Comments on: Five Best Antivirus Applications

By: J

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:21:53 +0000

R you silly fool, Mac's are only safe while they have a small user base. Hackers don't want to waste their time on small fry things when they can hack something and affect 80%+ of PC users.

When/If Mac ever corners enough of a market to be of interest to hackers, then you will moste certainly need AV.

It's the same reason why many games aren't made for the mac. What's the point when most people don't use them?

By: R

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:13:13 +0000

Mac's don't need anti-virus software. Sure, you can find so-called expert articles that say so, but recently Apple confirmed that Mac's are secure out of the box, and only mentioned antivirus as an option.

Do the calculation. How much do you spend on anti-virus subscriptions per year. Let's say $60. Over a 4 year lifetime of a computer, that's $120, which is close to 10% of a $1,500 iMac computer.

Plus, not only is that a saving on anti-virus software, it is peace of mind not having to worry about viruses and spyware. Just don't fall for social-engineering malware that tricks you to click the button. There's no software that can save you from foolishness at falling for such tricks.

By: r catterall

r catterall — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:31:10 +0000

in the past ive used nod32 and kaspersky anti hacker but since moving to france i decided on kaspersky security suite ver 7.
through out this year i have been continually fighting with this security suite becuase of its lack of ability to protect my system. it has become nearly a full time endeavour just to keep this laptop opperational.Some of the problems i think are that
after the installation kisv7 needs to upload the virus data files and it is during this s.l.o.w process with dial up the pc
is at its most vulnerable. upon completing the update kisv7
continues with a scan finding nothing!!!!! windows advises that the kisv7 is off line but kisv7 says otherwise.
this machine has had its o/s reinstalled after the drive being reformatted umpteen times but the end result is allways the same.
conclusion from my experiance the only good feature that this
program has is the uninstall button providing that it works.
i voiced my opinions on the forum and got thrown off.
incidently i ran tds3 on the machine and that identified kasv7 as a rat. i know that tds3 is no longer with us UNFORTUNATLY.
but i could use another programme like that again if anyone knows of one?
rcet

ps
mean while my machine continues to be infected, these help guis just keep activating untill the pc crashes!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Matt Forder

Matt Forder — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:48:30 +0000

Interesting article – can we see a Mac version of the same question please?

By: aussiebear

aussiebear — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:27:15 +0000

Don't waste your time with AV or anti-malware solutions. They're reactive solutions. Go with the Proactive approach. Prevent things from happening instead of reacting to things when they happen!

For WinXP or newer...

(1) Create a Limited User Account and use it.

(2) Install SuRun to escalate to Admin privileges if you need it.

(3) Use "Software Restriction Policy" (SRP) if your version of Windows that supports it. (tighter security). WinXP Pro has it available. In WinXP Home, you need to manually add it. While in Vista, I think its only available to the Business, Enterprise and Ultimate editions. I am not sure if you can manually add SRP capability to other versions of Vista.

(4) Install third party firewall if you don't like the Windows Firewall.

(5) Use your head. The brain is the most amazing component in the area of computer security.

That's it. You do NOT need to install extra crap in regards to security.

I do these kinds of things on my Windows and Linux boxes. I don't have issues.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:55:18 +0000

"The internet is a glorious and exciting world, but unless you're properly protected with a good antivirus application, it can also be a dangerous one."

open your eyes and your minds to an OS that doesn't require this AV type of nonsense.

By: Mulligrub

Mulligrub — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:28:03 +0000

AVG is not usually rated as the best protection. But with the new version 8 looking good and inc spyware detection too it is hard to beat for the average user not doing ridiculously unsafe surfing. Plus AVG has always used a minimum of system resources (memory) which makes it good even for older/slower PCs. Combine with windows firewall and you have a totally free, low overhead security system that is adequate for most home users :)

By: HiddenTaco

HiddenTaco — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:02:53 +0000

It is sad to see AVG 8 go down the track of bloatware.

I have used NOD32 in the past and loved it. Once the network edition of AVG has expired I will consider using NOD32 again.