Has anyone tested this free AV?

[Therese]

I read in a Swedish forum about an Active Virus Shield by AOL based on Kapersky’s antivirus.

In the post there were 2 links; one for downloading the program and another one for comparison with different other AV programs.

In the rank (link 2) the Active Virus Shield looks like being as good as Kapersky’s AV, which has a good reputation.

I feel a bit uncertain. Has anyone tried Active Virus Shield?


Link1:
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?

Link2:
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82

[the gaffer]

hi therese,indeed i havent tried it,honestly hadnt heard of it until your post,i am later this week setting up a new box on my network so i will try it for definite,it does star highly on the link that you posted so may be a very good program.

[Windows 98SE]

I check around see what popups up about this

Amazing what you can find using the "Search"

http://www.dslreports.com/nsearch?boardlist=18&cat=remark&advanced=1&18=1&p=10&o=r&q=AOL+AVS

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16660767

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16894882

From what I read I would not use it, also the toolbar is the question for yourself do you really need toolbar or not.

[the gaffer]

installed and runs fine on my machine, the reports from dsl forums could just be a minority,if we believed everything we read that were posted by others then we really wouldnt have a lot of software to choose from.every single program ever made will have some that slate it.thats where folk go wrong,the only way to see what you think is try it yourself.

[Constance]

Well it seems like they changed their EULA.
It was really a bad joke a few months ago. We had discussed about it on another forum (which they changed now, so the link is dead but it's still in the Google cache)... it's in french but the quote from the EULA is in english :
http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:r9hqv_hoWAwJ:www.gratilog.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php%3Fp%3D7775%26sid%3Dfb44f205567952a4a 9455ed17ecc62d6+Kaspersky+AOL+site:gratilog.net&hl=fr&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=fr

Edit : Here is the new link : http://www.gratilog.net/xoops/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1677&forum=2
But the color is lost.

[Goslow]

Haven't used it but looks good Therese, a lite Kaspersky version for free even if it comes with AOL's dubious EULA suggesting they could/would data mine you if they thought it was for your own good or the good of the "software"

Typically with something free most complaints are about the lack of support,I think AOl should be ashamed(again!) that people should have to almost finish reading the very first item in the EULA before finding out that they shouldn't expect any support.

I've liked Avast in the past for its support and additional web network scanners etc and their commitment, however mostly I just use safer browsing habits and online scanners now, but will try AVS in the future if its still around.

[xela]

I haven't used Kapersky’s AV but I heard some positive talk.
I've been pretty happy with free AVG.

[imike24]

I still prefer Norton Virus Software. It is much more effective.
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[Constance]

Source ? http://forum.judgehype.com/icones/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[the gaffer]

Source ? http://forum.judgehype.com/icones/smilies/rolleyes.gif

? lost me.

[Constance]

I'm asking for the source of his "information". Like an antivirus comparative that would clearly state which one of these two programs is less performant.

[locustfurnace]

Since I personally do not have any need for Anti-Virus software I do not keep track of these applications.
But when I do have to scan someone else's computer. I use F-prot. As it can be run via DOS or from GNU/Linux. To me, this would make it more "effective" for what I need it for.
Most anti-virus software becomes useless if you can not load the OS to run the scanner. Any software that depends (and hopes) you can load the OS before you can scan what may be infected losses a lot of points to me.

[hely0123]

We all known that quite a few spammers make big bucks by offering software like antivirus, antispyware or hard drive utilities whose main function is to either spy on the user or spam him. In case that you are still looking for an antivirus solution I recommend Zebra VirusCleaner(softreg.com) which is developed by a professional team. I have been using it for some time now and have not encountered serious issues as of now.It has other versions, for linux, for smartphone.Z:eek:

[Zootopia3000]

Yea sure, whatever.

[the gaffer]

now where did i read that before ?? oh yeah i remember deviantART forum and several other places .are you the guy that got banned from the comodo forums

[anonymous-proxy]

From their site:

Active Virus Shield is no longer available. and they offer now McAfee® Virus Scan Plus-Special.

It seems to be nothing. Anyway if you are looking for free Av then is Grisoft with AVG probably best one and for commercial product i would recommend Kaspersky or F-secure.