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The latest Which? magazine has just dropped through the letterbox and contains the results of their latest AV software tests. There are some very interesting results so I thought I'd post the highlights for you. I'm sure Ben will disagree with some of it as he has a much bigger exposure to the latest industry trends. But I'll tell you what Which? have found in their tests but with no comment from me

1. Microsoft Windows 8 (inbuilt security) 92%
2. Microsoft Security Essentials Free/Windows 7 87%
3. Bullguard suite 2013 84%
4. Avira suite 2013 80%
5. F-Secure suite 2013 78%
6. Zone Alarm suite 75%
7.Avira Free 75%
8. Zone Alarm Free 75%
9. Norton suite 74%
10. Kaspersky suite 2013 73%

AVG Free and Avast Free are 66% and 46% respectively in case anybody's still using them. I think I'll stick with MSE then

Ian

Cheers for that Ian,

I did wonder if I should consider one of the payware products for my Windows 8, clearly not I've been using the MS stuff for the past 4 years without issue

[EDIT] just out of curiosity, was there any mention of McAfee or Trend?

I was surprised to see neither of those names too mate

ATB
DaveB

After my recent problems with Norton and migration to MSE, I'll stay put with MSE. Good price too

Ian,

Of interest to you probably, I have just read Rick Maybury in the Telegraph and as a result, downloaded a PC App called FingerPrint...What it does in your PC is setup the PC to act as a "Server" to your iPad for printing purposes. This means that with a PC running FingerPrint and connected to a switched on Printer, you can just print anything you like from your iPad...It works a treat and sets itself up automatically

BTW...If you like beautifully constructed puzzles with outstanding and lovely graphics, try "The Room"...only for iPad

Does AVG payware figure in the listing? I've been using it for the last 4 years........(fingers crossed!) as I was fed up with Norton taking so much time to update as well as to run......
Keith

Hi Keith,
from other tests over previous years AVG and AVAST payware didn't seem to be much (if at all) better than their respective free versions. Most of the difference between the freeware and the payware was in the terms of the license, not the performance of the product

TSR2 wrote:just out of curiosity, was there any mention of McAfee or Trend?

Yes - I just got bored after 10

11. Trend Micro Titanium 73%
15. AVG Free 2013 69%
16. McAfee suite 2013 66%
18. Avast! Free AV7 46%

The missing numbers were Mac programs

EDIT - Keith, they didn't test the pay versions of AVG or Avast.

Ian

Interesting on the Mac front, a supplier recently failed the Data Protection portion of their tender document because when asked what anti virus they used, they went into great detail about why Macs don't need anti virus. Needless to say, that's an epic fail. Its amazing how people spend more time listening to urban rumour than facts.

petermcleland wrote:Ian,

Of interest to you probably, I have just read Rick Maybury in the Telegraph and as a result, downloaded a PC App called FingerPrint...What it does in your PC is setup the PC to act as a "Server" to your iPad for printing purposes. This means that with a PC running FingerPrint and connected to a switched on Printer, you can just print anything you like from your iPad...It works a treat and sets itself up automatically

BTW...If you like beautifully constructed puzzles with outstanding and lovely graphics, try "The Room"...only for iPad

Thanks, Peter. I'll have a look at that. I don't often want to print things from the iPad - if I do I either take a screenshot and email it to myself or if it's an email attachment I access it on gmail on the PC. But I like to know all the options!

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

Ian