Anti-Viral Software Recommendations?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday February 20, 2002 @07:07PM from the we've-been-getting-a-lot-of-these-lately dept.

Kris_J asks: "My InoculateIT Personal Edition anti-virus scanner will no longer be updated from around mid-March. I've really enjoyed this package, particularly the price (it's free for personal use). The company is complaining that so many new ways are being found for virii/worms/trojans to spread that they can't afford to keep the personal edition updated. Whatever. Does anyone have a recommendation for either a particular anti-virus package/bundle, or a good place for trusted, independant, reviews of anti-virus software, or even products to avoid. (If Zonealarm Pro was bundled with an anti-virus option I'd just get that.)" For those of you who have to deal with operating systems where viruses are a problem, what software do you use to detect them and weed them out? How about software that will scan your entire network?

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Re:Who needs anti-viral software? by larien · 2002-02-20 20:35 · Score: 3, Insightful

However, there have been cases where e.g. cover disks for magazines have been infected with virii, as well as some other disks. Even if you only open 'trusted' attachments, you can still get hit. Also, some viruses have been able to launch themselves despite not being explicitly opened in some cases.