Windows 7 & anti-virus

[Zickar]

I will risk sounding like a noob here and suggest you use AVG !! I use it with Spybot and Antivir taskmanager and I never had a problem but of course I'm still on XP ...

[member]

Free AVG Antivirus + PC Tools firewall :)

[chuck232]

Using Symantec Antivirus here. No problems at all.

[MidnightDevil]

Avira AntiVir here.. with no problems :)

[sjaak327]

Avira Antivir wasn't working for me on Win7 64x. Mcafee Viruscan enterprise was working on 32 bits, but on 64 it was faulty, resulting in IE8 crashes. Currently using avast on 64 bit, seems to be working without a hitch.

[Typhoon87]

AVG works fine on 64 bit only issue is left clicking on the system tray icon does not load the main manager screen. I have to right click and say open or click on the desktop/start bar icon.

[briangw]

I can confirm that Trend Micro's Internet Security 2009 doesn't work. Upon reboot, it blue screened on me and then kept failing when I was registering my software. :(

[MrGriggs]

Bullguard does not, it shat brax, blue screened like mad so i had to do a system restore to a point before i installed bullguard.

Bullguard 8.5 64 bit

[sjaak327]

Mcafee Enterprise 8.7 is also working, 8.5 was causing crashes right left and center.

[briangw]

Not AV-related, but Outpost Firewall causes bluescreens. Anyone found a firewall that does work?

[sjaak327]

You do know that Windows 7 has a build in firewall ? If you use the advanced firewall, it should give you more then enough custimisation.

The advanced firewall is already present in Windows since Vista.

[briangw]

You do know that Windows 7 has a build in firewall ? If you use the advanced firewall, it should give you more then enough custimisation.

The advanced firewall is already present in Windows since Vista.

Yeah, but I still don't trust it. I'll have to check out Zone Alarm

[Ebal]

Nod32 64Bit here.. with no problems ..... :D .

[+seb5150 Subscriber²]

avg free installs fine..all modules work except for active shield which kinda defeats the purpose don't it :cry:

I found that disabling the AVG active shield and then re-enabling it worked for me.

[dimithrak]

AVG works best for me ..

[martinmine]

What AV did Microsoft use at the PDC? When they demonstrated the hiding of notification, i saw that they had an AV-linke icon, somethink like Trend Micros Office scan client, but blut (Can't remember exacly how it was) but it had some curves. Someone knowes what AV this is, does not have time to gey any picture, but wil get one tomorrow :)

Martin

[martinmine]

Here is the screen:

Does annyone know what AV this is?

[ddroy]

BitDefender 2009 doesn't work

Avast 4.8 works

Will test Norton, Kaspersky and Nod32 tomorrow

And thanks to all people who replied, the info was handy :)

[briangw]

Here is the screen:

Does annyone know what AV this is?

That looks like Computer Associate's (CA) Antivirus and if i'm not mistaken, MS has used them foir at least four years, because at my last company, we were evaluating CA, along with Symantec and Trend Micro before going with Trend Micro. The CA vendor commented that MS was a client of theirs. Before that, it was called InnoculateIT which I believe was bought out by CA.

[ddroy]

BitDefender 2009 doesn't work

Avast 4.8 works

Will test Norton, Kaspersky and Nod32 tomorrow

And thanks to all people who replied, the info was handy :)

Eset Nod32 SmartSecurity 3 woks but I hated the the product; the firewall was for people who use pumpkins not PCs

Kaspersky seemd to install properly but that too was yuck

AVG Internet Security v8 did not install properly, but it could have been something wrong with my computer am not 100% sure

Norton Internet Security 2009 works! And it works well.

On a personal note BitDefender has been my favourite for some time now, but since I can't use it, Norton seems to be the only alternative. I hated Norton previously but it seems they have improved, not sluggish now.

Still am switching to BitDefender as soon as the add Win7 support.

[+Elі Subscriber²]

Comodo's free security suit works like a charm for me, everything works just fine including the Anti-Virus and firewall, I'm impressed a professional program like this is given away for free, give it a try!

[Papz]

to be honest windows 7 will include inbuilt virus protection

and its official

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-F...SP3-98175.shtml

windows live onecare inbuilt into windows 7 and you can use it for windows vista and xp sp3

Comodo's free security suit works like a charm for me, everything works just fine including the Anti-Virus and firewall, I'm impressed a professional program like this is given away for free, give it a try!

i use to have 256MB GeForce 6600 before my computer video card stuffed up and got ge force 9000 gts

[martinmine]

That looks like Computer Associate's (CA) Antivirus and if i'm not mistaken, MS has used them foir at least four years, because at my last company, we were evaluating CA, along with Symantec and Trend Micro before going with Trend Micro. The CA vendor commented that MS was a client of theirs. Before that, it was called InnoculateIT which I believe was bought out by CA.

Thanks!

But what version of CA are they using? They have a lot of different products, I will keep you goys updated when I have tested them :)

Martin

CA Antivirus: Does not want to install

CA Internet Security: Same as CA AV

Any idea if the antiviruses works with x64 bits platforms or Windows 7?

I use Windows 7 x64, may that be the cause that I can't install the AV?

Edited December 1, 2008 by martinmine