[RTC List] Choice of antivirus protection

[Winter Faulk]

I don't use AVG or AntiVir but I still have no use for email scanning,
I only use GMail and for my web sites email I use google's email
service.

-Winter

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 7:29 AM, G W Bell <gwbell2003 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here's a key sentence from one of the links:
> "Like AVG, AntiVir lets you schedule updates and system scans but doesn't scan e-mail."
>
> What kind of antivirus test doesn't include email scanning?  More to the point, who would want AntiVir on their home PC if it doesn't scan incoming email?
>
> GB
>
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:45:45 -0700
> To: jhauser at pobox.com
> From: treypc at gmail.com
> CC: list at redwoodtech.org
> Subject: Re: [RTC List] Choice of antivirus protection
>
> Hi All
>
> I thought I had better add my two cents to this excellent thread.
>
> I subscribe to the paid version of the WindowsSecrets.com newsletter
> and in May they posted an article about the best AntiVirus products
> available.  Out of 37 tested, only 5 AV programs aced the test(s) and
> one of them was a freebie: Avira AntiVir.  Here are a couple of
> relevant links...
>
> http://www.windowssecrets.com/2008/06/26/05-Get-top-flight-antivirus-without-spending-a-dime
>
> http://www.windowssecrets.com/2008/05/01/07-Five-antivirus-programs-ace-the-PC-defense-test
>
>
>
> I had been using avast! AV and found it to be a bit of a resource hog.
> After switching to Avira's product I can say that I am please with the
> results and my PC is snappier.  It's compatible with x64 versions of
> Windows too (like mine).  I've also used Avira AntiVir to successfully
> clean up a few family member's PCs whose commercial AV programs were
> not doing the job.
>
>
>
> There is a caveat - the free product has a popup during updates
> advertising their commercial version.  The popup can be disabled by
> simply renaming the avnotify.exe file installed along with the program.
>
>
>
> Another program I read about and installed for a family member is
> ThreatFire.  It works by "detecting malicious behavior" and reporting
> its findings rather than having a database of know viruses.  It is
> intended to be run concurrently with your normal AV as an extra layer
> of security.
>
>
>
> Guy
>
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