Antivirus..Which?

[LemonyBrainAid]

Well..I recently got a keylogger trojan, and I'd like to stay safe, please pick which one you would reccomend

[Ramrod]

McAfee

edit........why not just ask Nem?

[LemonyBrainAid]

NOTE: If this is in the wrong section, can a mod please move it? Thanks

[LemonyBrainAid]

He has norton, and norton failed me badly >_<

Other, E-Trust E-Z Anti Virus.

[MetaWraith]

Did you keep it (NAV) up to date ?

An anti-virus program is only one part of a defensive system for computers.

Some others being (in no specific order)
. A Firewall
. A Startup Manager
. A Spyware blocker/checker
. A well trained and suspicious brain.


Don't forget even for the most protected systems there is always a window of vulnerability between a brand new nasty piece of malware being released and the various protection agents being updated.

[Nemesis]

His complaint was that as much as Norton detected the virus, it did not remove it .... It was memory resident, and so could be identified and squashed ..

[LemonyBrainAid]

It kept itself inside "explorer.exe". I couldnt find it, one in registry, and two in msconfig startup. If I did, It would of been alot easier to delete.

[LemonyBrainAid]

I do do regular checks on Zonealarm, and each one of my 5 ad/spyware programs.

Startup manager? o_O;
Brain? I dont have one of those.

NOD 32.http://www.esetsoftware.com/about/about.htm

http://nod32.softwaresecuritysolutions.com/

[Ramrod]

F-Secure does a good, reasonably priced A/V&firewall package. We run it on Mandy's laptop and it's saved our bacon a few times (the au-pair)

Originally Posted by Incognitas

NOD 32.http://www.esetsoftware.com/about/about.htm

http://nod32.softwaresecuritysolutions.com/

That does look good

[Florence]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

NOD 32.http://www.esetsoftware.com/about/about.htm

http://nod32.softwaresecuritysolutions.com/

Yes NOD 32 but testing the Beta version back to my normal NOD in a few days.

Originally Posted by Ramrod

F-Secure does a good, reasonably priced A/V&firewall package. We run it on Mandy's laptop and it's saved our bacon a few times (the au-pair)

That does look good

It's very reasonably priced too.I've been using it for over a year now.Never had any problems thus far.Also they are very quick to get back to you if you email them.Had some problems with re-registering and when I phoned tech support they talked me through it.No hanging on for ages,no waiting on hold.Updates regularly without me having to do anything,sometimes as much as 3/4 times a day.

Incog.

[Stuartbe]

Etrust anti-virus from CA... $30 to buy and only $12 a year for updates. Small footprint and low system load...

I use the desktop version for workstations and the server version for servers

Yeh, as Stuartbe said. If you use the 3 Steps on Microsoft's website you can get a 12-month free trial of the Etrust armour, which has the firewall and anti-virus, with free updates. It's extremly fast, uses VERY low system load (about 2mb of memory) and scans fast.

Well recommended