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1239753	2011-10-25 20:58:00	Need a very good reliable anti virus for a business computer. My son purchased Kaspersky last time but despite keeping it updated 2 viruses came through. Can you please recommend a really good one - either free or paid - many thanks OK, I'll be absolutely blunt here. NO ANTIVIRUS PRODUCT WILL STOP EVERY VIRUS EVER WRITTEN you need to look at what you are doing, many virus infections are caused by user stupidity, ie going to bogus websites, opening bogus emails, P2P & pirated softawre downloads, clicking on popups. Even NOD32 & MSSE will & do let some viruses through. we have clients with NOD32 , some still get infected. Most dont. Also, if its a work business PC, you need to decide if its a tool or a toy. Many small business's let there kids (& staff) 'play' on the PC (ie games, facebook, P2P etc etc etc) . The consequences are obvious . Just saying, may not be the case for you. KAV is a very good product for detecting viruses & malware. Nod32 is a very good product as well. Neither are perfect, but are better than most.	1101 (13337)
1239754	2011-10-25 22:23:00	Amazing how many people think their business stuff isn't important and skimp on IT. 1)Have the BEST protection you can get 2)Have backups - more than one, one offsite and done frequently 3)Use decent hardware	pctek (84)
1239755	2011-10-25 23:16:00	Amazing how many people think their business stuff isn't important and skimp on IT. ... Yep, scary stuff the way some business owners view their PC's. Accountants (who should know better) , with their clients data & files on the PC. Yet they let their kids use these PC's for gaming after hours . PC's were loaded with pirated games,cracks, P2P etc. Cleaned & then re-infected several times. Its like giving your kids the chequebook & Visa card to play with. or PC's in a shared office, allways left on & logged in overnight. :groan:	1101 (13337)
1239756	2011-10-25 23:45:00	OK, I'll be absolutely blunt here. NO ANTIVIRUS PRODUCT WILL STOP EVERY VIRUS EVER WRITTEN you need to look at what you are doing, many virus infections are caused by user stupidity, ie going to bogus websites, opening bogus emails, P2P & pirated softawre downloads, clicking on popups. Even NOD32 & MSSE will & do let some viruses through. we have clients with NOD32 , some still get infected. Most dont. Also, if its a work business PC, you need to decide if its a tool or a toy. Many small business's let there kids (& staff) 'play' on the PC (ie games, facebook, P2P etc etc etc) . The consequences are obvious . Just saying, may not be the case for you. KAV is a very good product for detecting viruses & malware. Nod32 is a very good product as well. Neither are perfect, but are better than most. Agree with everything said here :D	CYaBro (73)
1239757	2011-10-26 00:00:00	OK, I'll be absolutely blunt here. NO ANTIVIRUS PRODUCT WILL STOP EVERY VIRUS EVER WRITTEN But team it up with Comodo's Defense+ and your protection will be greatly improved, provided you know what you're doing, and can understand what to allow and what not to.	Agent_24 (57)
1239758	2011-10-26 04:22:00	1)Have the BEST protection you can get 2)Have backups - more than one, one offsite and done frequently 3)Use good quality hardware and software (Even if it costs more) Just tidied that up a little, even though you covered it in #1, but it's worth reiterating. Definitely agree with you! :)	Chilling_Silence (9)
1239759	2011-10-26 05:40:00	I was skimming through the latest Security Intelligence Report (www.microsoft.com) the other day, it has a detailed section about how malware gets on computers based on ~3 billion anti-malware scans. I'm curious how it stacks up against people's experiences. My take on the results: The largest category (49% of malware) was a result of people not patching their computers with available security updates. Of the updates, the most important one over the last six months was the Windows update to restrict AutoRun (a configuration change back in February), and after that vulnerabilities in Oracle Java were the most common target of attacks. Keeping up to date with patches turns out to be very effective in preventing attacks in this category (despite the hype zero days don't seem to show up much in mainstream malware). The second largest category (45% of malware) required user interaction to be installed. I don't think the anti-malware scan data gives many hints but I'd take a guess that most of this is installed by people thinking it's something useful or fun - in other words, because of scams. The first category seems simple to fix with automatic updates and Secunia PSI. The second category is trickier, that seems to be a combination of training and anti-malware. The universal application download reputation (blogs.msdn.com) feature (in IE9) would probably help too. And a "standard user" account if it really needs to be locked down. cheers W ps. And yes of course backups and the other suggestions are important too. I was just interested to read what the two most common causes of malware had been in this particular study.	waldok (15185)
1239760	2011-10-26 07:00:00	The patch to turn off autorun did a world of good - stopped people being reinfected by their phone or digital camera. I wish common software updates could be included in Windows update & installed by default (but with the option to not automatically install 3rd party updates) - I have never seen an up to date java version come through my workshop. I am starting to see more infections get past NOD32, but so many people in Southland run really old computers that can barely handle 1 realtime scanner let alone 2 so I stick with the best single program for protecting them. It still catches more than any other anti-virus & does it without killing your computer.	Greven (91)
1239761	2011-11-03 07:46:00	Well, Nice comments from all you guys.... I use avast anti virus, working so good....... I use usb with my PC which almost carry virus, But avast always stop them.....	williams_john (16591)
1239762	2011-11-03 09:14:00	I'd like to recommend bitdefender total security 2012, I don't understand why nobody mentioned this great AV program. I have been using it for a while and its is just great. You also can use trial version to see how it works. p.s. nod32??? lol	chumscrubber (16416)
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