In reply to a post by Pipexer:

It depends what you need to "rely" on it for, I really do not think you need active/real-time antispyware, you only need to run it when you actually get it, if it's hidden in the background, it's not spyware.

Spybot just cant keep up with modern spyware antics, all it does now is seem to detect spyware cookies. If you get any AV2009 variants, spybot will certainly not be able to deal with it.

You should give sunbelt vipre a try, afaik it is the only AV product which actually combines true antispyware and antivirus in the same engine (not just lopped on the side). It deals with every peice of malware, so eliminates the need for seperate programs. The antispyware it was built on is probably the best on the market too, it is not just some added definitions or feature sets which some of the other AV companies have done (on par with superantispyware). It also can remove them properly too.

If you do not trust sunbelt vipre as your AV solution, and still feel you need a good AV, look into it's antispyware solution as a standalone (it has the same engine as it's AV except doesen't recieve virus definitions - you will need to disable its active protection if you are running it alongside NOD32 though - but thats no problem).

Oh, and it's also *the* most lightweight on resources!

Thanks, I'll have to take a look at Sunbelt Vipre.

In reply to a post by zebedeee:

Eset do packages which include firewalls too.

http://www.eset.co.uk/Products/SmartSecu...

It's expensive though isn't it?

It's £39.10 a year and NOD32 A/V already has some spyware and stealth capabilities.

In reply to a post by CurlyWhirly:

In reply to a post by zebedeee:

Eset do packages which include firewalls too.

http://www.eset.co.uk/Products/SmartSecu...

It's expensive though isn't it?

It's £39.10 a year and NOD32 A/V already has some spyware and stealth capabilities.

It depends on how much you value your security, I suppose.

75p a week doesn't sound like much to me.

Renewals are cheaper too.

Cheaper still if you have more than one PC, and buy a multi-user licence.

Now that box is ticked who's next on the GNU hackers list?

In reply to a post by Apprentice:

Now that box is ticked who's next on the GNU hackers list?

i'd imagine a lot of AV company web depts. have been working overtime this week ensuring everything is as secure as possible

Like they say "it's an ill wind etc etc"

My KIS7 expires in May, maybe time for a change ....... who knows?

I'm on a free trial of Vipre that also includes what was was Kerio Personal Firewall - now Sunbelt Personal Firewall.
Vipre is very fast & gets updated at least once a day. One feature I find very useful is that schedules can be set to wake XP from standby mode. The firewall is one of the best according to some but I preferred the ESET version, in particular, its ability to temporally allow connections without creating a rule. It's a good idea to clean out the firewall list of entries for long deleted s/w!

vipre doesen't include the personal firewall - it will do soon though.