NAV 2003

[enigma]

I am currently running NAV 2003 on XP home. I would like a free AV that would work with NAV. I like a layered defence. Or do i really need a second AV using NAV ???
Thanks in advance!

[LowWaterMark]

Hi again enigma, :)

Similar to the reply I made in your thread (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=14824) in the other firewalls forum section, be sure that you only run one AV product resident and active at the same time on your system. If you want a free AV to use as a second opinion for on-demand virus scanning, I recommend F-Prot for DOS (http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/).

With F-Prot for DOS you get a very powerful virus scanning engine, (one good enough that some AV vendors also use the F-Prot engine in their products), which can be used to scan a single file, a folder or an entire disk. Of the free options, there are few with better engines.

NAV is a good AV to keep as primary (and running resident). If you were going to spend money though, the extra layer in your defense I'd recommend would be an Anti-Trojan product. The three top products are BOClean, TDS and Trojan Hunter (these are simply listed in alphabetical order).

Edit: Take a look at our Free Tools (http://www.wilders.org/free_tools.htm) page. At the top you'll see a few free AV products listed.

[enigma]

Hay low watermark,
Outstanding!! You people are simply OUTSTANDING!!!
What an explaination. NOW i get it. Im going to immediately check into the AT products you recommended.
Thanks for your time and the link in ' other firewalls' also.
enigma

[Technical]

Having two av at the same computer, even with the residents disable, can cause a lot of trouble. For a second av, just a "backup scanner", try BitDefender 7.0 FREE Edition (see info at http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?)

More freeware links (http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=834;start=new) ;)

[enigma]

Hay technical,I find myself stating this over again, outstanding! Checked out your links and now i have even more to learn :) As soon as my post is done im going back to both links provided and do the research! I love this!!!

enigma

[Technical]

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Hay technical,I find myself stating this over again, outstanding! Checked out your links and now i have even more to learn :) As soon as my post is done im going back to both links provided and do the research! I love this!!!

enigma
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Believe me, I'm a newbie here but you can see I know a lot of avast! to recommend it. If you need some help... ;)

[enigma]

Hi to Technical and Low Watermark,
Ive checked out the links and i will register at avast.com/forums so i can get a little more indepth info.
'our free tools', WOW a bunch of stuff i never heard of. Ive got to sort that one out. Thanks for all the links!
F-prot for DOS: im going back there to check it out more throughly. I put it in my favorites. Thanks. If there is any link i forgot to mention excuse me. But i went to them all and put them into favorites to go back and really go through them when i have more time. This weekend for sure!!!
So much i never heard of! All new vistas. I love it :)

enigma

[kloshar]

Hello!

Do I have full security with Norton Antivirus 2001 and all updates?

[JimIT]

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Hello!

Do I have full security with Norton Antivirus 2001 and all updates?

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Hi Kloshar,

Welcome to Wilder's.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "full security", but as far as anti-virus programs go, NAV 2001 is a good one, and should protect you well from viruses.

Depending on your surfing/online habits, there are other considerations as well, such as anti-trojan, firewall, and other security measures that may be appropriate, but perhaps you could provide more information before that discussion goes further.

I'm sure others will be along to comment. ;)

[kloshar]

OK, thanx for all answers!

I was just wondering, if my Nav2001 is able to discover newer viruses. It isn't able to discover trojans, that is true. I've got firewall.