Re: OT: Advice wanted for Antivirus/Firewall (Windows 10)

[John]

McAfee & Norton-Symantec seem to install something extra in their
software that makes them particularly difficult to get rid of. The
problem isn't with AVG, it's with McAfee (and Norton-Symantec).

This site claims AVG does have offline installers, they're just hard to
find. It has links.

https://www.techmesto.com/avg-2015-offline-installer-standalone/

In addition to anti-virus software, I use a HOSTS file to block unwanted
sites.

http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

For firewall, I've been relying on the firewall built into my router.


On 4/4/2016 7:40 PM, John Francis wrote:


We have recebtly accquired a new PC for use at home.

For the last heaven knows how many years we've used AVG
Internet Security on all our home systems, but I'm less
than happy with trying to get AVG up and running on this
new system.  HP, in their infinite wisdom, installed a
trial version of McAfee's competing product on the machine,
and AVG fails when it tries to install itself in place of
the McAfee product.  AVG support seems to be unresponsive,
and the advice from their forums is for me to remove McAfee
before trying to install AVG.  I might be prepared to do
this, were it not for two issues: 1) several people who have
tried this report that it still doesn't work, and 2) since
AVG installs via a network download (rather than allowing me
to create a standalone install package first, then disconnect
from the internet) I'd have to have an unprotected machine
with a live internet connection during the install, with no
guarantee that I'd end up with a successful installation.
Given that, and the lack of response from AVG support,
I'm looking for an alternative solution.

I've asked a few people I know for recommendations, and I've
been pointed to either Kaspersky or Avast as good products.
Nobody, however, seemed to think that relying on the McAfee
product was a particularly good idea.

Would anyone care to weigh in on the subject, and let me know
what they would recommend for someone in my situation?




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Re: OT: Advice wanted for Antivirus/Firewall (Windows 10)

[Philip Northeast]

I found that Avast and malwares bytes are good.

But this should not lull you into a sense of false security. Malware and 
viruses can often spread faster than companies can update their systems.

Windows 10 firewall and defender have a good reputation as well.

Often attacks are spread by impersonating reputable organisations and 
convincing the user to download a file or to fill in a form with 
personal information. No security software can prevent this.


One issue is ransomware that encrypts you data files and demands money 
for the key to unlock them. The recommended practice is to have 
versioned backups of your data as a single backup may be encrypted as 
well.


So whatever software you use be careful.



Philip Northeast

www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au

On 5/04/2016 9:40 AM, John Francis wrote:


We have recebtly accquired a new PC for use at home.

For the last heaven knows how many years we've used AVG
Internet Security on all our home systems, but I'm less
than happy with trying to get AVG up and running on this
new system.  HP, in their infinite wisdom, installed a
trial version of McAfee's competing product on the machine,
and AVG fails when it tries to install itself in place of
the McAfee product.  AVG support seems to be unresponsive,
and the advice from their forums is for me to remove McAfee
before trying to install AVG.  I might be prepared to do
this, were it not for two issues: 1) several people who have
tried this report that it still doesn't work, and 2) since
AVG installs via a network download (rather than allowing me
to create a standalone install package first, then disconnect
from the internet) I'd have to have an unprotected machine
with a live internet connection during the install, with no
guarantee that I'd end up with a successful installation.
Given that, and the lack of response from AVG support,
I'm looking for an alternative solution.

I've asked a few people I know for recommendations, and I've
been pointed to either Kaspersky or Avast as good products.
Nobody, however, seemed to think that relying on the McAfee
product was a particularly good idea.

Would anyone care to weigh in on the subject, and let me know
what they would recommend for someone in my situation?




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Re: OT: Advice wanted for Antivirus/Firewall (Windows 10)

[Bill]

I've been using MalwareBytes for some time and am very happy with it.

bill

On 4/4/2016 5:40 PM, John Francis wrote:


We have recebtly accquired a new PC for use at home.

