PC Security Software

[DaveB]

That's very stylish Ian.. and very you

I dunno what I'd do with all those bits and bobs but I wish I had the cash to find out

ATB
DaveB

[speedbird591]

I dunno what I'd do with all those bits and bobs but I wish I had the cash to find out

Have you still got that big expensive Triumph in your garage, Dave

I've only got a bicycle and a lawnmower in mine

(Damn! I said I was going to lay off you for two weeks. But you goaded me into it )

Ian

[Jetstreamsky]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372364,00.asp

AVG does very well here.

it all depends on what aspect you're talking about.

[TSR2]

Indeed it does, but it also depends on who is paying your bills. Some computer sites / magazines aren't quite as impartial as you might think

[Airspeed]

The range available is too much for my little brain.
We have MSE and a freeware Malwarebytes in reserve, in case MSE can't handle something.
Last year, a pesky thing got into Mrs Airspeed's computer, and neither of them could get rid of it fully.
It kept deleting one of those little services even after I copied it across from my machine.
Had to reinstall Windows 7 to get over it.

[tonymadge]

I use Webroot and so far all ok, where does this come in the Which survey? It is one of the best on the PC Mag link

[Dev One]

I must admit that I have so far only collected one virus, many years ago & that was when I was legally using our work anti virus (Sophos) & there was a download available to cure it, but I think I had a potential one a couple of years back with payware AVG & I got a very good one to one response via their contact connection which I would not have with the free version - I understand that the free version will identify the bug, but thats all.
Keith

[speedbird591]

A bit of an update here. I've just gone online to the Which? website and since publishing the magazine they've tested some more AVs. So the chart now includes 24 including Webroot and AVG paid which Tony and Keith asked about.

Webroot Secure Anywhere (£50) came in at No.22 in the list at 54%. The weak points were email monitoring (1/5 stars), networking (2/5 stars) and ease of use (2/5) stars.

AVG paid came in at No.15 at 68%, just ahead of the free version.

As Ben suggests you'll get different results from different magazines for several reasons. Remember that Which? is not a specialist magazine but it is the most unbiased magazine there is. It's the magazine of the Consumer's Association which is non-profit making and it's only income is from members such as myself. It serves us as consumers and accepts no advertising. All of the products it tests are bought on the open market without the knowledge of manufacturers (including cars) and the manufacturers won't know about it until the results are published. So they look at everything entirely from the perspective of consumers. But a specialist computer magazine may be looking at a far more detailed technical analysis and will also be testing software provided for the purpose by the manufacturer. You have to make your own decision between them.

Ian

[tonymadge]

Thanks Ian, always interesting to see these sort of things

[petermcleland]

I impressed my friend yesterday in a coffee shop when he wanted to look something up on the internet but couldn't get a wifi signal on his iPad. I've got 3G access so I flicked a switch and turned mine into a router hotspot and he was able to use my 3G access. Of course you can do it with some phones as well.

My new keyboard cover arrived today which has turned it into a lovely little mini laptop. Look at this, it's quite beautiful.

http://youtu.be/zsIJUiTlrGI

Very impressed by that keyboard cover...I would be very pleased to have your views on it after a bit of testing Ian