Re: Antivirus - CA E-trust or Avast?

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

I would recommend trying Avast! antivirus.
I've been using it for over a year and its been great!
It's also FREE!

avast! 4 Home Edition Download
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

I would also recommend installing the new Windows Defender
antispyware program. It's also FREE!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"lalinda" wrote:

| I've been seeing Avast taking a hit in these groups and I'm wondering
| if E-trust is any CA's E-trust AV is any better?
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| I thought that Avast with all its shields prevents alot of malware and
| trojans, which seem to be the major problem on the web today.
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| How about the CA E-trust firewall product?
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| I know that most are going to say that the best are NOD32 or Kaspersky, but
| I have the option of getting E-trust and Avast quickly. What's the better
| of the two?

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com>

| I would recommend trying Avast! antivirus.
| I've been using it for over a year and its been great!
| It's also FREE!
|
| avast! 4 Home Edition Download
| http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
|
| I would also recommend installing the new Windows Defender
| antispyware program. It's also FREE!
| http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
|

But it took Avast two months to correct a False Postive declaration of VBS:Zulu using Avast
on IE7 when accessing some Microsoft web pages.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

[Joe]

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
> I would recommend trying Avast! antivirus.
> I've been using it for over a year and its been great!
> It's also FREE!
>
> avast! 4 Home Edition Download
> http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

I agree.. Avast! also does some spyware, and has the option to schedule
a boot scan at next reboot. That can find a virus that normally shuts
down a/v software once Windows is running.

--
Joe =o)

[lalinda@yahoonospam.com]

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in
news:uKNRa6H#GHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

> I would recommend trying Avast! antivirus.
> I've been using it for over a year and its been great!
> It's also FREE!
>
> avast! 4 Home Edition Download
> http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
>
> I would also recommend installing the new Windows Defender
> antispyware program. It's also FREE!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
>
>

I almost valued your opinion until I saw the last recommendation! LOL!
I've yet to see Windows Defender actually find anything.
Are they still updating the defs for the beta version? I heard the final
version is only for XP and not for earlier OS's. Am I mistaken?

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows Defender is designed for Windows XP, not older operating
systems. It prevents spyware from being installed so you do not have
to find the spyware AFTER it is installed and compromised the security
of your computer.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"lalinda" wrote:

| I almost valued your opinion until I saw the last recommendation! LOL!
| I've yet to see Windows Defender actually find anything.
| Are they still updating the defs for the beta version? I heard the final
| version is only for XP and not for earlier OS's. Am I mistaken?