Posted: 6/5/2014 5:12:12 AM EDT
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I have a new Windows 8 desktop PC with a free trial of Norton.
I like Norton but are there any anti-virus programs out there that might be better/cheaper?? Thanks in Advance, Winch |
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Not anymore. Random AV product used to be good but sucks now. Quoted:
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MS Security Essentials. + Maleware Bytes Not anymore. Random AV product used to be good but sucks now. I've seen this said about too many AV products, including the ones being recommended here, to put too much stock in any of it. |
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Same. Seems lighter than Avast IMO. |
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MS Security Essentials. + Maleware Bytes Not anymore. Random AV product used to be good but sucks now. I've seen this said about too many AV products, including the ones being recommended here, to put too much stock in any of it. Suit yourself. I have first hand experience. Been managing IT for over 18 years and used MSSE when it was a good product. I had to shit can it when it started sucking. |
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Suit yourself. I have first hand experience. Been managing IT for over 18 years and used MSSE when it was a good product. I had to shit can it when it started sucking. So riddle me this. What is the better return on investment? a) Switching AV products every time PC Mag runs a "Best Of" article b) End user education c) Technical controls (Proxy, web content filtering, network/host-based IDS/IPS) |
| I currently run AVG and it works good but I don't like the constant attempts at up selling me to the pro edition. The installation is also annoying as it tries to trick you into downloading extras you don't need. Avast and Bitdefender are looking promising. I'm leaning more towards Bitdefender because of it's smaller footprint. |
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Quoted: So riddle me this. What is the better return on investment? a) Switching AV products every time PC Mag runs a "Best Of" article b) End user education c) Technical controls (Proxy, web content filtering, network/host-based IDS/IPS) Quoted: Quoted: Suit yourself. I have first hand experience. Been managing IT for over 18 years and used MSSE when it was a good product. I had to shit can it when it started sucking. So riddle me this. What is the better return on investment? a) Switching AV products every time PC Mag runs a "Best Of" article b) End user education c) Technical controls (Proxy, web content filtering, network/host-based IDS/IPS) |
| One of the easy things is to create a separate account that doesn't have admin privileges, Use that account for everything and it stops a lot of Malware and viruses from being installed since they don't have the permissions. Then use an AV/malware product that is updated frequently. AVAST is always a good call. Keep your firewall on, If you can afford it a good home based firewall with IPS/IDS is also a good call. |
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All of the above. It's only a matter of time until the miscreants writing all the crap out there find a work-around for whoever is the top name in the AV biz. It's a continual cat and mouse game. That's why I do not ever lock into a long-term deal like I did once with Computer Associates. The true winner for me and my network has been technical controls. It's not fool proof because I'm the fool in charge but it's really cut down on the trouble. Pretty much. Most of the folks in the thread are recommending one product over another based on fractions of a percentage in overall effectiveness. No AV product will protect against emerging threats and exploits or shortfalls in a particular product are remedied in the course of regular product updates. Pick an AV product with good support and frequent definition updates. Keep it up to date and don't get hung up on minutiae. If you are supporting end users, make sure they have some training on safe usage behaviors. If your budget supports it, defense in depth with hardware that can protect against a threat before it hits the user level. Something as simple as OpenDNS can prevent exploitation by black-holing known malicious domains and category-based web filtering. |
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Quoted: Pretty much. Most of the folks in the thread are recommending one product over another based on fractions of a percentage in overall effectiveness. No AV product will protect against emerging threats and exploits or shortfalls in a particular product are remedied in the course of regular product updates. Pick an AV product with good support and frequent definition updates. Keep it up to date and don't get hung up on minutiae. If you are supporting end users, make sure they have some training on safe usage behaviors. If your budget supports it, defense in depth with hardware that can protect against a threat before it hits the user level. Something as simple as OpenDNS can prevent exploitation by black-holing known malicious domains and category-based web filtering. Quoted: Quoted: All of the above. It's only a matter of time until the miscreants writing all the crap out there find a work-around for whoever is the top name in the AV biz. It's a continual cat and mouse game. That's why I do not ever lock into a long-term deal like I did once with Computer Associates. The true winner for me and my network has been technical controls. It's not fool proof because I'm the fool in charge but it's really cut down on the trouble. Pretty much. Most of the folks in the thread are recommending one product over another based on fractions of a percentage in overall effectiveness. No AV product will protect against emerging threats and exploits or shortfalls in a particular product are remedied in the course of regular product updates. Pick an AV product with good support and frequent definition updates. Keep it up to date and don't get hung up on minutiae. If you are supporting end users, make sure they have some training on safe usage behaviors. If your budget supports it, defense in depth with hardware that can protect against a threat before it hits the user level. Something as simple as OpenDNS can prevent exploitation by black-holing known malicious domains and category-based web filtering. |
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http://www.av-test.org/en/home/ avast kinda down on the list... get bitdefender.. its free
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Quoted: What I have used for years, ESET NOD32 Quoted: Quoted: ESET NOD32 has always served me well. The latest Maximum PC has Norton on top with NOD32 right behind it in their annual testing. What I have used for years, ESET NOD32  |
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I downloaded the Avast software yesterday onto my netbook and something went bad. I do not know if I used the wrong site to download.
In the process of installing a few other programs loaded. One is Any Protect. This morning it got to the point where even CTRL-ALT-DEL would not do anything so I had to remove the battery to stop whatever was happening. I will not be installing what may be the avast software on my PC until I determine what happened with the netbook. |