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Anti virus software ?

There's an article in this month's Consumer Reports.

The recommended Avira and Mircosoft essentials.

Never used them. My cable company provides F Secure for free. CR didn't think much of it, so I might try one of the free ones.
 
cgymike said:
Says my system is secured but Avast doesn't seem to be running any scans unlike some others that scan all the time. Also it is asking me to restart. The other ones like Norton didn't...updates were just done on the fly without having to re-boot. What's up with that?
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When AVAST does a major update such as updating the program not definitions then it would require a restart. Believe me AVAST is better than Norton because I only had major issues with Norton controlling my computer when I didn't want it to. That's why I uninstalled it and put on AVAST. Oh yeah AVAST is 100% better than McAfee, lol I think any Anti-Virus program is better than that junk.
 
cgymike said:
That doesn't sound right because I canupdate any program (Itunes for example) and a restart is not required. FF also updates without a restart needed. What's so special about Avast that it needs it? Other AV's don't. Never heard of that requirement before...except from Microshit of course with their stupid automated updates FORCING you to restart.
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Most programs that operate at a LOW level within a system will require a restart for the software update to take effect (especially in a XP based system). Win7 & Vista are different beasts, as such its not required nearly as often but it does still happen.

Unfortunately comparing a Firefox update to a Antivirus program update (not definitions) is not even remotely a fair comparison. Firefox is a program written to run entirely in what is known as user space, where antivirus programs run in both user space as well as a lower level possibly even down to the kernel level (i've yet to see a kernel level update that didn't require a reboot in windows anyway).
 
AVAST only asks for a restart when the PROGRAM is updated.
It never asks for a restart when only the definitions have been updated.
 
cgymike said:
OK - thanks but it still doesn't explain why Avast in particular asks for a restart where other AV's I have used (and I have used about 10 others) have not. Surely comparing one AV to another isn't like apples and oranges. I agree browser updates would be different. So why does Avast go the the kernel where other don't?

But your post was helpful - it answers most of the question. Thanks.
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All I was doing was giving you an idea on what can be happening with the program update. Please keep in mind that programs are written following different philosophies so its very possible that someone in authority in the development of Avast is still firmly rooted in restarting after the program update as being the best practice. It might not be necessary at all. The only way to know for sure is to speak with someone involved in the development of this product.

But out of curiosity, why is a system restart when you do a software update or install a big concern and/or problem?

But just to steer a bit back to the antivirus software itself. I have used a wide range, and have worked with many of them on friends, family, and work computers. I can say without a shadow of a doubt, any time I run into a Norton Product (home editions), McAfee, & kaspersky they have all failed in multiple ways. They have all created wonderful headaches for me to fix.

I can not in good conscious ever recommend a Norton product for home users. They tend to be complete crapware. Slow, bloated, and usually broken in some way that ends up breaking your system or slowing it down.
 
avast recently overhauled the engine. those are low level drivers that are loaded during the boot process. thus to load the new version you have to - restart. and this is like the first time in a year where you needed to restart. after you first installed one of the other virus programs, i am pretty sure they asked you to restart as well.
 
FREE anti-viruses have only Limited Functionalities. I prefer you would buy a Licensed one. Technically speaking, most of the Free/Demo Anti-Virus applications can not kill all your System's Bugs. Buy a Licensed One, It really pays! ;)
 
^ free antiviruses detect the same viruses as the pay products. the only difference usually is the heuristics engine and some other stuff.

you seem to recommend "licensed" av a bit too much just right after joining, i wonder if we soon see some link to the product of your choice :roll:
 
I use AVAST with no problems here. I also have MalwareBytes on at all times. SUPERAntiSpyware helps keep my system clean.

If you have not yet registered for AVAST, go HERE, it's free.

Also if your computer IS infected, I have noticed that viruses like to block out all kinds of known security websites that you would normally be able to get an antivirus from so I recommend going to nsanedown.com for security programs as no virus recognizes it as a security website although they have MANY antimalware and antivirus scanners for download on there.
 
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