Vista - Comparison of antiVirus/antiSpyware/Firewall Software

When asking many techs about antiVirus/antiSpyware/Firewall software, they
each said Norton and MacAfee, as well as MS Defender/Firewall, and everyone
says these are great and are the ultimate for the job. Each renown and top
of their game, of course. But when I asked them about Trend every single
tech, every one, said this was a purely terrible program with more holes
than a
coffee filter and they ALL advised me to STRONGLY and IN NO WAY use Trend if
I knew what was good for me and had any sense. Anyone heard of or have any
experience with Trend? Thanks in advance.

From: "Ken" <kenmendell@xxxxxx>

| When asking many techs about antiVirus/antiSpyware/Firewall software, they
| each said Norton and MacAfee, as well as MS Defender/Firewall, and everyone
| says these are great and are the ultimate for the job. Each renown and top
| of their game, of course. But when I asked them about Trend every single
| tech, every one, said this was a purely terrible program with more holes
| than a
| coffee filter and they ALL advised me to STRONGLY and IN NO WAY use Trend if
| I knew what was good for me and had any sense. Anyone heard of or have any
| experience with Trend? Thanks in advance.


Trend Micro is good but not great.

McAfee and Norton retail versions are NOT good. Only their enterprise versions are
"good". However, the catch rate of all three are not as good as Kaspersky, NOD32 and
Avira.

As for a FireWall, just stick with the OS built-in FireWall and supplemnt that with a NAT
Router or a NAT Router with a built in FireWall.


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

Thanks!! Tell me about Kaspersky, NOD32 and Avira. What are they and how do
I get them, etc. I believe I've heard of them but why haven't more people
heard of them?

I've heard about NAT Router and NAT Routers with a built in FireWall. Tell
me more, how they work and where I can get them.

There used to be a great Mac program called Disinfectant, but I don't know
if that's available for Windows.

Thanks in advance for all.



"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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Windows OneCare is the best solution:
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/default.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

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"Ken" <kenmendell@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OchkXe2IJHA.1156@xxxxxx
When asking many techs about antiVirus/antiSpyware/Firewall software, they
each said Norton and MacAfee, as well as MS Defender/Firewall, and everyone
says these are great and are the ultimate for the job. Each renown and top
of their game, of course. But when I asked them about Trend every single
tech, every one, said this was a purely terrible program with more holes
than a
coffee filter and they ALL advised me to STRONGLY and IN NO WAY use Trend if
I knew what was good for me and had any sense. Anyone heard of or have any
experience with Trend? Thanks in advance.

In article <OchkXe2IJHA.1156@xxxxxx>,
kenmendell@xxxxxx says...Concerning firewalls, it is worthy to look here:

http://www.matousec.com/projects/fir...ge/results.php

--
Poutnik

Different opinion either shows it is wrong,
either shows the other side of the truth, hidden to us.

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:47:06 -0400, "Ken" <kenmendell@xxxxxx>
wrote:

Depends on what techs you talk to, but in my view (and that of many of
us here) Norton is the single *worst* security software, and McAfee is
the second worst. I strongly recommend against both.

I don't have enough Trend experience to comment on it, but my view is
that NOD32 is the best anti-virus software on the market, and if you
want a freeware anti-virus program, Avast! is also a very good
product.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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I agree 100% with the recommendations. I personally have used Avast and
have very good experience with it. It will sometimes auto update several
times a day, but updates almost every day.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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The only software I've yet had recommended to me has been Norton, MacAfee
and MS. I had Spybot recommended by a couple of the same techs and Kaspersky
was mentioned if I wanted to scan an embedded software, such as in
open-source appliances.

Is Avast updated routinely? How do they keep up to date with recent viruses?
Can I run it while running any of the other programs, or is that
recommended? Thank you in advance.



"Ken" <kenmendell@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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DDW wrote:
To clarify a bit, AV apps typically can be made to run in realtime
mode (while other apps are running), but with most this is a user-
selected option. The advantage of realtime mode is that whenever
a (non-AV) app is invoked (or whenever a data file is opened), the
AV app scans it for virii; the disadvantage is some loss in
responsiveness.

For some of my PCs, I use realtime mode; for others, I just count on
regular nightly scans. The choice depends on who the primary users
are, and the probability that they practice safe hex.
--
Cheers, Bob

I meant can it run while other antivirus programs are running? Are using
more than 1 antivirus programs recommended? I have had some rule against
doing that.



"DDW" <ddwright@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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