KAV Lite 4071

Well my friend I was all set to do what you layed out for me but Lisa posted and said she would make a key file. So I E Mailed her again and am waiting . If I don't hear from her I'll do what you said. I'm not as computer savy as you . I do appreciat your help.

 

How did you get a response from service@kaspersky and they never answered my E Mail.

 

William if you are not to worried about an extra day or so then I would advise you to await the key file from Lisa. As the key that you extract from the 4.5 is diffirent to the key that you will be sent . And you will end up with two keys lol .(got any brothers n sisters ) anyways good luck

 

None with KAV Lite.

 

I hope you guys don't mind this intrusion into your post:

I would just like to know why so many people seem to want to use 2 AV programs-one as main (resident real-time) and the other as "on demand".

I see Nod 32 is often chosen as the main AV scanner.
Surely, as this is reputed to be one of the top 2/3 AV programs, its on demand scanner is as good as any back-up, thereby negating any value in this back-up scanner?

I expect there is some arcane reason, which is not obvious to this ignoramus!

Please can someone elucidate?

PcB

 

Well I'm certainly not an expert, but based on what I have read, NOD's scanner doesn't have an unpacker . It won't find some of the nasties until they unpack themselves. KAV is supposed to have a very good unpacker.

 

NOD32 2.0 has some generic unpackers but it doesn't support as much exotic packer formats as KAV.

That's not right. It won't find anything if the packer is not known to NOD32.

IMHO the best.

wizard

 

thanks for your replies Williamp & Wizard,

This then begs the question, why not just use KasperskyLabs AV, (the complete version, not the lite version?

PcB

 

Well pcb. I feel that NOD has Kaspersky beat on constant protection and hurestics. So with the protection of NOD and the KAV as a backup scanner you have the best.
of both worlds. Of course thats just my opinion.

 

Got it, WilliamP,

Sounds like you must need such complete protection.
Thanks for the information-helps me to make a decision on which AV program I should try next. My son is getting older now, & before long will no doubt be visiting dubious sites, and receive emails from dubious sources.
( I have to date been very cautious, and Innoclate-it, and now AVG free, have served me well -found the only 3 viruses I have had).

Time to invest in more thorough protection methinks!

Cheers,

PcB

 

Hi pcb, I look upon Kav Lite as a really excellent anti virus / trojon /wormz protection that is very affordable at $20 I was given a 20% discount for my second year which is even better- $16 ) . For many they are , for what ever reason , not in a position to pay out much for internet protection and the Kav lite provides excellent low cost but high all round protection . Providing the same all round protection as the more expensive versions that are for sale for $50 and $100 . ( the lite just doesnt have all the extras that some like to play with )
Others are seeing the lite as a excellent secondry layer of defence . But I saw it as an excellent step to take for my sole line of defence and it served me well for that .
I have changed my options in the last week , but thats called boredom . The Kav lite is an excellent line of defence and very simple especially if its all one is using for there virus/trojon/worm/ protection . It just needs a simple click to update daily . Perfect for the younger members of the family . Who need that extra defence but are not interested in such things.

 

Hey Robert,

There must be a name for becoming bored with particular programs for no apparent reason.

On my main computer, I regularly change the Primary AV Scanner at least every month. The pleasing 'eye candy' of the system tray icon plays an important part here .

I see both your AV, firewall and browser choices have changed recently.

But to return to the thread, KAV Lite is an excellent choice as a primary/secondary scanner, offering good protection for the price.

However, I consider most (AV) software a good investment particularly compared to the price of computer/console games.

 

Spc,

Thanks for your considered opinion regarding KAV lite.
Yes, I'm sure it's a very good AV-I just found it's total simplicity (which I know is, along with it's relative cheapness, the programs's main selling point) a bit off-putting..giving me reason to doubt it's real efficiency. Also it doesn't seem to have the same level of efficacy regarding emails: AVG, and Avast! (which I have been trialling also) detects as soon as an email with virus is downloaded, whereas KAV does not-it just does so when the attachment is opened.
This may well be all that's needed, but AVG/Avast's methods give me a feeling of more security.
(Yes I know that any AV program is only as good as its' database & heuristics, and though AVG (especially) and Avast, do not do well in the VB awards, as I say AVG has detected all my viruses so far.)

Anyway, I have quite some time to make up my mind- AVG is fine for now; and I'm still monitoring my sons' internet activity pretty closely. (Not so much for viruses..of course to prevent him from seeing the nastier sites out there.)

