Poll: whats protecting your comp, virus wise?

[prttybean]

InnoculateIT at home (it's free and I'm cheap) and McAfee at work.

[club_med]

InoculateIT for virus
ZA for the rest

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif
cm

[Bsdboy]

Norton 2001
ZA Pro

Bsdboy

[MiKe85]

InnoculateIT

[AuraEdge]

Norton Antivirus 2000

I'm interested into why everyone's using InnoculateIT around here.
Are there articles anywhere comparing the effectiveness of this vs. McAffe and Norton?
I've been using Norton ever since I had my first 2 virii hit my old comp, and I never really thought much about it. Recently I've been seeing everyone use InnoculateIT though. I'm sure it doesnt hog as many resourses as Norton, and its obviously cheaper, but does it protect as well? Does it guard against malicious email like Norton does? Does it have an updating thing like Norton's LiveUpdate?

And firewalls ZoneAlarm. Free, and better than BlackICE. If its free, and better than a good name brand firewall, it's good enough for me. If InnoculateIT's the same way, I just might switch.

[booya]

i have a ftp to get mcafee but the english vertion is not on the ftp anymore there is the french spanish jap chin ... etc

but hehe u think u can make me give u mcafee for fre hmmmm....

heheh its an account on the mcafee ftp server

that i have acces and the never changed the password or login in years

**** i love me

[aznlurkerz]

hmm.. maybe i should just got get nortons antivirus 2k

[randy48]

I use Anti Virual Pro from Kaspersky Labs, excellent! http://www.kasperskylabs.com they update daily! I've been using it for several years with no problems!

[DemonKnight]

Having used Macaffe, Norton and inoculate, I like Inoculate IT the best. I dont get many viruses or any thing so I havent really "used" it except to scan my System once a week just to be safe. It does have an auto update feature as well.

[OuTpaTienT]

Just common sense and good luck. I'll d/l a virus checker once maybe twice a year and have it check my files. Never had an active virus on my system...and it's been about 10 years. Had 'em emailed to me but they're easy enough to spot and delete.

For performance and stability you don't ever want a virus checker running full time in the background.

[big_block_buick]

i use nortons and i've always loaded it instantly after a fresh install, last time i didnt,kinda got use to the free memory and resources,loaded it and bam, it's like a sucking chest wound lol, i always wanted to say that.... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[aznlurkerz]

Virus programs... whats good?

[Target]

Currently using McAfee, and InnoculateIT. Also using ZoneAlarm personal firewall.

Common sense also plays a major role in protecting my machine (ie: don't open attachments randomly sent to me via email, always scan programs I download before running, etc).

[marc666]

I'm using InnoculateIT and ZoneAlarm on my sys and Nortons and ZoneAlarm on my girls sys.

[NDC]

Norton 2001 for me....

[VERT]

InnoculateIT

[AuraEdge]

Theres a couple of you!
I thought everyone here had gone InnoculateIT.
You know what'd be great? If we could get another article like this (http://sysopt.earthweb.com/reviews/firewall/) up, cept with antivirus stuff.
I just read that one, and I think I'll give Sygate Personal Firewall instead of Zonealarm a run next time I reformat.
InnoculateIT too.

Or maybe just on my ME partition, for the two times a month I boot in it to play DOS games. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[medo]

Hello,

InnoculateIT * 2, Norton Antivirus 2001


Medo

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Ritalin Kid]

Call me stupid but I used Norton once long ago, hated how it slowed everything down and then vowed never to use another virus protection again.. the way I see it viruses get shot out there all the time and you really can't be %100 protected cause someone has to catch a virus b4 anyone can become aware of it.. so in my case I use common sense and it's proved to work just as good.. only virus I've ever had I gave to myself tryin to see how it was assembled and that was the last time I played with fire no probs since..

[Sweeper]

PC-cillin. Updates on it's own. Has caught everything that has been thrown at it so far.Got it free when I purchased my new MB.

Sweeper

[AndreRIO]

Norton Anti-Virus 2001 http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[CMonster]

A power switch....

well okay, PC-cillin /ZA for those brief relapses when I am actually using Windows

[Andy_L]

Innoculate IT, home as well as work (not the free version at work). They do have an automatic update, I dont use it, I just check for updates every week or so and have it warn me every 4 weeks if I haven't updated. It truly does have the least effect in performance of any virus checker I have tried. If you like you can make it basically invisible. In conjunction with Zonealarm I feel very well protected.

[MTAtech]

I thought two running together would be the ultimate. So, I downloaded the free InnoculateIT but it won't let me install it because Mcaffee is already installed. Ok, so I'll only use Mcaffee.

More imporrtantly, I have Bigfix installed that automatically notifies me of new DAT files that can be installed with a simple click.

I also have Mcaffee for NT and ZA installed on my NT server (at home) that controls Internet access to the house's computer network.

[flakgordon]

Your computer is not a farm. Files do not live or grow in your system. You put them there. You may download, or read them from another media, but they simply don't appear. Exercise a bit of common sense, and you'll be fine. Oh, what's that, multiple people use your computer? Maybe you missed it the first time: exercise a bit of common sense.

