Re: Panda Anti-Virus vs. AVG Free

Doesn't matter which one you choose. Just recently, I had a customer
who was "Fully(?)" protected, if that's possible. He happened to pick
up what's called a "Zero Day Threat". That means a new virus that isn't
known to the AV companies and so it won't be in their definitions data.
Unless you have some type of "Suspicious" detection in your product,
you can get infected by these first day threats. By doesn't matter, what
I mean is all of them have exposure to new infectors. Personally, I use
both eTrust and AVG. Even with those, I'll run on-line scans from a
couple of different vendors every week or so. T

And to give credit where it's due the definitions and the Security center
(SARC) at Symantec are one of the best. That's probably the biggest
loss with moving away from Norton AV.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ex3k4zwDGHA.3468@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> No AV product will catch every virus every time. All of them will miss one
> at odd, unpredicatable times. Much depends on the definition file in use,
> frequncy of updates, user habits, and program configuration. To base an
> assessment on one missed bug would be like not using windows because it it
> crashed once (hint: linux crashes too).
>
> As to the question, there is no "best" AV product. To me, the "best" one
> is the one that the user is comfortable with and provides a reasonable
> ease of updating and use without bogging down the system.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Stu" <stu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uTBKYHwDGHA.3004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I agree with Kenny, use Avast Free. AVG Free didn't detect a virus when I
>>used it so I dont't trust it
>> "edgarperrito" <edgarperrito@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1E4BEBC1-BF67-4BF5-9A4E-80A4FA8B0FE3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I am planning to install a new antivirus on my computer, but I cant
>>>decide.
>>> which is the one that is a good antivirus?
>>>
>>> -Panda Antivirus Platinum
>>> -AVG Free
>>>
>>
>>
>
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