Boot scans are *mostly* a waste of time as modern malware in the form of
rootkit-enabled threats will hide from several Windows API functions,
rendering signature-searching scans useless. So, unless your A/V has
its own fast disk reading routines, you have a problem.
It also gets worse:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145703/hackers_find_a_new_place_to_hide_rootkits.html
In case of wrapping:
http://tinyurl.com/4vfsce
I still recommend NOD32 products for pre-infection detection and protection.
On the 07/08/2008 17:45, Joe Heaton wrote the following:
Unlike Symantec v.10. Every morning when the startup scan kicks off, my
users machines bog down tremendously, for 30-45 minutes, until that darn
scan is completed.
Joe Heaton
-----Original Message-----
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Evaluating AV
From my observations as a NOD32 user:
Like many modern applications, NOD32 will use all available resources
if/when it needs to - without interfering with other applications.
The system does not get "pegged" or become unresponsive.
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 9:05 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If the Sunbelt ests are accurate, NOD32 takes clowe to 100% CPU during
scans - worthless in a 7*24 site!
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"Matt Plahtinsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/06/2008 03:56:19
PM:
What are people recommending as their favorite AV now days? 6
months ago NOD32 seemed to be all the rage, now you don't hear much
about them. Did version 3 make their stock go down? Our AV is
coming up for renewal so I'm also going to be testing out a few
different vendors. VIPRE along with NOD32 and Kaspersky will be on
my
list.
Matt
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:51 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am evaluating some AV products but really don't have much other
than loading the admin console, pushing the client and looking at
options. Does anyone have ideas for me to do some semi-useful back-
o-back comparisons?
Dave Lum - Systems Engineer
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