Security on the Cheap
Feb 23rd, 2006 by Don Ray
I am still continuing my evaluation of Anti-virus software. So far the software I have like the best has also been free (AVG). I just finished with Kaspersky and I liked it. It worked well with little overhead that I noticed and it is highly rated.
I am now running BitDefinder, which is currently rated as the best. I have noticed since putting it on that my system is booting a lot slower. I am also getting annoyed with all the popups telling me that I am using evaluation software.
There are enough antivirus programs out there that you can try one for 30 days and switch to another and another for a whole year. I still haven’t found any I like better than AVAST or AVG. AVG did find a virus that AVAST missed, so I guess I still AVG better.
This is keeping me busy until I get the Linux system finished to my satisfaction.
The finnish security system - F-secure - publish the interesting page about the virus situation in the world.
http://worldmap.f-secure.com
Interesting that you mention that. I am testing the F-Secure product on one a PC currently.
I have to say that , if You are using Skype ( http://www.skype.com ), F-secure and Skype doesn`t like each other.
The firewall of F-secure is warning after few minutes of speaking.
They are trying to fix it up.
I have used Skype over the year and spoken even to Washington to my cousin, but I use the another firewall then.
I use much Skype with my grandchildren and my friends far away. We have
the handset for Skype ( http://www.cordlessdualphone.com, but there is many others too ), so no need to be near to PC.
I haven’t used Skype. I do intend to look into it however. Thanks for the information.