Techie ? re AVG

C.R.Sam · September 22, 2002, 12:10 PM

Any pros or cons re AVG residential (free) Anti-Virus program ?

Current is AVG 6.0.

Thanx, Sam

Hal · September 22, 2002, 08:26 PM

duba duba duba dot antivirus dot com

www.antivirus.com

free scan is worth every penny

C.R.Sam · September 22, 2002, 09:53 PM

Thanks RAE...
Lookin for info specific to AVG tho.

Sam

Derek Zeanah · September 23, 2002, 12:43 AM

It seems to work fine, but my wife thought it was a pain because it required a restart more than once a week. The machines in this house tend to stay up for months at a time...

It's better than nothing. The top 3 seem to be Norton, Trend, and McAfee -- any of these (provided you update regularly) will be sufficient. F-prot is also good (and cheap in a business environment -- $2 per machine), Sophos is supposed to be ok, etc.

Just use an AV program and keep it updated -- AVG defaults to updating once a month or so -- change it to daily or every few days. Want more info? Try www.virusbtn.com (I've got a web page on AV stuff too, but don't want to share the link until the site is complete.)

C.R.Sam · September 23, 2002, 11:56 AM

Thanks Derek

Tryin it, seems to run in the background and not interfere, update daily.

And not colliding with Norton or Zonealarm.

So far.

Sam

Gewehr98 · September 25, 2002, 09:09 PM

Zone Alarm, especially the pro version, is always a wise choice. A hardware firewall ain't a bad idea, either, be it an old 486 or P-133 with two NIC cards running a Linux firewall program, or a cheapo Linksys router with NAT technology. We have 6 computers networked in the house right now, with two sons downloading and playing games at all hours through our cable modem connection. Can't be too secure.

Here's a place we should all visit every now and then to check how secure our systems are:

http://www.grc.com

September 22, 2002, 12:10 PM	#1
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Techie ? re AVG Any pros or cons re AVG residential (free) Anti-Virus program ? Current is AVG 6.0. Thanx, Sam

September 23, 2002, 12:43 AM	#4
Derek Zeanah Senior Member Join Date: March 30, 2000 Location: South GA Posts: 267	It seems to work fine, but my wife thought it was a pain because it required a restart more than once a week. The machines in this house tend to stay up for months at a time... It's better than nothing. The top 3 seem to be Norton, Trend, and McAfee -- any of these (provided you update regularly) will be sufficient. F-prot is also good (and cheap in a business environment -- $2 per machine), Sophos is supposed to be ok, etc. Just use an AV program and keep it updated -- AVG defaults to updating once a month or so -- change it to daily or every few days. Want more info? Try www.virusbtn.com (I've got a web page on AV stuff too, but don't want to share the link until the site is complete.) __________________ -- Derek "An elective despotism was not the government we fought for." --Thomas Jefferson

September 25, 2002, 09:09 PM	#6
Gewehr98 Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2000 Location: Token Creek, WI Posts: 4,067	Sam, good on ya! Zone Alarm, especially the pro version, is always a wise choice. A hardware firewall ain't a bad idea, either, be it an old 486 or P-133 with two NIC cards running a Linux firewall program, or a cheapo Linksys router with NAT technology. We have 6 computers networked in the house right now, with two sons downloading and playing games at all hours through our cable modem connection. Can't be too secure. Here's a place we should all visit every now and then to check how secure our systems are: http://www.grc.com __________________ "Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round... Neural Misfires

September 22, 2002, 08:26 PM	#2
Hal Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 1998 Location: Ohio USA Posts: 8,563	duba duba duba dot antivirus dot com www.antivirus.com free scan is worth every penny

September 22, 2002, 09:53 PM	#3
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Thanks RAE... Lookin for info specific to AVG tho. Sam

September 23, 2002, 11:56 AM	#5
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Thanks Derek Tryin it, seems to run in the background and not interfere, update daily. And not colliding with Norton or Zonealarm. So far. Sam