Kaspersky Anti-virus

Would like to know if Kaspersky anti-virus is a good choice?

Rodnod wrote:
> Would like to know if Kaspersky anti-virus is a good choice?

It's considered to be one of the best.

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"Rodnod" <> wrote in message
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> Would like to know if Kaspersky anti-virus is a good choice?


Rather than pay, try Avast or Avira free products.. both are very good..


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I use Kaspersky and I am very happy with it. I tried the top three free ones,
AVG, Avira, and Avast. I like the AVG the least. It gave me a lot of false
virus reports.

The other two are good but all the free ones have one or two things you
cannot do unless you upgrade like automatic scan or automatic update. I
prefer a set and forget system. Here is my security and backup setup.
Everything is automatic (set & forget!)

*Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 (quick scan every day and full scan once a week
and the full array of protection turned on),
* Vista Firewall,
* Malewarbytes set on automatic daily (Paid version),
* Windows Defender set on automatic daily (Free),
* CCleaner set to run automatically every week (Free),
* PerfectDisk (defrag) set to run when screen saver is active and once a
month,
* Acronis True Image set to do incremental backup nightly.

Randy Miller (Just a IT hobbyist)


"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:

> "Rodnod" <> wrote in message
> news:4D2DD7CB-7839-4A64-B3FE-...
> > Would like to know if Kaspersky anti-virus is a good choice?
>
>
> Rather than pay, try Avast or Avira free products.. both are very good..
>
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
> How to construct a good post..
> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
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>
>
>
>
>

You get what you pay for. If they are free, what is to stop the creators from
reducing the creativity of their programs?

"Rodnod" wrote:

> Would like to know if Kaspersky anti-virus is a good choice?

"roraniel" <> wrote in message
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>I use Kaspersky and I am very happy with it. I tried the top three free
>ones,
> AVG, Avira, and Avast. I like the AVG the least. It gave me a lot of false
> virus reports.
>
> The other two are good but all the free ones have one or two things you
> cannot do unless you upgrade like automatic scan or automatic update. I
> prefer a set and forget system. Here is my security and backup setup.
> Everything is automatic (set & forget!)
>
> *Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 (quick scan every day and full scan once a week
> and the full array of protection turned on),
> * Vista Firewall,
> * Malewarbytes set on automatic daily (Paid version),
> * Windows Defender set on automatic daily (Free),
> * CCleaner set to run automatically every week (Free),
> * PerfectDisk (defrag) set to run when screen saver is active and once a
> month,
> * Acronis True Image set to do incremental backup nightly.
>
> Randy Miller (Just a IT hobbyist)
>
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
>
>> "Rodnod" <> wrote in message
>> news:4D2DD7CB-7839-4A64-B3FE-...
>> > Would like to know if Kaspersky anti-virus is a good choice?
>>
>>
>> Rather than pay, try Avast or Avira free products.. both are very good..
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall - MVP
>> How to construct a good post..
>> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
>> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
>> Mike's Window - My Blog..
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>


Avast, Avira, and AVG can all be scheduled to run a scan, and all of them
update automatically. They all have other settings which can be altered
too..

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"roraniel" <> wrote in message
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>I use Kaspersky and I am very happy with it. I tried the top three free
>ones,
> AVG, Avira, and Avast. I like the AVG the least. It gave me a lot of false
> virus reports.

What about BitDefender? Seems like a good price and most comparisons
rate it at or about AVG.

"Tonyo UK" <> wrote in message
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> You get what you pay for. If they are free, what is to stop the creators
> from
> reducing the creativity of their programs?
>
> "Rodnod" wrote:
>
>> Would like to know if Kaspersky anti-virus is a good choice?


Rephrase that.. free or not..

"what is to stop the creators from
reducing the creativity of their programs?
"

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I think Avast and Avira free versions can only do on demand scanning. I did
find an article on using scheduled task to schedule quick scans in Avast but
no deep scans.

