Anti virus & CO

Thunder93 · Post by **Thunder93** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:25 am

I would if I could access the forum...

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:25 am

Google suggests it may be possible.

Dare suggests google.

pdwyer · Post by **pdwyer** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:52 am

Paul Suggests Dare's Suggestion!

pdwyer · Post by **pdwyer** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:10 am

thefool wrote:Pdwyer: Nod32 actually runs a 64bit engine with a 32bit front

"In 64-bit mode, the kernel driver is 100% 64-bit compatibile, while user-mode modules, which are typically user interface, menus, etc, execute as 32-bit code"

Not that there should be much speedgains here thoug.

What's Nod32?

Tranquil · Post by **Tranquil** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:31 pm

pdwyer wrote:
thefool wrote:Pdwyer: Nod32 actually runs a 64bit engine with a 32bit front

"In 64-bit mode, the kernel driver is 100% 64-bit compatibile, while user-mode modules, which are typically user interface, menus, etc, execute as 32-bit code"

Not that there should be much speedgains here thoug.
What's Nod32?

Its an antivirus software.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:37 pm

probably the least annoying antivirus you'll ever find. The fastest engine out there. One of the best heuristic engines, too. And its very lightweight, too. Probably daily updates, too. Runs automatic of course, and not cloggin the system and wanting to tell you that it has updated like many others.

It consistently wins top awards from testing labs and is recognized for having zero false positive.

I know the company say that, BUT that it gets to use the virus bulletin VB100 award which means:

It detects all In the Wild viruses during both on-demand and on-access scanning.
It generates no false positives when scanning a set of clean files.

more:

http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/about/100procedure.xml

AND no I am not adverticing. Just telling of my experience, and i can tell you that i don't regret a single second that i chose this one

pdwyer · Post by **pdwyer** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:27 pm

Norton OverDose?

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:28 pm

Quite the opposite of norton, in reality. Well i can only encourage you to try it if you are annoyed of your current setup

pdwyer · Post by **pdwyer** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:41 pm

Using AVG internet suite at home (spam, firewall etc too) , Might go to that russian one next, can't remember the name

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:44 pm

pdwyer wrote:Using AVG internet suite at home (spam, firewall etc too) , Might go to that russian one next, can't remember the name

kaspersky? sounds russian hehe

pdwyer · Post by **pdwyer** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:16 pm

Thats the one!

rsts · Post by **rsts** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:25 pm

thefool wrote:probably the least annoying antivirus you'll ever find. The fastest engine out there. One of the best heuristic engines, too. And its very lightweight, too. Probably daily updates, too. Runs automatic of course, and not cloggin the system and wanting to tell you that it has updated like many others.
[snip]
AND no I am not adverticing. Just telling of my experience, and i can tell you that i don't regret a single second that i chose this one

+1

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:25 am

lol.

Based on all the recommendations, I just installed nod.

Stops my computer stone dead when I do a scan ..... I have to keep pausing it to do other things (like making this post).

Thunder93 · Post by **Thunder93** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:38 am

That's because your running the On-demand scan, it'll take much of the resources to have it go faster to get done quicker. After having ran manually the scan for the first time, you can then sit back and relax with NOD32 top rating background shields...

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:12 am

Okay, I see. I think ..

So after checking your fixed drives, it relies on checking only for changes. IE, downloads, installs, updates and etc?

If so, is that safe? What happens if the initial scan misses something that was not yet identified and is not easily detected when activated (in memory)?