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banderas1978

AVG is ending so I wonder what I can use instead of it?
I need more than anti-virus to protect my pc. What do you think of this combination of free software?
Avira: http://www.free-av.com/ (if you don't have anti-virus, or if you have Norton or AVG replace it with this)
Spyware Terminator (turn off web security guard): http://www.spywareterminator.com/
Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ (use immunise feature)
Superantispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/
Comodo: http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/ (turn off defense+ to see fewer alerts)
Or perhaps you have some better choices for me?

Thank you,

Banderas

hypnotoad

Seems a bit excessive for one machine...I'm a big fan of hosts file blocking of known crapware sites though (everythingisnt.com/hosts.html).

kripsak

avast

Ahriakin

Free, and if you don't use Comodo Defense+ (which I advise against, it's a decent HIPS) try Threatfire

If you're willing to shell out a bit Kaspersky's 3PC license is a very good deal and one of the best Security packages on the market.

Talic

Is AVG pulling out of the free AV market? I noticed updating problems on one of my machines along with my dad saying hes wont update either.

Shame, it was so popular too.

As for replacement AV, I'd say Avira is the best choice, if you find yourself needed all that software that you listed you might as well shell out some cash for a subscription based suite, it'll probably save memory.

Either NOD 32 or Kaspersky gets my vote, both do fine, just depends if you need a firewall or not (NOD doesn't have a firewall last I checked).

dynamik

Talic wrote:

Either NOD 32 or Kaspersky gets my vote, both do fine, just depends if you need a firewall or not (NOD doesn't have a firewall last I checked).

+1

ESET has a firewall: http://www.eset.com/smartsecurity/

Ahriakin

Eset/Nod32 is a great AV but it lacks some of Kaspersky's extras (full HIPS, SSL Interception etc.)

undomiel

I see absolutely nothing on the website that indicates that AVG is going bye-bye. Furthermore there is this news post that says that AVG free is remaining free. http://free.avg.com/ww.news.ndi-93837

jibbajabba

Someone knows a free one for server oS ?

Megadeth4168

I've been using Antivir for a while now on all my machines and I have no intentions of switching.

RussS

Good call Megadeath - that and Avast are the better free ones IMHO.

I see more viruses on machines with up to date AVG than any other type.

royal

The issue here, is that there are so many products out there and lots of opinions flying around. It can be very subjective. For example, I used both Antivir and AVG. While I can tell you that I liked both, I may have had a virus on my system that the antivirus product didn't see and I though the antivirus product was doing a good job.

An example of this is when I used to use Symantec. I thought it did a good job till I loaded up the web based free scanning Housecall tool from TrendMicro and it caught several pieces of virii. If I didn't do that, I would think that Symantec was doing its' job and would have recommended it to others.

A site I like to refer others to visit is:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/

They do a lot of tests and create objective reports of their findings. I would suggest taking a look at it as they do tests with both free antivirus and licensed antivirus products.

Here is a direct link to the last comparatives:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2008_05.php

I use NOD32 and love it and if you take a look, it's got a high percentage compared to the others for newer virii found in addition to few false positives found.

According to them, Antivir's Premimum antivirus scanner does a much better job than even Nod32 and even has a lot more virus definitions. Makes me wish I bought Antivir premium instead of Nod32. Ah well.

RussS

Don't stress it royal - NOD works well enough.

JDMurray

AVG can be a bit of a bear when running disk-intensive games, but NOD32 has never given me any noticeable problems. I like Blink from eEye as the complete Malware (Command A/V), firewall, HIDS, and execution protection solution.

hypnotoad

Do any of these have an option to email or syslog when an attack is detected? I'm looking for a cheap HIDS.

JDMurray

hypnotoad wrote:

Do any of these have an option to email or syslog when an attack is detected? I'm looking for a cheap HIDS.

Blink is $29US per end-point. Have a look at it.

hypnotoad

Hmm...I just installed the 30 day trial in a relatively unpatched machine. It's not bad, interface wise. It threw out some alerts when I gave the machine a Nessus scan. Seems like a good program and I know eEye makes quality stuff.

JDMurray

I've been using Blink since it was in beta. I believe that it uses the Command A/V engine. It's a lot of fun to "tickle" it with Nmap and watch it react. The execution blocking behavior is also impressive. I've had to write very few exception rules to allow legitimate apps to run.