For the last heaven knows how many years we've used AVG
Internet Security on all our home systems, but I'm less
than happy with trying to get AVG up and running on this
new system.  HP, in their infinite wisdom, installed a
trial version of McAfee's competing product on the machine,
and AVG fails when it tries to install itself in place of
the McAfee product.  AVG support seems to be unresponsive,
and the advice from their forums is for me to remove McAfee
before trying to install AVG.  I might be prepared to do
this, were it not for two issues: 1) several people who have
tried this report that it still doesn't work, and 2) since
AVG installs via a network download (rather than allowing me
to create a standalone install package first, then disconnect
from the internet) I'd have to have an unprotected machine
with a live internet connection during the install, with no
guarantee that I'd end up with a successful installation.
Given that, and the lack of response from AVG support,
I'm looking for an alternative solution.

I've asked a few people I know for recommendations, and I've
been pointed to either Kaspersky or Avast as good products.
Nobody, however, seemed to think that relying on the McAfee
product was a particularly good idea.

Would anyone care to weigh in on the subject, and let me know
what they would recommend for someone in my situation?





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Re: OT: Advice wanted for Antivirus/Firewall (Windows 10)

[Bruce Walker]

Having dealt with Kaspersky professionally (I helped integrate their
OEM stuff into my former company's security products, and I dealt with
Mr Kaspersky himself), I would recommend that _very_ highly. Super
responsive to changing threats and less intrusive than many products.


On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 7:40 PM, John Francis  wrote:
>
> We have recebtly accquired a new PC for use at home.
>
> For the last heaven knows how many years we've used AVG
> Internet Security on all our home systems, but I'm less
> than happy with trying to get AVG up and running on this
> new system.  HP, in their infinite wisdom, installed a
> trial version of McAfee's competing product on the machine,
> and AVG fails when it tries to install itself in place of
> the McAfee product.  AVG support seems to be unresponsive,
> and the advice from their forums is for me to remove McAfee
> before trying to install AVG.  I might be prepared to do
> this, were it not for two issues: 1) several people who have
> tried this report that it still doesn't work, and 2) since
> AVG installs via a network download (rather than allowing me
> to create a standalone install package first, then disconnect
> from the internet) I'd have to have an unprotected machine
> with a live internet connection during the install, with no
> guarantee that I'd end up with a successful installation.
> Given that, and the lack of response from AVG support,
> I'm looking for an alternative solution.
>
> I've asked a few people I know for recommendations, and I've
> been pointed to either Kaspersky or Avast as good products.
> Nobody, however, seemed to think that relying on the McAfee
> product was a particularly good idea.
>
> Would anyone care to weigh in on the subject, and let me know
> what they would recommend for someone in my situation?
>
>
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OT: Advice wanted for Antivirus/Firewall (Windows 10)

[John Francis]

We have recebtly accquired a new PC for use at home.
 
For the last heaven knows how many years we've used AVG
Internet Security on all our home systems, but I'm less  
than happy with trying to get AVG up and running on this
new system.  HP, in their infinite wisdom, installed a
trial version of McAfee's competing product on the machine, 
and AVG fails when it tries to install itself in place of
the McAfee product.  AVG support seems to be unresponsive,
and the advice from their forums is for me to remove McAfee
before trying to install AVG.  I might be prepared to do
this, were it not for two issues: 1) several people who have
tried this report that it still doesn't work, and 2) since
AVG installs via a network download (rather than allowing me
to create a standalone install package first, then disconnect
from the internet) I'd have to have an unprotected machine
with a live internet connection during the install, with no
guarantee that I'd end up with a successful installation.
Given that, and the lack of response from AVG support,
I'm looking for an alternative solution.

I've asked a few people I know for recommendations, and I've
been pointed to either Kaspersky or Avast as good products. 
Nobody, however, seemed to think that relying on the McAfee
product was a particularly good idea.

Would anyone care to weigh in on the subject, and let me know
what they would recommend for someone in my situation? 


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