I have seen the light (and it is green)

I also like Dr. Web. What are your experiences with FPs?
Thanks.

 

little > none.

my fp experience is very minimal, in my whole history using drweb, i think it was a few sonic stage drivers, AOL and some dell drivers.


cant really think of anymore off the top of my head, not what id call many for the time ive been using it.

glad you have seen the light, maybe? Graystoke

 

I'm giving it a spin on my laptop and desktop at work, these days. So far I'm happy


Cheers

 

C.S.J......I'm seriously considering purchasing a license. I started up the computer this morning, and Dr.Web loaded quickly, and Firefox opened very quickly, something it hasn't been doing lately with a couple of other AVs. The only thing that I can see as a small draw back, is the length of time a full system scan takes. Are there any plans to speed that up in the next version?

I have another question about scanning configuration, but will ask that at another time. I need to run some errands, and will be back later.

 

after one full scan is made, you can untick both archives and mails to improve the speed, you will lose no security if one full scan has already been made.

yes, there is a new engine for v5 which will/should be faster, but until the beta arrives, this is guesswork.

V5 is currently in alpha testing, which sadly we cant use.

i do weekly scans and it aint too bad, and if i need to do one for any reason through the week, its only an express one, which is much faster (especially with mails and archives unticked)

good luck to ya.


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see here: Drweb Settings + Information

 

This is the problem I'm having. When I run either a manual or scheduled scan, the scan GUI opens and there is a dot next to Express Scan. Everything is grayed out so I can't make any changes unless I terminate the scan. I put a dot next to Custom Scan, and clicked save settings. The next time I ran the scan, it was back to Express Scan and everything grayed out again. The strange thing is, even with Express Scan checked, it still ran a Complete Scan.

I just started a manual scan with the dot in Express Scan. The scan completed in 44 seconds. I now have put a dot in Custom Scan, and I'm running that. I'm curious to see what happens.

 

When you run the scanner it will do an initial scan first, during this you cannot select express/complete etc

After this initial scan that should take less than 2 minutes, you will be able to make your choice.

If you wish to select a schedule scan, add either /full or /fast to the argument part of the scheduler for either complete or express scan (see my thread above)

Any further help needed, just send me a pm.

 

I donot use dr.web antivirus but i often use Cure it . I distributed it among my friends and it was really effective . However it seems that the Dr does not like artworks . last time (well about 1 week ago ) it detected INKSCAPE and PAINT.net as some kind of trojan . Well i don't bother with false positives . Simple commonsense is enough to differntiate between positives and false positives .

 

having just checked paint.net, zero files were detected, cant be bothered checking the other, i shall leave that up to someone else.

maybe it was one of the corrected add-ons that have just been released.

or maybe it was infected...

 

Thanks C.S.J. I will give your instructions a try tomorrow. If I run into any problems, I'll pm you.

 

Thanks Chris for your effort . My cureit is about 19 days old . As i am a dial up user , can't download it everyday

 

Well 031, the Inkscape folder came clean for me using Cureit.

 

It's green alright, as in EXPENSIVE..

A two user one year license is $65 US Dollars?

I'll stick with what I got..

Jim

 

Really, where did you get that from? Over here tiy can get a two year 1 user license for $28, which would be $56 for 2 users 2 years with the migration discount. I assume you can take advantage of this because you have another current AV. The only deal better than this is F-pro (5 users @ $29).

 

I found Dr.Web to find far too many false positives on a known clean PC.

Dr.Web has also missed 9/10 Adware/Spyware samples. Web scanning was also quite hit and miss with Adware/Spyware not being detected.

I don't see any light green lights. Only an average Antivirus Scanner.

 

Glad to know that the problem is fixed

 

Thanks, How much is a 3 user 1 year license? I went to their site and did a Euro conversion...
Thanks...
Jim

 

probably your illegal keygens?

any evidence for what drweb has supposed to have missed?

how did you check that it had missed them?

Drweb

1 year / 1 user: £16.73 (£8.36 with discount)
2 year / 1 user: £26.76 (£13.37 with discount)

1 year / 2 user: £32.81
2 year / 2 user: £50.18

* FREE Drweb for Mobile included with all licences

Nod32

1 year / 1 user: £26.99
2 year / 1 user: £38.99

1 year / 2 user: £36.99
2 year / 2 user: £54.99

Cheapest Deal:

1 Year / 1 User: £8.36 / £26.99 = Saving £18.63 - Drweb gives you a 69% saving in comparison to Nod32.
2 Year / 1 User: £13.37 / £38.99 = Saving £25.62 - Drweb gives you a 66% saving in comparision to Nod32.

............ not really what i would call 'expensive'

 

What do you find superior and/or what do you use?

 

Drweb

1 year / 1 user: £16.73 (£8.36 with discount)
2 year / 1 user: £26.76 (£13.37 with discount)

1 year / 2 user: £32.81
2 year / 2 user: £50.18

* FREE Drweb for Mobile included with all licences

Nod32

1 year / 1 user: £26.99
2 year / 1 user: £38.99

1 year / 2 user: £36.99
2 year / 2 user: £54.99

Avira PE

1 year / 1 or 2 user £19.95
2 year / 1 or 2 user £32.95

wow, beats them both, in oh so many ways.

 

not with the discount it doesnt trjam.

and aint you also forgetting the the money you need to add one for a donation?

Avira:

1 year / 1 user: £19.06

Drweb:

1 year / 1 user: £16.73 (£8.36 with discount)

meaning, Drweb is 56% cheaper than Avira on the same package, or do they offer a 50% discount too?... is so, Drweb is still 6% cheaper

 

Haha
I guess Nod is the biggest loss here?

 

Avira doesn’t think in terms of 1 user, a license is good for 2. So in theory you are correct, but from a value stand point, incorrect.

 

I know but I always look at values

 

whether they are allowing you to use it on 2 is their fault, i could probably use my drweb key on more than 1 too.

the prices shown are the prices valid,

56% cheaper than Avira
69% cheaper than Nod32.

sorry for posting this, just had to when i hear 'expensive' for Drweb. *lol*



peace.