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| 276290 | 2004-09-28 02:29:00 | I understand that ZoneAlarm Pro has an AntiVirus capability. Anyone had experience with it? Is it any good? THYH Regards Graham Bockett |
GrahamB (750) | ||
| 276291 | 2004-09-28 02:54:00 | Graham When I used zone alarm free It used to scan incoming emails and anything it considered suspect it would mark with its icon ie the attachment would have a zone alarm icon and rename the file extension. as for a full bown antivirus package no it hasn't got that feature This was quite a while ago that I last used zone alarm to be sure though check zonelabs site mainly the FAQ |
beama (111) | ||
| 276292 | 2004-09-28 07:04:00 | I use ZA and it only quarantines executables, so it is not a lot of help in that regard. However, as a firewall it is fine. Viruses will get past ZA no trouble so you definitely need a full blown AV program. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 276293 | 2004-09-28 07:25:00 | use zonealarm as your firewall and may i suggest use AVG as your antivirus scanner (its free aswell) :D HTH |
Patrick 2003 (277) | ||
| 276294 | 2004-09-28 08:41:00 | ZA antvirus does scan emails and all files on the pc. as far as how good it is, your best bet is to search for any tests done by the magor antivirus testing labs. let google be your friend ;-) |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 276295 | 2004-09-28 22:24:00 | Thanks All and especially tweak'e for the sound advice about Google! Interestingly the search revealed that ZoneAlarm have bought usage rights to Computer Associates EZ Trust antvirus machine, so it is now a pretty good program, having replaced the interface with something more user friendly! See the details at: www.zdnet.com.au I haven't used an Antivirus program for some time now, relying on a property search of all emails with an attachment, and a care in opening links without checking the detail/source of the link. But I am going Broadband and don't believe I can control thinks so well in that situation. |
GrahamB (750) | ||
| 276296 | 2004-09-28 22:28:00 | Thanks for your comments Patrick. I used AVG for a while but had an interface problem on one computer and found that I never knew whether it was actually working on another! It seemed ineffectual, whether it was too good or not set up/working properly I didn't know. Times change of course, and programs improve, but you know the saying 'once bitten ...'. Regards Graham Bockett |
GrahamB (750) | ||
| 276297 | 2004-09-28 22:44:00 | If you want a separate free AV, there are another 2 apart from AVG.. Avast (www.avast.com) and Antivir (http://www.free-av.com/) Avast updates automatically in the background like Nortons and scans your e-mail in/out Antivir I would consider slightly better than both AVG and Avast, but the free version does not scan the e-mail attachements. It will only catch that infected attachment via a scan or when the virus tries to do something. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 276298 | 2004-09-28 23:35:00 | The best Antivirus programme I have come across is Nod32 . Auto updates, very configurable scanning and real time protection including incoming and outgoing emails, no issues that I am aware of (unlike other AV's I have used), small resource footprint (relatively, unlike other AV's I have used), multi user licenses (& versions) or discounts on multiple single user . No free version but fully functionaing a 30 day trial . The interface is a little different, but doesn't take much to adapt to . Cheers Murray P PS . The AV's I have used: Nortons x 2 versions, PCcillin x 3 (best of rest), Avast, AVG, Clam (very briefly), Nod32 . |
Murray P (44) | ||
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