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Anti-Virus Companies:
Note to self:
Categorise to free, trial and commerical (with appropriate links), clarify OS support, notably Vista, emphasise license detail (ie 3 user, 2 years etc). Aggregate threat warning and news threads. Link to web based security scans.
- Anti-Trojan
- Avira
- Avast
- Bullguard
Free trial available.
I believe the package allows three installations - great for small home networks.
Bullguard offers anti-virus, firewall, spamfilter and Backup - Dr Solomons (Now part of McAfee's)
- Grisoft's AVG
(Now owned by Intel) - F-Secure by Portcullis Computer Security Ltd (testing this on the kids system)
- Gladiator Anti-virus
- Kaspersky
- McAfees
- Message Labs
- Net Anti-virus
- Network Associates (Own McAfee)
- Norman Virus Control
- Panda
Haven't tried it myself yet, but a reseller friends recommends it.
They also offer a trial version and a live scan of you system. - Norton Anti-virus (Owned by Symantec)
They also offer 15 day trials version and a live scan of your system.
Owners of older systems be aware that while Norton Internet Suite 2005 still supports Windows 98, the AntiSpyware version (and presumably all later versions) only support Windows XP onwards. - Sophos
- Symantec - I swear by their Internet Suite myself. Excellent product.
- Thunderbyte Anti-Virus - Link dead. URL owned by someone else
- Trend Micro's Virus Information Center. - (PC-cillin)
- ViRobot Expert by Global Hauri Inc., Reviewed here by PC Mag
Respected independent antivirus testing organizations include:
- AV-Test.org
- ICSA Labs
- The University of Hamburg's Computer Science Department
- Virus Bulletin's VB 100% award
