[dba-Tech] Need New AV -- Suggestions?

"I still see the shortcuts on my desktop disappear one after the other.
tehy did not find the reason (at least they didnt tell me)."

Probably because I can't see any conceivable reason how a viruscanner
could possibly do this?


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Lembit
Soobik
Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 7:42 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Need New AV -- Suggestions?

Well, Ron,
I've had it with McAffee.
many years ago during an auto update it started deleting program files
including command.com on my PC.
I still see the shortcuts on my desktop disappear one after the other.
tehy did not find the reason (at least they didnt tell me).
I have used Norton for some years, but it became too nasty, and since
several years I'm using AVG on 5 PCs without any problems.
Lembit

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Allen" <chizotz at mchsi.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" 
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 8:47 AM
Subject: [dba-Tech] Need New AV -- Suggestions?


> I've been using -- no, make that "I've been a fairly passionate user
> and advocate" -- of TrendMicro PCCillin AV for some years now.
>
> Over the past several months, I have repeatedly, as in at least 4 or 5
> times, had the system tray icon for PCCillin Internet Security
> suddenly and with no apparent cause simply disappear. When this
> happens, when I go to update the pattern file manually it tells me
> "that function is still initializing". Since I don't check my system
> tray every time I sit down, and have absolutely no desire to, I could
> conceivably go for weeks or months before noticing that my AV is yet
> again not receiving autoupdates and yet again I have this annoying
> problem. I have been around and around with Trend support, and each
> time they have either fixed the problem with a patch or it has
> mysteriously "gone away" after I contact them.
>
> I've about had it with this. Whatever is causing this problem should
> have been fixed long ago. I've worked with them on at least four
> separate times and I think it's been more than that. I'm reasonably
> sure that I'm not the only one to be experiencing this issue, since
> they always seem to have an answer, yet I can't locate this error
> condition addressed in their kb. They never give me a definitive
> reason for why it's happening, and although they fix it, some way,
> each time, it keeps coming back. My theory is that their definitions
> update contains something that causes this, and when my instance
> auto-updates I get the bad file again and the whole cycle starts over.
>
> Be that as it may, I'm ready to change AV. I want to go with a
> professional company that has regular updates and decent software that
> will only minimally impact my system. I'm leaning toward McAfee at
> this point, and am pretty well set against Norton. I won't use AVG or
> Panda because they each totally trashed my system a few years ago;
> once burned forever shy.
>
> Any comments about McAfee? Any suggestions on the best AV software
> available now?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Ron
>
>
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