Yep. Stopped using A/V software myself too. Im just too much into virtualization these days that it seems pointless to use an a/v software.. (although I do use a firewall)
Its sad that I finally failed the need to use NAV and McAfee.. Duing the DOS days - couldnt have survived without them.
There was this brand new a/v program called as eXtendia AVK pro. This a/v used 2 scanning engies- Kaspersky and RAV. The results apparently were so good that it beat each and every a/v in ALL the tests (thanks to the dual scanning engine). According to one of the tests, the program used extremly (I mean extremly ) less resources (ram/cpu). It detected ALL the virii (compressed/multi levels) in just a few seconds, no false detects, and daily updated defs, plus it was so fast and so good that it was literally unbelieveable. I was convinced too, so I decided to give it a try. Catch was that the trial version couldnt be updated, so I couldnt check for its effectiveness. And when I went onto the site, it looked as if the manufacturers were only interested in getting ppl to BUY the program (no proper links to try the program). Plus they were offering the program at an extremly less price. But if their program was that good, why didnt they mention some of those amazing results on their own site (those tests were carried out by some third party groups/teams). Not only that, the website also mentions nowhere that its buying site has been securely signed (no verisign)- How can I trust my credit card info to some highly suspicious company? I knew it was too good to be true, so I moved on...
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I would recommend Kaspersky, but if you want a commercial alternative, then go for Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9. Its basically meant for networks/networked comps, but its damn good for home PCs, as its fast, and uses very less resources.
Its sad that I finally failed the need to use NAV and McAfee.. Duing the DOS days - couldnt have survived without them.
There was this brand new a/v program called as eXtendia AVK pro. This a/v used 2 scanning engies- Kaspersky and RAV. The results apparently were so good that it beat each and every a/v in ALL the tests (thanks to the dual scanning engine). According to one of the tests, the program used extremly (I mean extremly ) less resources (ram/cpu). It detected ALL the virii (compressed/multi levels) in just a few seconds, no false detects, and daily updated defs, plus it was so fast and so good that it was literally unbelieveable. I was convinced too, so I decided to give it a try. Catch was that the trial version couldnt be updated, so I couldnt check for its effectiveness. And when I went onto the site, it looked as if the manufacturers were only interested in getting ppl to BUY the program (no proper links to try the program). Plus they were offering the program at an extremly less price. But if their program was that good, why didnt they mention some of those amazing results on their own site (those tests were carried out by some third party groups/teams). Not only that, the website also mentions nowhere that its buying site has been securely signed (no verisign)- How can I trust my credit card info to some highly suspicious company? I knew it was too good to be true, so I moved on...
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I would recommend Kaspersky, but if you want a commercial alternative, then go for Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9. Its basically meant for networks/networked comps, but its damn good for home PCs, as its fast, and uses very less resources.
