> Thane Sherrington > At 03:44 PM 23/12/2006, Jeff Lane wrote: > >I would suggest AVG. It has a boot time scan, is free, and, I think > >the best of many, paid ones included. > > AVG doesn't have the best reputation. I can't recommend not spending > money on AV given the downside of getting infected. >
ClamAV, freeware: - ClamAV (http://www.clamav.net/), the mother site of them all. - ClamMail (http://www.bransoft.com/clammail/en/clammail.html); ClamAV POP3 proxy, you can have it working as localhost or in your firewall/gateway Windows machine; can complement SpywareTerminator, which doesn't do mail. - Clamwin (http://www.clamwin.com); ClamAV windows port; it only works "on demand"; slow engine. - Winpooch (http://winpooch.free.fr); HIPS & AV (realtime and "on demand"); works with clamwin; it doesn't work for me, brings my system (P4 2.8, 4 GB) to an almost absolute crawl (possible bad interaction with Symantec/Norton?). - SpywareTerminator (http://www.spywareterminator.com); also HIPS $ AV (realtime and "on demand"); clamav ported windows binaries; scanning is faster than Clamwin; however, see http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#spyterm_note before installing; not yet ready for prime time (not clueless user proof), but something to watch as it evolves; saying this, it is what I am using right now, but I have disabled automatic updates because there are a few glitches; I am updating it (the AV signatures) through a custom automatic "home made" solution; also, see http://forum.spywareterminator.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=649 with a possible solution to some of the glitches; so far, works nicely alongside Symantec/Norton; will be testing ST with other realtime AVs one of these days... Besides ClamAV, there are other (freeware/opensource) solutions out there (in no particular order): http://www.freesoftware4all.co.uk/security.htm http://osswin.sourceforge.net/#security http://sectools.org/ http://www.ossec.net/ http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/TestEmail/ And this little thing http://www.yoggie.com/gatekeeper_pro.shtml, but it smells vaporware (see expected release dates) Best wishes, mikesierra
