Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sat, 2006-01-14 at 00:33 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
Kevanf1 wrote:
Just a bit of help for those guys running a Windwoes box:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
That's the official AVG page for the 'free' version of their AV software.
I think Grisoft - the makers of AVG - are going to be or, possibly already are doing, a Linux version. Now I've used AVG for years, tried others and gone back. It's rock solid in a soft and squishy, messy world of virii :-) Have to disagree with you about AVG, Kevan.
A friend of mine had AVG installed and then rang me because he acquired a virus and couldn't get rid of the virus. I went over to his place and installed my Computer Associates (CA) eTrust and it zapped the virus before you could say "virus".
The problem with AVG is that while it can detect a virus/trojan it cannot do anything about getting rid of it- you have to go to the Grisoft site and download the virus/trojan remover and apply it. AVG does not automatically zap a virus/trojan. On the other hand eTrust does (but then there are others that do as well). I've been using eTrust for ~6 years now.
Back in the early 90s there was the best anti-virus app. available called Thunderbyte but this got taken over by some European company and, as far as I know, vanished off the scene :-( (which is typical when a product beats the pants off its competition). I was using Thunderbyte when operating a couple of BBSs for some years before it vanished off the scene and I was very sorry to see it go.
Check this link, it appears that Thunderbyte is still alive and kicking although perhaps not current. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,931,00.asp
I've now checked this link and found that Thunderbyte is now available from www.norman.nl but am not sure if it is actually called Thunderbyte although there is also the URL called www.thunderbyte.nl. Seems also that there are a number of variations-on-a-theme as in antivirus, firewall, corporate, non-corporate, etc. and the price is a bit steep as in $US40.98 for 1 licence for one year's use. Nevertheless, Thunderbyte appears to live on (possibly under a new name of Norman) and, ignoring the current price, would be worth having if it is the same product I knew back in early 90's. (The author of the BBS software I was running had a computer filled to the brim with viruses [he was also the first to come up with a 'cure' for the polymorphic virus] and he tested all the available anti-virus applications to see which ones worked. Thunderbyte at the time came out on top as being not only THE fastest but also outstripped all the other applications in the detection stakes.) Thanks again for the link you gave. Cheers. -- Don't argue with an idiot, people may not see the difference.