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im not usually prone to viruses, (but now being back on windows)
im looking for a anti-virus program (dont say norton or mcafee) , looking for a program that doesnt start-up on boot, is low on resources, doesnt nag me or annoy me, and just does its job of finding and removing viruses or other mal-ware.

Thanks

p.s. im not worried about the price, im ok to pay for it :erm:

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AVG Free 7.5

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Avast.

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NOD 32 - http://www.eset.com/

DW

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Kaspersky. You have the option of whether to start it at boot up and is light on resources.

The support via their forums and tech support is superb.

www.kaspersky.co.uk

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NTLs own free Netguard? ???

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Yes....but if you want better protection.

NOD32 :)

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I would agree that Nod32 is good. However, I understand that it relies on heuristics which, if my understanding is correct, would rely on the program continually running.

khado made the point that he doesn't want the program to start on boot, therefore the heuristics detection won't be running. Kaspersky relies heavily on signatures, so may be more suited to on demand type scans.

Much of the choice comes down to personal preference. I tried 6 major AV's by imaging my system and then trying each in turn. You have to find one which does not slow your system and also suits your style. Kaspersky or Nod32 are both excellent.

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I've just recently gone over to AVS (Active Virus Shield) it's based on Kaspersky but it's free http://www.activevirusshield.com/ant...eav/index.adp?

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AVG Free (imho).

Why don't you want it to start up on boot - surely that is the safest way?

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Kaspersky... unless you want cheap and nasty then just pick another one :Yikes:

Loads of different views here..

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I'd recommend AVG free too. After switching from the resource hog that is Norton AV I've found my system starts up quicker, is more responsive and far less prone to crashes. Best of all it's free!

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It doesn't just rely on Heuristics, it uses signature based analyst techniques also. The program footprint (memory) is between 23kb and 50kb depending on what level of threat detection you want to run, and therefore has one of the smallest footprints out there. I have pretty much everything running at the moment, and NOD32 is only using just over 24Kb

From a security point of view an anti-virus program that is passive (on demand, and not loaded into memory) is simply not effective enough as it cannot prevent infection, it can only detect (and hopefully remove) after the fact.

NOD32 is not the only program out there that can do this with minimal use of resources, but from experience I would have to say its one of the best, and worth every penny I spent on it.

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I have to agree with this. Having used the "dreaded Norton" and Avast previously, NOD32 is the least resource hungry of the lot and very effective at that.

Plus, for me anyway, it gets updated far more frequent than than those two.

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im so sorry to ` rain on the parade` but urmm after using XP for around 2/3 hours (about the time i made this thread) i had gotten so fed up, that i re-installed ubuntu (luckily for you guys on a dual boot) so your suggestions arn't a total waste,
i have used nod32 before but like many users have commented it runs at startup which i truly despise,
anyway im back on ubuntu so im alright for now,
kaspersky seems favourable and the idea of signatures is an advantage for a person who will only boot into windows once a month or so,

thanks everyone (sorry again, should of posted earlier but forgot to check with all re-installing etc)

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cant beat NOD32

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I've just bought my mum a copy of F-Prot for Windows - for her new PC. I'm not particularly pro- anti-virus software, but she's a novice user, so in that respect the purchase is justified.

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i recommend dr.web, great at unpacking with great heuristics and super support.

26 euro for 2 year licence and low on system resources, fantastic.

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Ive been running with Kaspersky for a week now, and although my initial impressons of it were good, it's being un-installed tonight in favour of NOD32, reason being is that even though I have been giving this PC some heavy usage over the past week, Kaspersky still seems to be in it's learning phase, asking me what to do about something every two minutes.

What has made my choice easier is that I have two installs of XP, my main one, and another on a re-movable hard drive, I installed NOD32 on the removable drive as a test and have now decided to use it on my main install.

Kaspersky may be good, but it takes more training than Zonealarm.

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Hi Jon,

It sounds like you were still in "Training Mode". Did you move the slider in Settings > Anti Hacker away from "Training Mode"?

If you don't want the firewall, you could have tried Kaspersky Anti Virus rather than Kaspersky Internet Security. As I said previously, it's a personal choice. NOD32 is a very good anti-virus and it will be interesting to see how you get on with it.

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Nod32 for me. :)

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Using NOD32 myself, but as a freebie this is good...very good.

http://www.free-av.com/ ( Avira AntiVir )

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I'm not running the Internet Security Version, only the anti-virus, I would stick with it but i'm getting fed up with it telling me that Firefox is ilegally accessing the registry etc, stuff like that. Even when you tell it to "put this application in the trusted zone" it flags the same thing up again when the same conditon happens with slighty different parameters, i.e. your trying to view "abc.pdf" when you'd already ok'ed the viewing of "123.pdf" earlier.

IfI could clear this up, i'd stick with Kaspersky, if only because I like the UI better that NOD32

These are the settings that I have available to me:

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I used to use Norton AV (:erm:), & then moved to Avast for a while.


Been using Kaspersky Anti-Virus for maybe 6 months now. Find it very good, prefer it to Norton & Avast.

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I became very disenchanted with NAV 2002 dumped it & never went back. Been using McAfee ever since, no problemo. :)

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mcafee can be just as bad. :)

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Nod32 here.Never had any problems with it in three years.As someone who frequently wants all the memory I can get, to render art work I find it excellent as it uses so few resources.

As for not having an AV at start up,that does seem like asking for trouble.With my memory I'd forget to check I had an AV running.:)

I'm sure someone will remind me how quickly a new clean PC connected to the net can become infected.;)

Oh and did Neil ever give out the results on his experimental PC to see how soon and how often it would get infected?:erm:

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It was Richard M, not Neil, iirc he had a problem with his server & never ran a 'proper' test?

- I am happy to be wrong :)

you are right about start av at startup :tu:

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Yes you are right it was Richard M..and I know he gave some info. I just can't remember what the thread was called so I could search for it.:D

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'whatever'

:D

well, yes, no, well yes :)

I use ZoneAlarm Security Suite, myself ....


Gaz

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I think i've solved my Kaspersky problems, had to manually add firefox as a trusted module in Application Integrity Control.

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Hi Jon,

Glad that you're up and running. When you said previously "takes more training than Zonealarm", I thought that you had opted for KIS.

I must admit that I don't recall having to add Firefox as a trusted application, but a quick look at this thread on the Kaspersky forum appears to confirm that it is necessary, particularly with KIS:

http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php...opic=26927&hl=