Need some advice on the best Spyware and Antivirus software that most are using. Thinking about going with Norton (not sure which one) but not sure. Also, thinking about getting WebRoot Spy Sweeper. Any suggestions?
This is for my forensics machine of course.
I am a cheap date so I like the many free utilities that are out there. Avast is my AV of choice. It also does much of the spyware/malware prevention you could want. You will certainty want to set the polices and exclusions in the software to avoid false positives (On one of my administrative computers I downloaded Helix to it last night before leaving the office and came in this AM to warnings about Windows Defender scan results for pwdump2)
At the moment we are using Kaspersky Internet Security but I would strictly recommend NOT to use that one. We will for sure switch to another solution.
When acquiring an image with Kaspersky switched on it takes nearly 2 minutes until the acquisition starts. With older versions it was possible to exclude USB-devices from "scanning" but this is not possible anymore. I sent them an email and received a default-answer more than a month after I contacted them.
Another thing is my NAS-box. When Kaspersky is switched on it is not found on the network, only when Kaspersky is disabled.
Another thing is when downloading archives from the internet. By default they are scanned which can take a couple of minutes.
Please share your experiences with other AV-solutions. Since we are most definately going to switch to another antivirus-software this could be very useful information (not only for me;) ).
Cheers.
Switched to ESET NOD32 from Norton. I have also had good luck with avast! and if you are a governmental agency (or healthcare) there is a 30% discount.
Thanks guys. Think im gonna look into the Avast. Im sure we qualify for the discount. On my home PC, im using Norton Internet Security and it works great with the Pulse updates etc. However, I find myself having to boot twice before being able to use my pc.
Thanks guys. Think im gonna look into the Avast. Im sure we qualify for the discount. On my home PC, im using Norton Internet Security and it works great with the Pulse updates etc. However, I find myself having to boot twice before being able to use my pc.
I use the free edition.
Works great and I deploy it on most of my SOHO clients' computers. You just have to enter a registration key you get via e-mail that will keep the auto updates going for about a year before you have to register again.
It will not work on a MS Server build however.
I did just poke around on download.com and come across "Rising Antivirus" as a AV for Server 2k3. Might try it on one of my file servers to see if it works as advertised.
I was looking into this a few weeks ago. Avira Antivirust is another one which did well in detection benchmarks. I tried it however I kept getting pop-ups regarding the paid version so its not recommended. One of my computers had every .exe file infected with malware whilst using AVG.
I'm using Avast now and I'd recommend it.
No Antivirus is perfect. So, it does not make a big difference if you choose Norton or Nod32. Norton puts too much workload to the computer and will make it work much slower. So, I prefer Nod32, which is as effective as Norton, not so overwhelming though.
Avast, its lite and priced right.
Mcafee Virus/Spyware Protection has proven effective. Some of the products mentioned above have performed badly under real world conditions.