Antivirus programs are a bit like clothing - it's partly a matter of personal taste.
NAV is a good all-round choice to throw at people who want a known quantity. Most of us agree though that NAV is very bloated, and this sends us looking for a replacement.
I personally use F-Prot (
www.f-prot.com). Please note that this is not the same as F-Secure. One of the things I like about F-Prot is that the updates are small and I can script-update a whole LAN easily (try doing that with NAV!). This is great for my customers with dial-up modems.
I used to use AVP v3.5 but it has succumbed to bloat like NAV.
Other popular choices I see around are: Vet, AVG, NOD32. Try them all out and see which one you like.
Capricorn: Cnet is not a reliable antivirus tester. Check out this article:
http://www.nod32.com/news/cnet_zdnet.htm
Cnet also gave weight to email scanning. That's a clumsy feature that many of us can do without. Besides, any AV worth its salt will scan the attachment either as it gets saved to the temp-files folder or when you open it.
Epyx
Last edited by Epyx at Aug 1 2002, 02:38 AM
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