Comments on: Anti-Virus that doesn’t Suck

By: AntiVirus for PC

AntiVirus for PC — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:36:08 +0000

What a really excellent blog post, thank you very much. I have stored this site to my own favorites.

By: Keithius

Keithius — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:05:21 +0000

No; it just means that viruses have largely stopped spreading via email – largely because of anti-virus scanning at the server level (i.e., at your ISP, rather than at your desk).

That said, there are still a LOT of viruses still spreading via email – just not as many as there used to be.

So, I’d say the threat is not overrated – it’s still there, lurking in the background.

If you use Windows, you should have anti-virus and a firewall.

On the other hand, Mac and Linux probably can just get away with just a firewall, since so few viruses exist for those platforms (although that will change as they become more popular).

By: Gady Poop

Gady Poop — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:23:09 +0000

There has not been a virus attach lately. Is antivirus firewall threat overrated?

By: Keithius

Keithius — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:37:38 +0000

Thanks, but I’m actually quite happy with NOD32. It’s a good anti-virus that doesn’t slow down my system much and doesn’t use up lots of resources (memory) or try to do things it shouldn’t (like scanning web pages or trying to detect spyware). Anti-virus should just be anti-virus!

By: get it

get it — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:14:04 +0000

get systems suite 9 much more better then the other ones

By: Software Mike

Software Mike — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:50:40 +0000

I agree that using antivirus software might slow down your computer. Maybe the portable sofware (sounds light)
is something for you. It is mentioned at http://www.software-reports.com/virus-of-computer.shtml

By: Keithius

Keithius — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:36:36 +0000

Yeah, unfortunately “ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.” So that’s no good.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:02:17 +0000

http://www.clamwin.com/