[Fingers]

I use Norton because it's ALWAYS ranked either 1st or 2nd in any antivirus evaluation.

Having said that, I've never had it catch a virus on my computer. The only virus I ever had was several years ago...before I used any antivirus, and before I was aware of the risks. I could probably do without, but I feel better with it running.

[nick t]

i use PC-cillin 98 , norton firewall and zone alarm.

[giant69]

I use AVX and AVP for Anti-Virus and Sygate 2.6 for my firewall. It seems to be secure(passes online tests for security and stealth) Steve

[Dove19983]

Norton Anti-Virus 2001
Norton Internet Security -Firewall, AD Blocking, Email Protection.

[AuraEdge]

MY computers a farm. lol
I save every halfway useful app or halfway fun gamedemo I download. I've been a packrat since I was born...I guess its only natural. Space in a harddrive doesnt feel near as cramped as my room does when you save everything though.
I have 16.5GB of pure EXEs and ZIPs of files that I've D/Led.

Isn't part of SysOpting making a viable excuse to use resourse sucking programs, and have like 15 programs in the systray? "Because my computer can handle it!"?
I would love to dump norton for something else that works as well without all the fluff of resourse hogging. "Works as well" is the important part. I dont even feel Norton weighin down on me most of the time, but I sure wouldnt miss it if I found an alternative.

[akzocolo]

InoculateIT is what I use - and I like it a lot!
I didn't like McAfee or Norton. I had trouble uninstalling them. Norton took over my machine, replacing windows functions, but it didn't work well (Norton System Works of which the virus checker was a part). I feel that McAfee and Norton lie that if you launch a virus (trojan, worm) on your machine that their product will magically take care of it. They sell false information and misplaced peace of mind. McAfee detected the launch of a Trojan (my fault in being careless with a file from an FTP site), but it didn't block the installation of the trojan on my machine. I know that's the real world, but they shouldn't give you the impression that you can then hack in the registry a little, or launch some application they supply, and magically "fix" it. What a load of bull. Often you are looking at a disk wipe. Virus signatures can be changed just by changing some file names, in many instances. One delivery vehicle can carry several virus (torjoan, worm).
I had had trouble uninstalling both McAfee and Norton. One of them (I think it was McAfee, if my memory serves me well) wasn't completely gone until I did a disk wipe for another reason. A piece of it kept launching upon startup. What a nusiance!
I HATE autoupdates. I want control over what is going into and out of my machine (ZoneAlarm is great!!!!). I will not tolerate autolaunches! If a company builds an application around an autolaunch facility, they can sell it to somebody else.I'll update my virus software manually.
I update InoculateIT manually - and manual update of signature files must NOT be a problem with the virus checker I use, and manual update is fairly easy with InoculateIT, although I think my father might have trouble finding the correct signature file update at the InoculateIT site (he is 80 years old). That can be just a ittle confusing. That is a pretty minor "problem."
Let's get real. Your first line of defense against virus (trojan, worm) is avoiding infection in the first place. I want to be able to right click on a file and scan it before I open it. My kids are careful too, even the 11 year old.
A virus checker should not get in the way. It should be under your control, use minimum system resources, and it should be unobtrusive. InoculateIT is all those things. I'm glad it's around. Free is nice too.
Even if InoculateIT wasn't around, I couldn't tolerate McAfee or Norton. I tried that - and HATED it! I'd have to find something else. The "marketing boys" seem to screw up so much commercial software. So often the best stuff is free because the purveyors of that stuff are selling to professionals, and technical information does not become twisted by "marketing lies."

[F4_Hunter]

Linksys Router... Thats it.

[JacobM5727]

right now i have no antivirus software installed because everytime i install it it makes my system crash, and it has gotten to the point where i have just given up on installing it o well http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif i i will just have to be carefull i guess

[RustyGT]

Vet. www.vet.com.au (http://www.vet.com.au)
Is now part of CA.
Runs well.
R.

[prexaspes]

On my personal system, I go nude.

Everything else, NAV2K1. Cable hasn't gotten really big here, so firewalls aren't really necessary. (dialup)

Nude is a choice, artful. Naked is not having anything on when you really want to.

[aznlurkerz]

what other good choices are there besides that so long to be gone InocculateIT?

~aznlurkerz

[Savant]

my linux router and not being stupid enough to open files without knowing what they are.

[pbharris]

I will second that Savant.

[Warthog]

Lets see...currently I use NOTHING because McAfee wants me to PAY for what I already PAID for and I am too lazy to dl a free one.

Warthog

[patrickp]

upon internet connection pc cillin is just fine esp the pop3scan, caught everything and updates itself very reliable.
zone alarm pro runs also.
here and there a tauscan, oooops the trial period just expired.

[Bob The Great]

A really weird configuration http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[stevenvee]

Just got this today. Seems like Innoculate it will no longer be free.


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[This message has been edited by stevenvee (edited 06-03-2001).]