ArcaVir 2005 - REVIEW

Grrr...So I'm the only one left out...Darn...and I'm just ABOUT to become a teenager tomorrow....Grr...wait till I become 18...wait...

 

Has anyone been using ArcaVir long enough to know if it's virus updates are daily, weekly, twice a week, or what ever.

 

From what I have seen over the last couple of weeks , it is everyday .

 

Hi Mannaggia,

Virus signatures are updated in a weekday (Monday-Friday) manner. So far, I have never seen an update done during the weekends even though they state it will be available for an emergency situation. Hope this helps.

 

Thank you. I just installed the trial version. Checking it out to see how it runs on my computer.

 

Yes it does. Almost every above average scanners can detect something that Kaspersky engined av:s as F-secure can miss, that's the salt of life.

Best regards,
Firefighter!

 

Yup,i have seen files being missed by Kaspersky and detected by avast!/AntiVir.

 

That is why I backup NOD with Arcavir . They work gracefully together .

 

Well I'm checking out ArcaVir and I really like every about it. Unfortunately, it looks like it's not going to work out for me. I have yahoo mail forwarded into my inbox in Outlook express. For some reason, ArcaVir won't let it through. I keep getting the "failed to connect to incoming server" error message. I've tried everything but the only thing that works is disabling the e-mail monitor. I don't want to do that. So it looks like I am going to have to uninstall it. Too bad. I really like the everything else about it.

 

I use Pocomail and I have the same problem . I asked about this and they tested it . It ran fine for them with Poco . Not with mine . Do not understand why . But , as a backup , it is nice to have . Because of the email problem , I cannot even consider it to be my real time monitor . Not that I would as NOD is great .

 

Hello,

I was having a similar problem with my gmail account until I disabled SSL scans.

Regards

 

I tried that also. Didn't work for me. I just got through uninstalling it. Maybe I give it another try tomorrow.

 

For anyone who is interested. It kept bugging me that I couldn't receive e-mail with ArcaVir e-mail scanner enabled. This morning for the heck of it, I went hunting and found some Norton stuff hanging around in my computer. I removed all. I installed ArcaVir again and now can receive e-mail with the e-mail scanner enabled. I guess ArcaVir doesn't get along with Norton antivirus.

I'm going to run ArcaVir for awhile to see how it performs.

Strange name though.

 

I have a question. The ArcaVir icon in the taskbar by the clock keeps changing to a exclamation point and back to the little ArcaVir logo. Anybody else have this happening and what does it mean?


I like the idea when hovering the cursor over the icon, you can see the date of the last update.

 

Could you pick ArcaVir 2005 over NAV 2005 and feel that you computer is secure? No NAV bashers. Just your honest opinion. I worry about my computer being safe with an antivirus software that you hardly hear about or know much about.

 

To protect my own computer I would choose Nav. It has good detection and a long history. Arcavir might be alright but I know Nav is a decent av contrary to all of nav bashers.

bigc

 

That's basically how I feel about it too.

Piper

 

I can honestly say I would opt for Arcavir for my own PC.

Prior to unconditionally recommending it for another user's PC, I would like to see some objective large sample set test results out there to give me a clearer vision of detection characteristics. My own usage suggests it is quite good and at least on par with Norton.

As always, comparative stability during a trial install should be assessed

Blue

 

VirusP...come on, release some tests already!

 

Firecat,

I realize that. If you look at that test, Arcavir looks rather solid, but I'd perfer a somewhat more controlled test by, e.g. www.av-comparatives.org, to base advice that I may offer to others.

You could also look at some of the recent results obtained by Firefighter posted here. These somewhat informal tests do fill an information void, and I view the results as useful provisional indicators of performance. For a reasonably prepared and recent testbed, these informal assessments seem to yield rankings which are roughly equivalent to the more controlled challenge tests.

Blue

 

Yeah I saw those...but normal people would only go in for an AV if it excels in professional tests...I'm already using ArcaVir and have not seen anything that it let through so far.

 

I totally agree with you Blue . Very well put !

 

Thanks.

I just noticed that IBK mentioned that a very short overview on-demand test of some programs which readers have been clamoring for has appeared. Go to www.av-comparatives.org, select Comparatives, and at the bottom of the text on that page, a link to a separate test of other products is provided. No test details are, or will be, provided.

Arcavir was given a Standard rating, which puts it in the same class as Trend Micro, H+BEDV AntiVir, Avast, and Sophos. CA InnoculateIT was also rated Standard in this limited test.

As always, note Andreas' comment, which is explicit in some of the tests, that All tested products are already a selection of very good Anti-virus scan engines.

Blue

 

I'm no antivirus expert, so all I can go by is what I read here and eicar tests that I run. I ran the eicar test and the eicar e-mail test. ArcaVir 2005 caught them all, even the zip files before they are opened. For a layman like myself, I would have to think that's pretty good. I'll give ArcaVir a few more days.

 

If you are using the trial version, you will see the exclamation mark in your systray icon.