Thursday, September 30, 2010

Have Your Say Here : Antivirus Program

I have so far used various free antivirus program to protect my computer from virus/spyware/malware infection and here is the list of AV program I used :
  1. Avira
  2. AVG
  3. TrendMicro
  4. Avast
Let us talk about Avast AV first.It updates quite constantly and scanning is quite fast.However,it cannot detects most of the well-known viruses and my pc constantly keep infected with virus even though I keep my AV program up-to-date.Therefore, it is a no-no to me.

How about TrendMicro?

Well, its live scanning is pretty slow and even offline scanning also quite slow and cannot detect much of the viruses.When it detects the virus, it is already too late for me to clean up as it cannot remove the threats detected and the updates has already been suspended due to virus infection.

What you think about AVG?

Among Trend Micro and Avast,AVG provides the best antivirus protection to my pc as it can detect almost every single low-level - mid-level viruses.It provides scanning detection to USB device such as pendrive too.I know that in the very beginning the AVG7 did not have this functionality until it upgraded its version to AVG8 and till now the latest version has this capability.Scanning speed is quite fast and reliable.However, you have to add your crack software(if any) to "exception" in scanning especially keygen as the AV will remove it if you do not configure your AVG application.(by default-AUTO Heal).This is quite common as crack or keygen software role is to find a loophole in the program to make it works as genuine.*wink*.Free version AVG does not provide any extra protection like advanced spyware protection.Therefore,if high-level trojan downloader is able to to beat your AV program then you must remove it manually in safe mode.I encountered one of the trojan downloader infected my pc while I was using AVG.It asked me to uninstall your AV program as it is no longer up-to-date.I was in the midst that time and followed what it prompted me to do.I ended up my pc with a fresh copy of new OS..

Have you heard of Avira?

Maybe yes maybe no.The AV company just set up its physical store in Malaysia not long ago.Therefore, in the beginning many people are wondering what AV program is that,I assume.I know its existence in one of the forum which I have forgotten the forum website few years ago.I tried to use it for the very first time and I found it was very easy to use and install.Furthermore,it provides great scanning capability and guard protection so you are safe while you are on the net.Many free AV program do not have this feature in the beginning and is only available for pay version.However,with the strong demand of user for safe surfing,many AV program currently provide this capability in their free version AV program.Among all AV program I have used, I give this AV program a thumbs up and is currently using its paid version.*wink*

If you have your opinion, just leave a comment here.We can share more knowledge about this.What I said is based on my experience of AV program I used.It differs for every individual.^^

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