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AVG is the answer[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#1)
by wantobe on Fri Apr 08, 2005 at 03:00:08 AM PDT

AVG, available at www.grisoft.com, is an excellent solution. It won't get the money you wasted on Symantec or McAfee back (because McAfee is just as bad), but will save you money and frustration. It's free for personal use, $33 per license for business use (or, if you get the network version, it boils down to about $30 or less per license), which gets you two years of updates and program upgrades (verses however much the other two charge for one year.)

I've been using AVG (and Avast, another free-for-home-use antivirus program for years, and have been very happy with it. Avast is also cheaper than Symantec for corporate use, but not as cost effective as AVG (in my experience.) Most of my clients have switched and are very happy to do so. No stupid activation, no stupid program defects, etc.

There are a number of good, free-for-personal-use and less-expensive-for-businesses antivirus programs, so if you don't like either of the above two you can find much better solutions than Symantec. Quit giving them your money if they can't treat you right. Otherwise, you have no one to blame but yourself now that you've been warned and informed.

Rob Miles
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There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Dropped Norton[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#2)
by barcodetech on Fri Apr 08, 2005 at 09:25:26 AM PDT

Absolutely agree with Rob above. I dumped Norton on a corporate scale last year, due to rotten support. Slowly integrating AVG as Norton subs run out. We are using AVG on several dozen clients as well as Exchange servers, and will never go back to Norton. Bob

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    AVG is good[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#3)
    by Anonymous User on Fri Apr 08, 2005 at 09:53:16 AM PDT

    I use Grisoft's AVG free version and it's great. McAffee came with my most recent Dell and I uninstalled it as soon as I found that it requires ActiveX (probably the biggest security hole in Windows) for its UI and updates.

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    Yeah, AVG![ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#5)
    by rodak on Fri Apr 08, 2005 at 09:55:37 AM PDT

    Just 2 cents more in favor of AVG.  It's free, it works - what more could you want?

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    AVG corporate isn't perfect[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#23)
    by Anonymous User on Wed Apr 13, 2005 at 10:15:19 AM PDT

    On top of McAfee's obvious shortcomings in business ethics, it fails to uninstall the Internet Exploder toolbar completely when one uninstall's the McAfee products...Nice! My experience with AVG corp has been mixed. The product works well on the desktop side and (thank you eastern bloc hardcore geeks) you can even set up a local definition server on a LAMP box using cron, wget and Grisoft's genctf7 manifest creation tool. THAT works like a frickin' CHARM! What DOESN'T work reliably is the management database system on Windows XP (at any SP level); it just won't reliably operate, and the module on the client side can only be set to ignore this condition on a per-user basis (which is a terrible PITA). Also, there seem to be some default settings that the clients continually "pass back" to the configuration database (when it's working) such that one cannot change or defeat certain default behavior. Rollout isn't nearly as easy as it is for Trend products (for instance); there's no remote install capability -- at best you can create an administrative install package that must be installed from the client console with admin rights...ACK! Their support isn't stellar in terms of response time, but they are sharp folks familiar with their systems, Windows and 'nix. That makes it an OK deal for businesses that need basic AV, but no good for someone who adds/removes workstations or makes config changes frequently.

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    AntiVirus Software is a scam[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#21)
    by Anonymous User on Tue Apr 12, 2005 at 06:52:23 PM PDT

    Macs do not need antivirus software.

    Linux systems do not need antivirus software.

    Only Windows PCs require Antivirus software! Why? Because Microsoft Windows is fundementally architecturely flawed!

    You will know that Windows is properly and robustly constructed when no AntiVirus software is required to connect to the internet.

    Until then you are purchasing and using a defective product.

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    AntiVirus Software is a scam[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#31)
    by Anonymous User on Wed May 11, 2005 at 07:28:33 AM PDT

    Dumbass, Macs and Linux don't need antivirus programs because no one bothers to write viruses for them like they do for PCs because they are a smaller market.

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    If that helps...[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#33)
    by Anonymous User on Mon May 23, 2005 at 11:40:00 AM PDT

    ...you sleep at night, then just go on believing that.

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    My experience with AVG[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#40)
    by Anonymous User on Tue May 06, 2008 at 08:05:45 AM PDT

    My experience with AVG corp has been mixed. The product works well on the desktop side and (thank you eastern bloc hardcore geeks) you can even set up a local definition server on a LAMP box using cron, wget and Grisoft's genctf7 manifest creation tool. xenical , levitra , clomid , buy viagra online THAT works like a frickin' CHARM! What DOESN'T work reliably is the management database system on Windows XP (at any SP level); it just won't reliably operate, and the module on the client side can only be set to ignore this condition on a per-user basis (which is a terrible PITA).

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