what is the best antivirus software

[Chankama]

Well I've used Symantec Corporate for about 4 years in the past , along with a buncha other programs for various other tasks (spyware, process guards, trojan scanners, registry monitors, firewalls, etc.) and I haven't gotten a single virus during those 4 years that went undetected. How do I know? Well through the use of backup scanners. Norton Antivirus was my primary scanner (realtime) during that period, but even when I've scanned with other engines, it would not find any viruses.

Since I am pretty much done with my university, I won't get Norton Corporate for free in the near future. So I switched to Avast!.. And surprise surprise, it didn't find anything "lurking" on my computer either - from my Norton days.

Any application is easy to crack. Not just symantec. Nod32, Kaspersky, etc. are not magical programs that are above and beyond cracking attempts. As I've responded to your PM, vsmon.exe (ZoneAlarm) has it's own self-monitor which prevents it from being pulled down by malicous s/w - for the most part. But I remember reading recently that there are some techniques which might bypass that. Need to read up on the details obviously.

Security 101 says, that if you have 100% access to a computer, chances are there really isn't much you can do if someone wants to mess with it. I think this should be obvious.

You "could" develop applications that verify "realtime" ALL write attempts to memory and HDD to make sure that none of it is taking place over ALL protected areas at any level of the game - but this would require a huge amount of system resources - more than a desktop PC could provide without suffering in performance. After all, your computer's security is as weak as the weakest link.

 

[Jayce]

Once again, try and justify it anyway you want to, I really don't care. And I'm also talking about the symantec firewall. I just remember symantec being unimaginably easy to crack for being mainstream protection use at a place like the pentagon. It was ridiculous.

If it works for you, great. That's one person to add to the list... and it's one lonely list...

 

[Osiris]

You see, most people on here that use Symantec and claim it sucks and what not because a trojan slipped by, doesnt mean anything. I dont care what anyone uses, your system can still be infected. I can list some sites right now on TF, and I guarantee you all, the you will become infected. I dont care if you used the so called "King" of browsers, FF, hardware firewalls, software, all the antiviruses you can install on your pc, etc etc. Simply put, it all comes down to the user, end of story. I come on here day after day, hour after and hour, read all these posts about spyware attacked my pc, a trojan slipped by my av, thats because 9 times outa 10 you were doing something that you werent supposed to be doing or wasnt paying attention to the screensaver you downloaded so your desktop can look pretty. There are almost always bundled software with them. Try Style XP for Example, then download there skins, logons, etc, most have software that you agree to install. Visit crack/warez sites, your gonna get hit if you dont know what you are doing. Why dont I have infections? Are all of the viruses skipping me or something? Porn sites, some of you all like gator for shopping and storing your info, yea, thats real smart, thats because you dont know what you are doing. The pc isnt going to infect itself.Why do you all open attachments from your email that you know wasnt from anyone you know but was just curious?? That's your fault. Couldnt resist the temptation of seeing Britney Spears naked? Well look what it got you, a virus. Paypal sending you a notice when you have heard a thousand times not to reply or click the link with your info, but you do it anyways. Serves you right. Maybe next time you will learn. You download off p2p? Well you better expect something sooner or later. I use IE everyday, I dont have any problems whatsoever. A lot of people wonder why I dont use FF, I dont need it. I'm fine with IE. It does what I need it to do. I know that a lot of pc users are just regular home users that dont really care about to learn about computers or they are too old. Well, again, it comes down to the user on if they become infected or not. Since most of the people on here that are complaing about their antiviruses being crappy, maybe they need to read up. There's someone on here that hates each and ever one of the antiviruses for one reason or another. If something "slipped by" thats there fault. Blame it on the software, not yourself right? Wrong, you are to blame. Software cant catch everything. I use Symantec Antivirus 10 Corporate Edition, I have no viruses/trojans, etc. Wanna see my hijackthis! log I'll post it. Just pick an antivirus and be happy with it, learn it, apply it.

 

[Chankama]

If it works for you, great. That's one person to add to the list... and it's one lonely list...

Apparently not. Add Warez Monster to the list too..

As was said in the previous thread, a lot of people that get viruses just simply had terrible internet practises. You can have all the tools installed in the computer, but if you don't know what you are doing or don't know how to use them, you will get infected. There are no two ways about it. I've never had any problems with my systems. Nothing hogging my system resources, no unexpected remote connections, no unexpected internet activity, no unexpected phone numbers dialed (when I connect my phone for fax purposes), etc. etc. etc. And nothing my backup scanners have detected that my primary setup didn't catch.

Also, tell me.. How many people do internet activities with full admin priviledges?
http://www.techist.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79092

 

[Osiris]

Apparently not. Add Warez Monster to the list too..

is that a good thing or bad thing to what you are refering too?

 

[Chankama]

The successful use of SYmantec Corporate edition.

 

[Osiris]

The successful use of SYmantec Corporate edition.

Ok, I got ya.. I was just a little fumed I guess by all the **** talk..I got all mine out anyways...now Im just waiting on the folks to find something to say to come back with.

 

[Jayce]

Warez - You're telling me stuff I already know, and already agree with. I am well aware of how internet security has loopholes from user errors. I am.. well.. aware.. of.. that. On the other hand, there's only so many slips you can let past. When you get x-amount of intrusions when using one program, then while doing NOTHING different switching to another program, and you get intrusions out the a*s, sometimes you gotta raise an eyebrow at that first program... and asking the question, why did the first one not sense as much as the second?

Look, I really hate to sound like a jerk, but arguing about software is pathetic. You have no argument, I am on YOUR side. There's nothing that I'm disagreeing with you folks with, besides the fact that personal experience yielded a negative opinion with that software. That's personal experience with individuals who use this software on a REGULAR basis in a maximum security environment, and we came to the conclusion that this software was NOT all it's cracked up to be.


The end.

 

[Sevoma]

Nod32 is the best... It has the best detection rate and uses little resources if you disable the ugly custom gui.

 

[Osiris]

Once again, try and justify it anyway you want to, I really don't care. And I'm also talking about the symantec firewall. I just remember symantec being unimaginably easy to crack for being mainstream protection use at a place like the pentagon. It was ridiculous.

Any software is unimaginably easy to crack, I do it all the time, no reason to pin it on one program, I can crack, Nod32, McAfee, Norton, Symantec and any other antivirus, so who cares about that. So what version is the "Pentagon" using?? Like I said, AVG is the one you like and that's that. I guess it can't be cracked like Symantec can.