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    In my position as an IT Technician for a large NFP, it's part of my job to source AV software.
    For some years now we have used Avast anti Virus and have been reasonably happy with the way it had performed but in my research I've come across Trust Port anti virus and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with Trust Port.
    They see to rate very highly on Virus Bulletin
    Any thoughts??
    In hindsight I should have posted my Facebook status as: "I've blown the head gasket on my 1997 XR3i" rather than "I've just buggered a 14 year old escort".
    The police still haven't seen the funny side, my lap top's been confiscated and the wife has gone off to her mum's.



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    Have you tried Eset Smart Security?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cmangle View Post
    Have you tried Eset Smart Security?

    Yes, we ran Eset for a couple of years several years ago, unfortunately it didn't lend itself too well to our domain setup.
    It may well of changed recently.
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    In hindsight I should have posted my Facebook status as: "I've blown the head gasket on my 1997 XR3i" rather than "I've just buggered a 14 year old escort".
    The police still haven't seen the funny side, my lap top's been confiscated and the wife has gone off to her mum's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by coalminer View Post
    Thanks Coalminer and while the link is interesting in our commercial situation the difference between a home and business user environment is quite substantial.
    Subsequently the way an AV operates is also very different depending on the environment.
    Thanks again.
    In hindsight I should have posted my Facebook status as: "I've blown the head gasket on my 1997 XR3i" rather than "I've just buggered a 14 year old escort".
    The police still haven't seen the funny side, my lap top's been confiscated and the wife has gone off to her mum's.

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    seymour, there is a business endpoint enterprise version/edition!

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    Yes, it was a business endpoint enterprise version that we used in the past.
    It's been two years since we ceased association with ESET, essentially because when we got caught with a Crypto (very early version) they, through support either didn't know or didn't care. Our spend at that point was around 8.5K per annum, it's much more at the moment. At present we are with AVAST.
    In hindsight I should have posted my Facebook status as: "I've blown the head gasket on my 1997 XR3i" rather than "I've just buggered a 14 year old escort".
    The police still haven't seen the funny side, my lap top's been confiscated and the wife has gone off to her mum's.

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    I have found Kaspersky to be extremely good (in addition to Eset which has been recommended already ).

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    I use sophos across a number of pc's at various locations and a couple interstate, have been with them for over 15 years.
    Have a very good service department, and a good cloud install system which can be administrated from a central point
    they also ahve a community forum where some answers can be resovled.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tristen View Post
    I have found Kaspersky to be extremely good (in addition to Eset which has been recommended already ).
    I have used Kaspersky for 10 years plus and it has been interesting to see peoples issues with others while I have had zip.

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    +1 for Kaspersky

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    Kaspersky has the same issue as Norton. . . . . it tended to slow computers down!

    too many modules looking/checking for virii in too many places where they could not exist!

    quite a few years back i used Kaspersky EXCLUSIVELY!

    Seymour that is unusual for Eset! I've never had any issues with them, not saying you didn't though!

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    I too am using Avast at the moment, though I have just started experimenting with Panda. Avast is a good system, but their marketing is extremely irritating. They are continually trying to sell additional options and use very obtrusive popups etc. If you want a product which runs in the background with no fuss and otherwise just leaves you alone Avast is not the one.

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    Cant say I have ever noticed Kaspersky slowing any PCs down.

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    irwazza, it depends on the CPU speed, amount of ram and how many of the modules you have activated.

    I have personally seen Kaspersky slow down many machines!

    I touted Kaspersky as "THE" antivirus to have back then, in the same way I do with Eset now!

    One of the features about Eset that I like is it's real time detection prevention. Eset will stop virus laden downloads before they are complete AND stop connections to web sites that are infected with virii!



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    this is the same with sophos and at times when I want to download something it wont let me, I actually have to turn it off

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    i personally dont use anti viruses

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    I've no experience with a commercial scale AV and only use the Freebies, I can then recommend to whoever has need (typically pensioners) what I use. The annoying popups are my biggest complaint, but, (I am led to believe) the paid versions are less obtrusive, which might mean that AVG or Avira will work for you, too. I used AVG for years with no issues including trawling some very dodgy sites. Avira has only been on my machines for about 3 months and, so far, so good.
    I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...

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