what is a REAL virus scanner, and please dont tell me MCaffee...

irclal · #1 08-01-2002, 20:57

if norton is no good then what would be a good one then? I would like to know what would be better. 8)

NinerSevenTango · #2 08-01-2002, 21:09

InoculateIT

BOT · #3 08-01-2002, 21:18

Won't tell you then, however ask yourself why the virus scanner used by Hotmail is McAfee and no other.

KRONIK · #4 15-01-2002, 21:33

PANADA ANTI VIRUS IS THE BEST TRUST ME
www.panadasecurity.com

Upminder · #5 15-01-2002, 22:07

AVP www.avp.ru/download.html

Dr. Web www.sald.com/get.html
New DrWeb32 version 4.27 (including programs for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, DOS/386, OS/2, Novell NetWare and Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris) was released on December 28, 2001 and now its virus database includes 27860 virus records.

BOT · #6 16-01-2002, 08:29

Wow that AVP must be good, 27860 virii!
Poor McAfee can only detect in excess of 57000 virii, know which I would use, and it ain't AVP!

a270 · #7 16-01-2002, 18:46

Korea DR. ahn Virus scanner V3neo

Is dos series ..

download ####://home.ahnlab.com/download/v3neo.html

is good virus scanner

dhades · #8 17-01-2002, 02:52

Yeah and F-Prot Antivirus detect atleast 60500 viruses at ####://www.f-prot.com

EARTHWALKER · #9 17-01-2002, 09:05

KRONIK actually means Panda and not panada

####://www.pandasecurity.com/

And I totally agree with him on his choice. I have used Mcafee ( stop laughing at the back) AVP Fprot and a whole host of others and I still say Panda is the best.

Upminder · #10 17-01-2002, 18:25

AVP
51356 records in KAV antivirus database now!
Free AntiVirus Updates
####://www.avp.ru/updates.html

Dr. WEB
Doctor Web, a new generation scanner, searches and kills file and boot viruses, as well as combination viruses, which infect files and boot sectors.
SpIDer intercepts all attempts to access files and disk system areas and checks them for viruses "on-the-fly". Having detected a virus, SpIDer removes or locks it, granting access to the infected file only if it has been successfully cured.
A highlight of Dr.Web that distinguishes it from other scanners is its heuristic analyzer along with the traditional mechanism for detecting viruses by signatures (a specific byte string in the virus code that uniquely identifies the virus).
Updates for new virus-extensions online via Internet