I only meant to suggest that in general free versions are lacking features
that a paid upgrade includes.

"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:

> "roraniel" <> wrote in message
> news:31E0361B-B247-4C43-A3DC-...
> >I use Kaspersky and I am very happy with it. I tried the top three free
> >ones,
> > AVG, Avira, and Avast. I like the AVG the least. It gave me a lot of false
> > virus reports.
> >
> > The other two are good but all the free ones have one or two things you
> > cannot do unless you upgrade like automatic scan or automatic update. I
> > prefer a set and forget system. Here is my security and backup setup.
> > Everything is automatic (set & forget!)
> >
> > *Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 (quick scan every day and full scan once a week
> > and the full array of protection turned on),
> > * Vista Firewall,
> > * Malewarbytes set on automatic daily (Paid version),
> > * Windows Defender set on automatic daily (Free),
> > * CCleaner set to run automatically every week (Free),
> > * PerfectDisk (defrag) set to run when screen saver is active and once a
> > month,
> > * Acronis True Image set to do incremental backup nightly.
> >
> > Randy Miller (Just a IT hobbyist)
> >
> >
> > "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> "Rodnod" <> wrote in message
> >> news:4D2DD7CB-7839-4A64-B3FE-...
> >> > Would like to know if Kaspersky anti-virus is a good choice?
> >>
> >>
> >> Rather than pay, try Avast or Avira free products.. both are very good..
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mike Hall - MVP
> >> How to construct a good post..
> >> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
> >> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
> >> Mike's Window - My Blog..
> >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
> Avast, Avira, and AVG can all be scheduled to run a scan, and all of them
> update automatically. They all have other settings which can be altered
> too..
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
> How to construct a good post..
> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
> Mike's Window - My Blog..
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>
>
>
>
>

"roraniel" <> wrote in message
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>I think Avast and Avira free versions can only do on demand scanning. I did
> find an article on using scheduled task to schedule quick scans in Avast
> but
> no deep scans.
>
> I only meant to suggest that in general free versions are lacking features
> that a paid upgrade includes.
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
>
>> "roraniel" <> wrote in message
>> news:31E0361B-B247-4C43-A3DC-...
>> >I use Kaspersky and I am very happy with it. I tried the top three free
>> >ones,
>> > AVG, Avira, and Avast. I like the AVG the least. It gave me a lot of
>> > false
>> > virus reports.
>> >
>> > The other two are good but all the free ones have one or two things you
>> > cannot do unless you upgrade like automatic scan or automatic update. I
>> > prefer a set and forget system. Here is my security and backup setup.
>> > Everything is automatic (set & forget!)
>> >
>> > *Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 (quick scan every day and full scan once a
>> > week
>> > and the full array of protection turned on),
>> > * Vista Firewall,
>> > * Malewarbytes set on automatic daily (Paid version),
>> > * Windows Defender set on automatic daily (Free),
>> > * CCleaner set to run automatically every week (Free),
>> > * PerfectDisk (defrag) set to run when screen saver is active and once
>> > a
>> > month,
>> > * Acronis True Image set to do incremental backup nightly.
>> >
>> > Randy Miller (Just a IT hobbyist)
>> >
>> >
>> > "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Rodnod" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:4D2DD7CB-7839-4A64-B3FE-...
>> >> > Would like to know if Kaspersky anti-virus is a good choice?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Rather than pay, try Avast or Avira free products.. both are very
>> >> good..
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Mike Hall - MVP
>> >> How to construct a good post..
>> >> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
>> >> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
>> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
>> >> Mike's Window - My Blog..
>> >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>> Avast, Avira, and AVG can all be scheduled to run a scan, and all of them
>> update automatically. They all have other settings which can be altered
>> too..
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall - MVP
>> How to construct a good post..
>> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
>> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
>> Mike's Window - My Blog..
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>


They do lack features, but I would wager that most just install and accept
whatever the default is.. :-)


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