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Virus Bulletin is good, make up you own mind.

All I know is that with probably a couple of thousand installs over the last few years, NOD32 has caused zero problems and only 1 virus that we know of get past it's defenses (which I believe was really due to an unpatched Internet Explorer)
Compare to that, we've had so many machines with problems due to Norton that it's just funny now.

I appreciate that Fear is trying to legitimately trying to save a few quid however, so it's fair enough to look further afield. I shall also have to have a look at Simiantech. (Why does it sound like Symantec though? Urgh!)

cheeseandham wrote:I shall also have to have a look at Simiantech. (Why does it sound like Symantec though? Urgh!)

Because that's what I call symantec, (the h was an alcohol typo) given norton etc was clearly coded by monkeys.

Edit: really though, IME/O norton is completely shit, symantec corp is very good, light, fast, doesn't seem to let shit in and just sits out of the way

cheeseandham wrote:(Why does it sound like Symantec though? Urgh!)

Errrr, because it is.

LOL... OK so it was 2.30am and I was clearly stupid

I've never had a problem with Norton (or Symantec) capture rates. I've always avoided Symantec due to it's association with Norton.

Yeah, I've never understood how can Norton be utterly shit and Symantec be clearly awesome when it's developed by the same company...

That, and the way that what is now Symantec Corporate Edition used to be Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition; it seems like they just switched the brands around, or there was some M&A jiggery-pokery (that's a technical term).

i forgot about this, natwest are offering a free 1-year subscription to McAfee Virus-scan Plus (Firewall, Antivirus and Anti-Spyware) without you having to do anything. I've tried it out and it does work and is all legitimate.

If you're strapped for cash then this could be a temporary measure

LINKY!

/edit: Link appeared to be broken, new link is on ^^ that page and and is the big bar thing at the bottom with McAfee written on it

I think you need to be banking with natwest to get that.

I have an account with them, does that mean I'd be able to get that then?

nope, no bank account is needed. I dont have an account with them and I managed to download it, install it and update it.

/edit: you may have to register with McAfee but this only requires name, email and password

This fact is made of win.

Aside from the installer which feels dirty, it's all really simple.

also, if you need an extra spyware cleaner thingy, you can get 'Webroot Spy Sweeper' free for a year instead of paying an extra £30

Download: http://www.boltfile.com/download/b144f795

Activation: http://www.webroot.com/activate

*edited for shitty spellings

thewombleofdeath wrote:also, if you need an extra spyware cleaner thingy, you can get 'Webroom Spy Sweeper' free for a year instead of paying an extra £30

Download: http://www.boltfile.com/download/b144f795

Activation: http://www.webroot.com/activate

Womble: master of free shit.

He's just a bot really!

cheeseandham wrote:NOD32

Been trialling this and am mostly impressed so far, my trial expires on the 10th March and I think I shall purchase, and since I happen to know a friendly reseller who recommended it to me: do I need to do anything special with promo codes, or just go to your site and cough up monies?

I'm very happy with NOD32. It's unintrusive, doesn't cause CoH or TR much strain when it scans (which I scheduled but sometimes forget about), updates itself several times a day, and most importantly I've had no nastyware. I think it was £50 for three years, which ain't half bad either.

FatherJack wrote: Been trialling this and am mostly impressed so far, my trial expires on the 10th March and I think I shall purchase, and since I happen to know a friendly reseller who recommended it to me: do I need to do anything special with promo codes, or just go to your site and cough up monies?

No promo codes or anything. Did you trial the AV or the whole security suite?
(personally I've found that the AV treats malware/spyware the same as everything else and I'm guessing that they've just gone down the whole "we do spam, spyware and viruses" road just because people are dumb enough to think others give more protection)

Anyway, if it's the AV just go to http://www.runpcrun.com/order-nod32 (which I must update) and order (don't worry if the email takes a little while to get to you, my order system is a bit, well, bizarre)