+ Post New Thread
Page 1 of 4 1234 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 53
General Chat Thread, What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's? in General; My Norton is coming up for expiry and i don't inted to renew it. I was wondering what Virus software ...
  1. #1
    tosca925's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Midlands
    Posts
    1,565
    Thank Post
    4
    Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts
    Rep Power
    19

    What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    My Norton is coming up for expiry and i don't inted to renew it. I was wondering what Virus software you all used away from school on your home pc's?

  2. IDG Tech News
  3. #2

    mattx's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Posts
    8,960
    Thank Post
    991
    Thanked 1,014 Times in 597 Posts
    Rep Power
    689

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    CA Anti Virus in my choice - small footprint, does the job well.

    Sophos at the school - looking forward to dumping it and going with Trend in the future.

  4. #3

    webman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    North East England
    Posts
    8,330
    Blog Entries
    2
    Thank Post
    604
    Thanked 900 Times in 630 Posts
    Rep Power
    296

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    Nothing on Linux, and Symantec Corporate Edition on Windows.

  5. #4

    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    London
    Posts
    2,829
    Thank Post
    147
    Thanked 128 Times in 106 Posts
    Rep Power
    39

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    Sophos as its licensed for home use from the LEA
    Dont see any point in paying for anything else
    Got it on about 10 different computers at home all comes from one IP so they cant complain

  6. #5
    linuxgirlie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    Kent
    Posts
    339
    Thank Post
    106
    Thanked 33 Times in 18 Posts
    Rep Power
    28

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    None here too...all computers/servers and laptops at home run Linux..oh and my secret mac...shhhhh


    Jo

  7. #6

    webman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    North East England
    Posts
    8,330
    Blog Entries
    2
    Thank Post
    604
    Thanked 900 Times in 630 Posts
    Rep Power
    296

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    Quote Originally Posted by linuxgirlie
    oh and my secret mac...
    Traitor!! :twisted:

  8. #7

    elsiegee40's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Kent
    Posts
    8,582
    Thank Post
    1,439
    Thanked 1,621 Times in 1,194 Posts
    Rep Power
    529

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    At this precise moment I have McAfee SecurityCenter on my desktop and Norton Internet Security 2006 on the laptop. Both came free with new machines and haven't expired yet. Both run windows XP.

    Norton is behaving itself and not ploughing the laptop into the ground to my amazement. McAfee is usally well-mannered, but from time-to-time drives me nuts!

    I anticipate being on ZoneAlarm and AVG Free on both as soon as they expire. (McAfee may not get that long!) I had both AVG and Zone-Alarm on my previous machines.

  9. #8
    ajbritton's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    Wandsworth
    Posts
    1,641
    Thank Post
    23
    Thanked 75 Times in 45 Posts
    Rep Power
    31

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    AVG

  10. #9
    ChrisH's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    East Lancs
    Posts
    4,960
    Thank Post
    100
    Thanked 243 Times in 222 Posts
    Rep Power
    98

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    AVG also

  11. #10
    mrcrazy04's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Bedfordshire/Cheltenham, UK
    Posts
    254
    Thank Post
    2
    Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts
    Rep Power
    15

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    Avast! here - seems to do the job OK.
    It has a screensaver which does the scanning, which makes life easier as I usually leave it for a few hours in the evening, but wouldn't want to schedule a scan then.

  12. #11

    localzuk's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Minehead
    Posts
    15,262
    Blog Entries
    24
    Thank Post
    489
    Thanked 1,938 Times in 1,518 Posts
    Rep Power
    659

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    I normally use AVG for home machines - nice small footprint when compared to norton and sophos, plus it is free!!!

  13. #12
    tosca925's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Midlands
    Posts
    1,565
    Thank Post
    4
    Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts
    Rep Power
    19

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    I have just put AVG Pro which i picked up as a freebie from Bett, meant to use ot before but i thought i'd let Norton expire first, which it did today.

  14. #13

    Sylv3r's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    Co. Durham
    Posts
    3,013
    Thank Post
    366
    Thanked 343 Times in 306 Posts
    Rep Power
    136

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    AVG here to on my Vista machine, Symantec Corporate Editition on my laptop.

  15. #14

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Surburbia
    Posts
    2,178
    Thank Post
    74
    Thanked 305 Times in 243 Posts
    Rep Power
    112

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    Nothing on Windows. A/V is a pain and techs really ought to know how to avoid running malware without it spoiling too much of their fun.

    So what's wrong with ClamWin then?

  16. #15
    Geoff's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Fylde, Lancs, UK.
    Posts
    11,725
    Blog Entries
    1
    Thank Post
    107
    Thanked 542 Times in 476 Posts
    Rep Power
    134

    Re: What Anti Virus do you use on your home pc's?

    None, I just reimage every six months.

SHARE:
+ Post New Thread
Page 1 of 4 1234 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. eTrust anti-virus
    By localzuk in forum Windows
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 2nd March 2007, 10:45 AM
  2. Free? Anti-Virus Software
    By TSCNUK in forum Windows
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 17th November 2006, 10:18 AM
  3. Anti-spyware, virus, etc... ??
    By contink in forum How do you do....it?
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 14th August 2006, 10:54 PM
  4. Pen Drive Anti-Virus
    By RobC in forum Windows
    Replies: 24
    Last Post: 18th November 2005, 08:43 AM
  5. Anti-Virus Software
    By Mango_RW in forum Windows
    Replies: 21
    Last Post: 22nd June 2005, 11:11 AM

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •