Posted July 22nd, 2008
by markbennett
McAfee VirusScan is one of the best known and market leading AntiVirus products on the market today. McAfee came to prominence with a virus-killer, but has matured to offer an all-around safeguard, including firewall protection, data security and more.
If you are looking for one of the latest AntiVirus protection software programs and you prefer McAfee as one of the oldest and most trusted providers, you should explore McAfee VirusScan Plus with Site Advisor. This includes support for virus and spyware scanning, as well as including McAfee SiteAdvisor which adds safety ratings to websites and McAfee’s personal firewall, protecting your PC from outside attacks.
McAfee VirusScan is a “best-of-breed” product and certainly a sound choice. At $39.99 for a 1 year licence it is not the cheapest, and McAfee do not offer a multi-year discount. However, if you are looking to protect multiple computers each additional licence costs only $10.00.
McAfee VirusScan is one of a suite of offerings from McAfee including McAfee Internet Security Suite and McAfee Total Protection …
read more of this review at Computer-Island.com.
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Tags: Antivirus, internet security suite, mcafee virusscan Posted in Antivirus
Posted July 22nd, 2008
by Inspire
Good
antivirus software is a must to detect viruses and quarantine or eliminate them. There is a wide variety of
antivirus programs available in the market and the following is a quick guide to finding the good ones.
1. The antivirus software must be able to give both passive and online protection. Passive protection provides service on demand like when scanning specific drives or files to detect possible virus infection. Online or active protection is a memory resident antivirus program that continuously looks for probable incoming virus threats.
2. Independent testing agencies like Checkmark, PC World, AV test.org etc. give out periodical recommendations on antivirus software available in the market. They could be consulted before selecting a particular software package. Anti Trojan forum rates anti Trojan software periodically; this provides a good idea about the quality of the software. More than one antivirus or anti Trojan software would be required in order to protect from all possible threats.
3. The anti virus software should be constantly updated in order to keep newly emerging viruses at bay. There is an ongoing battle between creators of viruses and antivirus software developers. New patches are made available within hours of detection of a new virus by antivirus software developers and are updated online to all customers. Hence antivirus programs can become obsolete very quickly if not updated in time.
Many ISPs (Internet Service Providers) and email service providers offer server side protection against spams and viruses. They should be preferred in order have an additional layer of protection.
To conclude, in order to
protect from viruses the computer user must have good antivirus software that is constantly updated, follow safe practices and he / she must always be alert any new developments as the battle is an ongoing and continuous one.
Tags: Antivirus, antivirus software, computer virus Posted in Antivirus
Posted July 15th, 2008
by Mark Bennett
Which antivirus software to use is particularly difficult decision to make for home computer users, who often don't have the technical expertise to sort the good oil from the marketing hype. No matter which antivirus software you select, though you will still need to practice "safe computing" to ensure your computer is not infected with a virus.
Tags: Antivirus, antivirus software, virus Posted in Antivirus
Posted July 15th, 2008
by Inspire
Keeping computers free from viruses is a constant battle.
New computer viruses are being created everyday by cyber criminals who are working hard towards achieving their aim. Eugene Kaspersky, a computer security researcher, reported in an article in Security News of November, 2005 that his lab receives 200 to 300 new samples of viruses and Trojans everyday. This shows the enormity of the problem.
The viruses infecting a computer are of many types just like their human counterpart. Some are benign and some others absolutely fatal; a few of them quietly damage the system like termites, without the user even being aware of its presence until the damage assumes enormous proportions. The treatment of computer viruses also has human analogy, which is prevention and cure.
Antivirus Protection: Prevention
Preventing a virus from entering your computer can be achieved by following a cautious approach to any new programs, files, e-books etc. that are loaded on to the system. They may be copied through floppies, CDs etc. manually or may be downloaded online from another system or the internet. They should be scanned first with antivirus software before being copied or opened. The right click option of most antivirus software makes it easy to scan any suspicious file or program. “Scan it first” should be the general rule.
Firewalls can filter out or warn potential virus threats but they can not completely eliminate them because viruses can be hidden in several ways in data as well as in programs to escape from firewalls detection. Prevention is better than cure, so goes a saying. It may not always be possible to prevent all types of virus threats, however and sooner or later, you will face a virus that has surreptiously entered your system.
Antivirus Protection: Treatment
In order to mitigate the damage from possible virus attacks, backing up of important files containing data or programs or both should be carried out periodically. This could be done by burning CDs or stored in removable hard disk. The backups should be scanned to ensure they are virus-free when they are created.
The programs and data could be stored in separate drives like C and D drives, with the latter allocated larger space than the former.
All important information like proof of purchase of software, software registration, setup info, activation codes etc. should be stored in a file in D drive. Most of the virus infections are likely to happen in the programs part of C drive. Hence it should be scanned daily for potential viruses. The larger D drive could be scanned on fortnightly or monthly basis.
Should a virus attack be detected, the
antivirus software can usually isolate and neutralise most viruses. The system can quickly be restored from the clean back-ups once any damage done by the virus has been corrected.
Keeping computers free from viruses is an ongoing battle, but proper preparation will give the forces of Good a fighting chance!
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