Hi everybody...
I am wondering what antivirus everyone uses. I would like to know:
1. What antivirus you have (please put the title in 'strong', with database definition version if known),
2. How it treats PortableApps.com applications, and
3. What YOU think of your antivirus.
My answer to this would be:
- AVG Internet Security 9.0.839
Database: 271.1.1/2993 (update today - 10/July/2010)
AVG Internet security treats portableapps.com well. I have not had a single
false positive with AVG Internet security yet.
I think AVG is wonderful. I do not have to worry about updating, as this is
done automatically. It also scans automatically and there are lots of
configuration options here for me to change settings.
AVG is, as far as I'm concerned, extremely stable and safe, however this
version is expensive.
I hope I get some good information from you guys. Don't forget that your
responses are valuable, as they can help myself along with many others help
make PA better and easier to use.
Many, many thanks in advance for your responses.
Shane Thompson.
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1. Norton Internet Security, a pretty strong anti-virus system. I don't remember the database version, however.
2. Norton does not pick up false positives PA apps, treats them like any other file or non-malicious .exe from my experience.
3. Came pre-loaded w\ my computer, probably one of the best anti-virus\malware systems I ever used, updates itself, gives a heads-up on the safety and vendor trustworthiness of a website, a strong firewall, and whenever some kind of nasty malware\virus hit our computer, it was deleted as soon as it hit my hard drive.
I'm tired of people living in their fantasy world when the clock is ticking away, and when they are unable to see reality for what it is.
I've been using McAfee for U3 on my flash drive, and on occasion it gives me a false positive, but never says what exactly it is. I have now switched over to Avast for U3, and have had no false positives, and so far am very happy with it.
McAfee once deleted all my AppNamePortable.exe launchers, so I had to reinstall every single app
Avast, is a pain in the butt, it quarantines everything known to man >_
Sounds great guys, thanks for themarvellous responses. They are exactly what I hoped for. Keep them coming!
Norton is a great Antivirus, and the response from hunter067 was perfect.
McAffe is OK, but I dont know why you dont install a permanent antivirus? However Avast has got a good name in the market, so thanks for the response d byrnes.
Gluxon. You were probably using a free version? I am not sure whether McAffe has a free version, but this is typical of a free antivirus. I can't remember where, but I heard that ClamWin is used by the American FBI, so there must be something good there. I am sorry to hear of your annoyance.
Again, thanks for the responses. They are marvellous.
Let the good answers flow in.
Shane Thompson.
Shane Thompson
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I've been using Panda's Cloud Antivirus since it was in Beta. It's improved immensely since then. (Before: Unusable. Now: Very effective)
The nice thing is that I've never had a false positive with it so far. No PA.c files have been deleted. Before, I used Avira, but it would come up with all sorts of random false positives. CloudAV has yet to screw up for me.
And it has found stuff before. Usually it's things like the EvID tool for increasing TCP/IP connections in XP or network administration tools, but most of those would be considered "grey area" to begin with.
BTW: I have never had a good experience with Norton. Ever. I would not recommend it to anyone except people I dislike.
SWAG
Thanks for this Soulmech, I have never heard of CloudAV, but I have heard of Panda.
It's good to hear there are no false positives, which is always good to hear.
Avira does not have much of a reputation (not that I've heard of anyway). And Norton does have a fairly good reputation on the market, but there is a seperation. You are on the same side as I am, I do not really like Norton that much however it does get the job done most of the time. Thanks for your response. Everything helps.
Shane Thompson
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I actually need to retract the "no false positives" remark.
I did a scan last night and it came up with one false positive: "gdiplus.dll", a component of Eraser Portable. It was labeled as a "suspicious file" and was sent to Panda for analysis, so it should be sorted out.
SWAG
All right.
Thanks soulmech
This is still fairly good, and what you have said is almost no false positives.
Thanks.
Shane Thompson
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My SpyBot Search and Destroy finds the Frets on Fire .exe a bug along with Cool Player and a few others.
Load the App and Play :evil:
Microsoft Security Essentials
Database:1.87.875.0 (updated July 29, 2010
I haven't had a problem with it detecting false positives. I like the small install package and how light it is on system resources. It has real time scanning and it updates automatically.
S.O.G.
At work Norton AV does not really like ClamWin Portable. It will report some detections from time to time. It has gotten better though I believe.