Thanks again for your recommendation.

PcB

 

your welcome pcb journey well

 

pcb

Have you tried the free Etrust AV v7;

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=9672

If you can manage to use the automatic updater, this may be another alternative to consider.

You should be familiar with most of it as I see you have used InoculateIt before.

This new version has 2 scan engines.

 

Yes, Blackcat,

I read about ETrust AVv7 some time ago, downloaded it, and gave it a try. I found it very resource hungry-by far the most of all the AVs I've tried so far.
(I'm running 98se on a AMD 1.2 gb with 256 DDR ram. It was as I'm sure you know designed for Windows 2003 servers.)

Apart from that, I felt a bit guilty downloading a program I have no real right to, (though I was fairly reassured that it wasn't bothering CA too much) and also I wondered just how long the free updates would in fact be available-these "free" AV progs have an uncanny knack of loosing their "free for life" attributes! So I got rid of it, and got back to my search for that elusive low-cost (or free), effective AV prog.

By the way I had no trouble installing it, or updating the signatures, unlike some.

Thanks for the tip, all the same. ( Are you using it-if so do you not find it resource hungry? I'm just wondering now-(I didn't use it for long, and didn't really discover all there was to know) and can you verify for me: that in setting up the program, only one scanner could be chosen -either Innoculate-it, or Vet (is it?). I can't imagine why 2 scanners are necessary.
But if they were both running, this would surely be why it was so resource hungry- it was using about 45mbs of memory! (This was not when running an on demand scan)

Maybe if I can discover a way to set it up to use a lot fewer resources, I may well get back to it!)

cheers,

PcB

 

pcb

I have the Etrust running on an older machine here( older than yours) and the 3 processes that it places in memory are only taking up about 9MB under Win 2000 and I have noticed no slowdown whatsoever. This is with the default setting, except that I have switched off the animated icon in the system tray.

The advantage of having 2 scanners is that they will have a different malware database, so if one of them misses for example a virus, the second scanner may pick it up. You can change which of the 2 scanners the RTM and on-demand scanner uses. Only ONE of them run at any one time

A number of AV programs, such as AVK, F-Secure etc are running with multiple engines.

Its worth having another try of the program and checking whether it slows down your system. Make sure you uninstall any other AV on your computer before loading the Etrust. If it seems to slow down your machine, then remove it.

Resource usage is different on Win98 systems compared to Win 2000/XP.

Another low cost alternative would be Dr Web (Home Edition); which is only $25;

http://www.advancedforce.com/antivirus/av_home.html

or F-Prot for Windows which is only $30;

http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/win/

Both of these AV's have very small memory imprints and I use both of these( although the full version of Dr Web) as primary scanners on computers here.

There is a new version of AVG out/coming out and there is an argument of staying with what you are used to. This together with an on-line scanner/F-Prot for Dos/ or the free BitDefender as backup to AVG would give you good low-cost protection.

Good luck.

 

Im running e Trust v7 on a win 98se 128 rams and its flowing along very nicely. Perhaps as Blackcat suggested you were running another anti virus at the same time ? (although I ran Kav lite as a back up scanner and it went well with e trust as my monitor and no problems)
Any ways I find it real good .

 

Blackcat,

No, Etrust wasn't slowing down my computer, it just took considerably more resources than any other AV I've tried.
Thanks for filling me in on the details of Etrust-yes I thought there could only be one scanner/engine running at a time.
I also certainly did uninstall my previous AV program.

Your ETrust is only using 9 mb on w2000? Incredible!

Kav lite was using 35 mbs on my 98se, Avast!(uses 2/3 engines) -about 25mbs, and AVG -about 6mbs. And then Etrust using 45!!

Yes I've considered Dr. Web, but I've only heard of it just recently-so I don't know what to make of it.

Many thanks for your expertise,

PcB

 

Hey guys , I finally gave up on getting help from Kas. So I did what Solarpoweredcandle laid out . It worked and now I have KAV Lite 4071 going. Thanks for the help.

 

Dr Web is a very good AV;


http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=9782

Well worth looking into as are all the AV programs discussed here at wilders. The BIG problem is finding out which one is best for your system.

If you are not happy with AVG and feel you may need better protection it is worthwhile trialing several AV programs then posting for advice/views.

Most of the AV programs available have been used by someone here who can pass on their knowledge and then YOU can decide which is the best for your own computer .

 

Hey Williamp coolies