Virus Software Recommendations?

[commalot]

Just got a new dual core and will be doing music, video, and internet with it. Any recommendations for virus software that doesn't conflict with Sonar, GVI, Spectrasonics stuff, etc?
Dave M.

[Reegs]

McAfee and Sonar groove pretty well. No issues yet, and I've been running the two side by side for several years now. :)

[commalot]

OK Mcafee it is. Thanks
Dave M.

[Styxx]

You should really look into "ClamWin" which is free virus software with free download upgrades. We have been using it at our school for quite some time now successfully. I use it in my on line PC. Just Google "ClamWin".
I have since deleted Norton's from my system with no regret. Just thought I you might be interested.

[Haydn]

Definitely stay away from Norton products. They have become bloated and have high CPU usage as well as causing much longer boot and shutdown times. McAfee to me isn't much better - too many hooks in the system.

Jim

[philaudiomicro]

All that resident softs (antivirus, firewall, antispam, drive & memory manager, auto-save programs...) are definitively not recommanded for a full-performance/stability music dedicated PC. This combination will never be tested by music editors that consider you don't need them for DAWs !
You've got a single PC... no worry ! You can have two PC for a little above the price of one. How to achieve this ?
Place an e-SATA connector at the rear of your computer and insert your hard drive(s) in some external e-SATA rack ; you've just to get another external rack where you will mount another drive for reserved music purposes.
So, before switching on your PC, you plug in the right rack. No need to install all those antivirus softwares on your music disk that will never be connected to internet.
That's the best solution I founded for us, at the lower cost and that's top when you don't have space for few towers.
Cheers,
Phil.

[Chalfant]

I've used most of them, to me the best is ESET NOD32.

[Chalfant]

Just an update here.......

I'm a bit of a computer geek and have tried almost everything out there for Antivirus but recently I retried the free AVG and it's worked better than anything! For me, anyway.

I've purchased Kaspersky, Norton (a joke) and ESET.
ESET is probably the best for hard core surfers.....

Ummmm. I didn't mean what you think I mean there. :)

[kitekrazy]

Just an update here.......

I'm a bit of a computer geek and have tried almost everything out there for Antivirus but recently I retried the free AVG and it's worked better than anything! For me, anyway.



It uses very little resources. I have it running while using Gigastudio and it's doesn't interfere.

[buckshead]

I ve used AVG free for some years but they are discontinuing it on 25th June

[Chalfant]

I ve used AVG free for some years but they are discontinuing it on 25th June

Really!!?? Wow.
Guess it's back to using NOD32 then.........

[jjloving]

I ve used AVG free for some years but they are discontinuing it on 25th June

Surely you kid? They just updated to v8, didn't they? Is this turning into one of those, "thanks for using our free product, now pay us lots of money for the big intrusive suite?"

*sigh*

Jon

[deprogrammedstudios]

I've been running OneCare Live for quite a while now, and have experienced 0 issues (virus wise, or performance wise), on both my Vista 32 and Vista 64 installs. All plugins and apps function as expected, as does Sonar.

Resource usage is also very small. Its sitting at 2,420k right now (for comparison, Internet Explorer is at 53,772k to load this site hehe),

http://onecare.live.com

[jjloving]

About AVG stopping updates - I did some looking and this is for the 7.5 version only, you can get the free v8 here: http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe

Runs well for me, actually better than 7.5 since there was a conflict on bootup with my internet and AVG (actually told this by the tech that wired the house up, a known and weird issue).

I've manually disabled a few of the features that seem to eat more resources (by renaming the .exe) and it runs with a pretty small footprint

Jon

[RobertTewes]

I, too, have been using AVG 8.0 for a few weeks now. No problems...It certainly hasn't been discontinued, just enhanced and re-released. There are purchaseable upgrades, but the free edition does, indeed, still exist! :o

[buckshead]

I ve downloaded it from the site you named, however when you get the details from AVG they direct you to a different site that asks for payment.
We'll see how we get on

[jjloving]

I ve downloaded it from the site you named, however when you get the details from AVG they direct you to a different site that asks for payment.
We'll see how we get on

There are two options on the Grisoft site, one of which is a "free pay" or somethign like that - but it's not free. They really didn't promote the free version of 8 at all, and it's really pretty hidden on their site and tough to find - most all links send you to the full versions. The free download re-directs to download.com, and it is in fact free - they just don't want people to know about it.

Jon

[kitekrazy]

I couldn't use Norton GoBack or and auto degrag program on my Giga machine with Gigastudio 3. AVG8 doesn't even bother it.

If AVG ever discontinued their free program I'd probably go with their software.

AV programs have become bloated like Nero. They don't want to sell you the basic engine but something called a security suite. That's why I stopped using Trend products when they got rid of PC Chillin.

[rfdillon]

I too have been using AVG antivirus from Grisoft. Version 7 has been discontinued but version 8 is out now and it works fine, is free, gets daily updates, is unobtrusive and not full of bloatware (i.e. Norton),what is there not to like?

[Daryl]

Well since updating to AVG version 8 I don't seem to be able to get any updates. I'm just about to dump it and find something else. Version 7 worked fine on the same PCs.

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