Mike, > As far as AVG goes, let's just say I worked for a gov't dept ... > The only ones to come through with a clean bill > of health (i.e. for the large majority of the tests they had a 100% > record) were Symantec and Sophos.
Are they free for personal use, or offer a Bat plugin? No program is 100%. You cite Symantec, but: http://www.gfi.com/mailsecurity/wpmultiplevirusengines.htm "While Norton [Symantec] AntiVirus achieves a good rate at detecting both ITW and zoo viruses, it fails to detect viruses compressed with packages such as UPX, Shrink, and ASPack. In the tests, it achieves an average detection rate of 75% of backdoors and Trojan files." http://www.computercops.biz/ Concerns Mount over Symantec "In Part I of this investigative report series, NewsFactor goes beyond the headlines to find out what industry insiders really think of Symantec, and why so many are concerned about its future. ... Specifically, analysts question whether Symantec can sustain growth in a consumer antivirus market that has already matured." Here's a cheap anti-trojan with a big database - NetArmor. http://www.spytechsecurity.com/net-hack-protection.html Kerio firewall is free for personal use and can block trojans from using the Internet behind your back. http://www.kerio.com Mark ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
