Never heard of K7 until now. It's not even in any of the Security Updates Threads.
I hope you voted for other. You have posted that you like K7 here in this Thread. So thats a start, to making more users aware of K7.
We mainly post most popular AV's in the Poll, and as other AV's become popular as well, we look at adding them to the Security Updates Thread List, and any Future Polls. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20124257 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:27:21 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20123762 »www.k7computing.com/k7_av.asp

...but it is 2nd tier, at best, right now. Worthy of support.

VBA32 is a good AV with dreadfully poor website admin. Trying to get a functional trial copy is an exercise in working with needlessly convoluted procedures & unanswered messages. It's sad that such a potentially good av is so poorly managed as to its business aspects.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20123762 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:17:39 EDT AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20123319 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20123319 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:17:37 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20122330
I do run a router/NAT, anti-malware, anti-worm, HostMan, Spybot, SpywareGuard, and SpywareBlaster. I've also disabled Share, Messenger, IE, OE, and have used PCPitstop.com, BugOff, HFNetChkPro, and SST to "Lock Down" my pc's running 98, ME, and 2000 Server.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20122330 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:23:44 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20099182 said by Graystoke:

I don't know if this has been brought up before, but I think the next time there is an AV pole, the free AVs, such as Avast, AVG, AntiVir, should be listed separately from their paid versions. AVG and Avast always have such an overwhelming lead in these poles. I just think it would be interesting to see how their paid versions would stack up against the other non-free AVs.
+1.
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I like them best to not as best in that order. :)
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Just out of curiosity, how long is this poll going to stay open? It's already listed in the sidebar. :hmm:Until 2009?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20052447 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:46:17 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20051192 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20051192 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:16:45 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20051102 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20051102 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:55:44 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20050549 --
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I think for my family's simple needs, this will more than ample for us.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20050085 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:20:52 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-20049716 --
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Can't I at least try it for one full day before getting hit with telling me I only have 29 days left?
Hi,

Sorry I'm so late stumbling upon your question, even though it wasn't directed to me.

Did you download the trial version from the main KL site?

The v7 you're attempting to trial .. it's KIS or KAV?

And, what version/build is it?

All I can say at this moment is that this was NOT the behavior I experienced during my trial period. Had it been, I also would have been very upset!

I intend, with answers to my questions of you, to inquire from those who'll know if this behavior is "new" or .. what/why?
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Kaspersky for me.
KIS 7 on one machine
KIS 8 on another

Kaspersky Fanclub Project Manager
Maybe you could help me with something. Yesterday I downloaded the 30 day trial of Kaspersky 7. It installed flawlessly and I scanned and it seems to work fine..

But I had left my computer for a approx an hour and when I came back as soon as I moved my mouse a pop up screen came up telling me I have 29 days left on my 30 day trial and included a link to buy now. This pop-up has popped up numerous times since then...Less than 24 hours after I downloaded the program I am about to remove it due to that reminder is annoying the hell out of me...I mean I just started the 30 day trial..Can't it wait till I get down to the last 5 days or so?

My question is can you tell me to uncheck something or do something that will result in getting rid of this annoying pop-up reminder with a link to buy it now? I want to give Kaspersky 7 a trial and have no problem paying the $59.00 or whatever it said it was but I can't compute with these annoying interruptions to buy it now...Can't I at least try it for one full day before getting hit with telling me I only have 29 days left?

Thanks for any help you or anyone here can offer.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-19963963 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:46:43 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-19955648 --
Tin-Foilers Union of America!!
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It runs smooth on my PC and works like a charm!

Regards,
AVG8 User :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-19955606 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:01:05 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-19941509 --
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M31 - the closest neighbourhood]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-19940793 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:25:58 EDT Re: AntiVirus Poll 2008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-AntiVirus-Poll-2008-19940738
Avast Home on my parents and any machine I fix that needs a decent free AV

great poll!
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It sure looks like Avira is the most popular here?

Kaspersky Labs Fan Club Project Manager
Err...look at the chart on the first page of this thread. AVG and Avast are tied for first place. NOD32 is more popular than KAV or Avira.
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