oy virus fun.

[natertots.livejournal.com]

So I spent most of my day cleaning virii off machines at work.. we got a massive infestation.

A lot of them were netsky.c ... but a few had sasser and korgo as well.

The best was one with netsky and korgo..... 10,510 infected files.
:P
With all that bloat, you'd think you were dealing with *insert favorite hated software here*.
heh

So, it got me thinking about home use... and friends who are using freeware scanners.... anyone ever used AVG? Have any experience, either good or bad?

Comments

[naggy.livejournal.com]

I use it exclusively; haven't had any problems. I prefer it to Norton or McAfee.

AVG Works...

[coyoteden.livejournal.com]

The free version is v6.0. That version is a little long in the tooth compared to the competition. Full system scans take a long time to complete, and you are limited to scheduling one daily scan, but yeah, it works.

If a file is infected, the ability to remove the virus and repair the file is nowhere as good as Symantec or McAfee. That's one category where the "big-boys" excel.

Oh yeah, and as for AVG: The GUI is just ugly as hell if that matters.

Re: AVG Works...

[marence.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, and yes.
But it's free, it's fairly efective, and it's what we put on machines when the client won't/can't spring for McAfee (yuck) or Norton, oops, Symantec, or my favorite, TrendMicro.

[achernow.livejournal.com]

I love it :)

-A

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

I use it exclusively on my machines. Of course, I also run TrendMicro's Housecall about once a month, just to make sure.
I got a call one time about a customer who used Symantec, and he had viruses in his word files. I went down, plugged AVG in, and it cleaned them right up, with no problems. Personally, I don't care how ugly the GUI is, I don't sit there and watch it run while it is running. I'd also rather it run longer and scan every file, then skip a bunch and say it's done. I say go for it, it's free (which helps the accountants out) and it works very well.

[tsutton.livejournal.com]

What, all computers does not have any virus scanner installed?

Someone needs to be sacked and replace with a better person who knows what they are doing.

[natertots.livejournal.com]

They do, but unfortunately some users have a tendency to turn off the auto update. :P

[tsutton.livejournal.com]

So disable and/or password protect it then.

[mrsvickie.livejournal.com]

Moah haha... Good 'ol Mac here. Could care less about a virus. Everything is backed up. I'll just kill it if worse comes to worse. On a positive note, I hear that AVG is very good. As well as eTrust.

[oddball42.livejournal.com]

i personally use AntiVir and set to scan on all file write operations. keep it up to date and i havent had to make one removal

had one slip in well no i let it in to see how the av would handle it. and it detected but couldnt clear anything in system volume information. my solution to kill the system restore as i never use it cleared it nicely but something to consider.

good av and i love it compared to anything else. very lean and trim and the system scan runs quickly.

www.free-av.com but the server seems to be having issues at the moment.

[residentgeek.livejournal.com]

I use AVG exclusively at home and on my parents' machine but you can't use it legally in a work environment. Their license agreement says it's for personal home use only. That sucks.