Trend Micro
Now that Trend Micro is charging nearly $90 to remove viruses and malware they should have protected us from in the first place, what virus protection programs are people replacing it with?
Who LOVES what they're using the way I used to love Trend Micro?
I love my MAC. I know that doesn't count. But I do. I don't need no stinkin' virus scanners.
ReplyDeleteI use the free version of AVG (www.grisoft.com) but lately it's been making my computer run into overdrive. So I'm looking for an alternative too.
ReplyDeleteYou! Yeah, you, with the MAC
ReplyDeleteRom, have I mentioned how much I'm loving the book I'm reading? I'm having such a good time with it that I don't even want to be here, I just want to go read. I think a new king of horror has emerged!
ReplyDeleteAs a former Corporate IT Manager, I recommend Eset NOD32 which is the best product out there and I've pretty much seen them all.
ReplyDeleteFor handling malware infections Post-Facto I would also recommend Malwarebytes Antimalware and Spybot Search & Destroy. Both of these product are free and do an excellent job.
Expat Brit Living in Canada
Thanks, Expat Brit! I will check those out.
ReplyDeleteExpat Brit, are you still there? I read about Eset NOD32, and it looks interesting. I noted that the file size of Smart Security 4 (with a firewall and anti-spam) weighs in at 250 MB compared to 333 MB for Trend Micro Titanium. The price is certainly better. I'm curious about the anti-spam because I have a couple of elderly friends who like to send me that stuff, and I don't really want to shut them out. Would it do that?
ReplyDeleteAlso, one of the things I liked about Trend Micro was that if it caught a virus coming into my computer, it would stop my internet connection, quarantine the virus so that I could dispose of it, then allow me to reconnect. Will Eset do that?
A downfall I see with Eset is that I would have to create a bootable rescue disk to help ME repair an infection. I could make the disk if I could get my damned CD drive to open, but I'm a little nervous about having to make my own repairs.
One more thing: I see Eset has free tech support, and although I visited that page, I'm unclear on what form it takes. Is it phone, live chat, user forums, or what? Is it 24/7? It seems I always need help when tech support isn't working, like after 10 PM and on weekends. Also, if phone support is available, will I be able to understand any foreign accents the tech person may have? If it's live chat, will they help me exclusively, or will they switch between me and someone else so that it takes five or more minutes between each exchange? That's a real aggravation for me at the moment. It took an hour and forty minutes to fix one simple thing with my email this morning. Grrr.
As for Spybot, I've used it before. The whiz kid next door recommended it, and when I tried to use it, it crashed my computer and caused me to have to hire someone to recover a novel I'd been working on for two and half years. I realize now that it was probably because that computer was a dinosaur, but ouch, it still hurts a little.