Branners Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I have the option of running Symantec Endpoint on my Dad's machine. He currently has AVG free running on there. Is there any point/need to move to Symantec Endpoint or should I stick with AVG? He is behind a router firewall and uses Windows Firewall. He's on Firefox as well so that limits his exposure if that helps the decision. thanks JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliAl Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 AVG is rubbish. My Dad had it running and viruses went straight through it. I installed Symantec Internet Security 2009 and it does a great job. It does not hog your system resources like the old versions. I have End Point Security at work seems ok, but it's not as light and not a complete package for home use and Internet Security 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_vr6 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 well I've been using avg for years and years and it's been 100% reliable, I also install it on all machines I build for other users. good quick lil program with no extra crap. never had a problem and neither have my customers, in fact most come to me to remove Norton and symantec products, go figure down to personal experience i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I use to use AVG but now use Avast, another freebie that works well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I used AVG never had any issues, don't like the crap they've bundled in with version 8 though. Avast is apparently also good, but I think the interface is horrible. I've just installed AntiVir on my Mum's new PC and reckon I'm switching to that. http://www.free-av.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I use to use AVG but now use Avast, another freebie that works well Same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 AVG always seemed to struggle with an EICAR test, as if the resident shield wasn't really doing anything - other products would always pick it up straight away. I haven't tested it in the latest build though so this might have changed. This dented my confidence in the product though, if it's unable to pick up an industry standard test what hope does it have of finding a new virus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multics Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I used AVG in the past and found it quite good. I'm using Kaspersky for two years now I rate it very highly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Edit : wrong thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I'd recommend Avira AntiVir if you want free personal AV. I'm in the process of removing symantec corporate v10 from the machines at work, complete nightmare - the uninstaller breaks various things it shouldn't even touch. I would never recommend touching any of their products, they're not designed to be removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I need a freebie one for my Dads machine... I've used Norton for years without any problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Hmm, it's clear that different people have very different experiences of the various AV software out there. I used to use Norton Systemworks (2007 version I think), but got fed up with how much of the system resources it seemed to hog. Norton was very good at what it did, but I agree that uninstalling can be problematic (Norton/Symantec publish an uninstall tool for some of their products on their website), and it can be greedy with resources. I now use Avast: it's free, and no problems so far. I've heard good things about Kaspersky. I think I looked at Avira AntiVir at the time, but was put off by poorly-translated text in the application, and a "quirky" look and feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I think I looked at Avira AntiVir at the time, but was put off by poorly-translated text in the application, and a "quirky" look and feel. Can't say I noticed any poorly translated text and I think the interface is better than AVG (and MUCH better than Avast), but that may have changed since you tried it. The only annoyance with it is a nag screen that pops up on every update trying to get you to stump up for the full version. You can just disable execute permission on avnotify.exe and that stops that. If I were to actually pay for an anti-virus product it would be Kaspersky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I tend to think that all Antivirus packages are not great at preventing viruses. Most do a mostly good enough job, but really they all miss stuff. Whatever somebody uses (NOD32 for most of my customers, AVG for a lot of home users, Avast for other home users, Norton for people who I haven't deal with in the past) they all get stung by Antivirus XP 2009 et cetera, Fed Ex "You have a consignment waiting" emails. I tend to look at how bloated and configurable the software is. e.g. with AVG Free you can't tell it not to scan network drives, so you have noticeable delays when browsing to network shares with large archives (zip or exe self extractors) in them. Norton is extremely bloated and I cure many problems by simply removing it. I probably would leave AVG on there, although I've never used Symantec Endpoint, I have a poor opinion of most software that's cursed by Symantec. Usually extremely bloated and suffering from absurd bugs and other annoyances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I'd recommend Avira AntiVir if you want free personal AV. This is suposed to be good, not tried it myself though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Never had a problem with AVG in six years of running it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Never had a problem with AVG in six years of running it. I use to run it until the last release which was very bloaty compared to previous releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I ran AVG for about 7 years until switching to Avast last year. Never had any issues with either of them. I too, stay clear of anything by Symantec/Norton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliAl Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I normally steer clear of Norton. I used to run it years ago till I got pissed off with it slowing down my PC causing problems with my internet connection. A work colleague gave me a copy of their new 2009 version and I've been very impressed with so far, very light weight and non- intrusive. It has a task manager style graph showing the system resources it's using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Binned Symantec. AVG user here- no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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