I find that the best anti virus suite to use is probably avast but I have found COMODO to be superb as well it does the job that I need it to do and I have no problems with it!
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, at 09:23 PM, anne-ology wrote: > I too once used Norton - it was a great system; > then I switched to AVG - ranked tops; > when it slid below Avast!, I switched - it's been ranked > tops for the last few years now and updates daily, or more often. > > Let's see some poll results - who preferred what and why?; and now > who prefers what and why? > > Curiously wondering, > > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi :) > > Norton used to be completely awesome. Everything they did was totally > > amazing and extremely useful. Then they became corporate and serious. > > > > Nowadays i use AVG or something else but still when a threat is publicised > > as being particularly nasty and i suspect one of the machines i deal with > > might have fallen foul of it i still find Symantec a good place to research > > into it. > > > > One of the first jobs of a threat is to knock-out or dodge all known > > security so any of the big and famous antivirus' is likely to useless > > against any decent threat. Luckily most threats are fairly trivial so even > > the big and famous antivirus programs can probably deal with it. If it's > > non-trivial then there is always the option to nuke your Bios and reinstall > > your OS. Still now that AVG is so famous i'm starting to consider other > > options. > > > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > > > > > > From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Rel. 3.6.1 and Norton AntiVirus > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thursday, 30 August, 2012, 2:27 > > > > On 08/29/2012 08:21 PM, Dan wrote: > > > Jeff Hahn wrote: > > >> When I try to upgrade from 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 the Norton AntiVirus program > > >> keeps deleting the upgrade as an unsafe virus. This is the first release > > >> that I have had this type of problem with. Jeff > > >> > > > > > > To make sure I understand: Norton deletes the LO 3.6.1 download > > file? > > > Otherwise, you should not have Norton running when you install the > > upgrade; you should not be physically connected to the Internet either. > > > Disconnect from Internet, turn off anti-virus program, install LO > > update, turn on anti-virus program. ONLY WHEN AV IS RUNNING should you > > reconnect to the Internet. > > > > > > --Dan > > > > > > > This is not the first time I have heard of Norton stating valid install > > files were viruses or other nasties. > > > > I never had any good luck with Norton's AV, so I use the free version of > > Comodo product[s] for my Windows machines. I have hooked even PC repair > > and selling pro's to using it. > > > > As for not having AV running when not online, well that is not what I > > would tell people. An anti-virus is needed if you are offline and suddenly > > there is a trojan or other nasty kicking in and doing a number. They can > > be picked up and not cleaned in a few ways other than being online. I have > > my Ubuntu system picking up new things from files that I have had on my > > system for months and suddenly it detects something the AV system does not > > like. If I did not have the AV system on 24/7, then those issues might not > > have been picked up. The real thing is that the AV systems update their > > data systems, mostly, after a new "nasty" has been detected. If your > > system has that "nasty" on it before that nasty has been added to your AV > > data system, then you will need to have the other parts of the AV and > > security system[s] on to detect the traces of it trying to work. SO do not > > turn your computer security off. > > > > I have had to deal with too many systems from friends and clients where > > they did not have their security on 24/7 and kept up-to-date. Had one > > system that the AV was on but not updated in over 2 years and the guy lost > > a lot. > > > > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- [email protected] -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
