anti virus

[dangel]

I use Symantec Coporate Antivirus as it's free of bloatware than comes packaged with things like norton thesedays.

[amjedm]

I use AVG on machines with broadband connections and Avast on machines with dial up connections.

I find the incremental updates are smaller with Avast until a real biggie comes down the line once in a while.

I had both of them on a PC once and AVG intercepted the virus before Avast got a look in.

[toadoftoadhall]

I go with AVG
Free, updates over the web automatically, and has picked up viruses and got rid of them withut fuss.

toad

[Byatt]

FreeAV - made by Germans ftw.

[hitharder]

there is a problem with norton atm. IT DOESNT PICKUP ONE VIRUS. IT THEN TURNS OFF NORTON AND SCREWS UR INTERNET SETTINGS. U CAN ONLY get RID OF IT BY A FULL SYSTME REINSTALL. THIS IS NO JOKE. OVER 700 PCS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.

[specofdust]

Hmm, not sure about what you say, but Norton is normally a very good product. It's detection rates are as high as 97% depending on what stats you look at, it's very bloated, and only 3% better at detection of non-in the wild virii then NOD32, but uses many more resources, so for gamers NOD32 is way better. But for non-gamers or power users, Norton is actually a very good product.

[hitharder]

mate i am really not joking i have just forked out £100 today to get it fixed. whilst there 3 other peeps came in with exact same problem.

[Moby-Dick]

there is a problem with norton atm. IT DOESNT PICKUP ONE VIRUS. IT THEN TURNS OFF NORTON AND SCREWS UR INTERNET SETTINGS. U CAN ONLY get RID OF IT BY A FULL SYSTME REINSTALL. THIS IS NO JOKE. OVER 700 PCS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.

Thats a very sweeping statement.

Many worms will attempt to disable Av software , you just have to know how they do and you can get round it.

700 PC's out of how ever many there are in the world isn't that many is it ?

dont forget , protecting yourself is more than just using AV software - keep abreast of windows updates is just as important ( as well as many other common sence fixes which have been mentioned so many times I wont wear my keyboard out any more mentioning them )

actually you might be correct... you must have been hit badly by it , its stuck your Caps Lock key down. I suggest a dishwasher is the only way to rid yourself of the sticky key.

Go to a more competent PC shop next time and the infact can probably be fixed without having to rebuild.

[Lish]

I use the free version of Avast which seems to do the job ok.

[hitharder]

lol moby dick. the 700 were just laptops to this one shop. but i aint a complete ninny. i tried all the stuff that u guys said which tba i am very grateful for. but ur right i was hit pretty bad. and a friend of mine was, and sum random chinese girl who had the same problem on the same day. i think it is just weird or typical countryside blues. btw the washingmachine wasnt strong enough.

[specofdust]

Thats a very sweeping statement.

Many worms will attempt to disable Av software , you just have to know how they do and you can get round it.

700 PC's out of how ever many there are in the world isn't that many is it ?

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actually you might be correct... you must have been hit badly by it , its stuck your Caps Lock key down. I suggest a dishwasher is the only way to rid yourself of the sticky key.

Go to a more competent PC shop next time and the infact can probably be fixed without having to rebuild.

These were my roughly my thoughts too. A rebuild/full reinstall shouldn't have been needed, I'm curious that any worm which is heavy duty enough to have knocked out as many PC's as you're implying hasn't a: been sorted out by symantec, who are usually extremely promt in recognising and releasing solutions for virii and b: hasn't been mentioned in any of the online tech mags (slashdot, the inq, the register) I read. Anyway, more info/links would be intresting.

[specofdust]

n/m

[Moby-Dick]

lol moby dick. the 700 were just laptops to this one shop. but i aint a complete ninny. i tried all the stuff that u guys said which tba i am very grateful for. but ur right i was hit pretty bad. and a friend of mine was, and sum random chinese girl who had the same problem on the same day. i think it is just weird or typical countryside blues. btw the washingmachine wasnt strong enough.

this "shop" had 700 machines in to fix because of this worm.

and they where charging £100 a time to fix them ?

**** me I'm in the wrong busines !

[mr-nick]

I'd recommend Avast unless you use Outlook 2003 and MSN Desktop Search, which I do

I've been forced to switch to CA Ez-Trust (free years trial if you follow that link) untill they get the bug sorted.