What AV software do you currently use?

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Per John:
>What anti-malware and Av software do you currently use or would
>recommend at the moment?

The freebie version of Avast. Been using it for several years,
no problems.

I would dis-recommend Trend Micro's PC-Cillin Used it for a
year or so and found it dysfunctional with no meaningful support.

In fact, the support was worse than none. With none, one doesn't
waste the several man-hours needed to discover that all they're
getting is inane boilerplate in email replies.

OTOH the place where I do most of my work uses something from
Trend Micro.... maybe they give better support to corporate
users.
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PeteCresswell

"John" <magna.TakeThisOut@carta.com> wrote in message
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> What anti-malware and Av software do you currently use or would
> recommend at the moment?
>
> Thanks,
> John

Would recommend not relying on anti-virus software in the first place. That,
however, doesn't answer your question. Look for a product that updates
itself frequently without manual intervention and has a very low false
positive metric. High detection rate is a no brainer but needs to be
balanced against other factors. Look for a product that has the option to
scan only modified or new files.

"joe black" <optikl.TakeThisOut@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> "John" <magna.TakeThisOut@carta.com> wrote in message
> news:l29eh458q8vpa52581733n71mguc3b2dps@4ax.com...
>> What anti-malware and Av software do you currently use or would
>> recommend at the moment?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>
> Would recommend not relying on anti-virus software in the first place.
> That, however, doesn't answer your question. Look for a product that
> updates itself frequently without manual intervention and has a very low
> false positive metric. High detection rate is a no brainer but needs to be
> balanced against other factors. Look for a product that has the option to
> scan only modified or new files.
>
Joe, would you mind giving some good recommendations. Your experience with
these would be valuable to us.

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magna RemoveThis @carta.com aka John in<l29eh458q8vpa52581733n71mguc3b2dps RemoveThis @4ax.com>
on 11/9/2008 after much thought,came up with this jewel::

> What anti-malware and Av software do you currently use or would
> recommend at the moment?
>
> Thanks,
> John

What I use (all programs listed below play well together)-

Windows Update (free to use)
AntiVir (free version)
ThreatFire (free version)
Windows Defender (free)
SUPERAntiSpyware (free version)
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (free version)
Windows Firewall (free)
Firefox with AdBlock+NoScript installed (free), set to default browser
MVPS Hosts file (free)
Thunderbird for e-mail (free), set to default e-mail
Turn off un-needed Windows Services
Buy a Router (under $50)

max
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