Anti-Virus Solutions for the Windows 7 Beta

Having trouble uninstalling KAV 8 Tech Preview. Anyone else?

using avira free edition no problem.. but kaspersky anti virus 2009, blue screen appear when starting windows... no problem with kaspersky internet security...

baarod said:

To test your anti-virus products use the industry standard please: eicar | THE ANTI-VIRUS OR ANTI-MALWARE TEST FILE

Thank you, you have put my mind at rest - AVAST is the best!

cassiel said:

Dudes, "eicar test file" ? lol, that's like...the first thing an AV will catch, it's the basic. Even the worst AV in the world, would catch that. I wouldn't call it a test, pretty far away from it. Anyway, the best thing to do is to download a zip with some hundreds of trojans, worms, macros whatever, then see if it can handle it. Be carefull of course. I have a cd with millions of samples, that's a hard test :)

User was asking for installation validation not a quality assesment.

darkassain said:

couldn't agree more dave....

exactly happend with comodo....

tested it and most of the funtionality (well at least to me) didnt work

tested it with some leaktests (didnt work either...)

have downloaded the new beta and will check it out though...

Hi Dark-one

Finally got around to making it over here from the other forum. All the familiar faces made it here well before I did..heheh

Anyway, I simply HAD to post a warning to everyone about that. Just because an AV or firewall installs easily and may "appear" to work, there is absolutely NO GUARANTEE that it is working properly!!!
Only the developers can tell you if their product is compatible with Win7 or not, and my experience tells me that Vista versions probably are NOT fully compatible for W7.

I sure hope most people see this little Warning, and don't take for granted that they are secure. No AV is fully secure to start with but to try and use a product that is not designed for your platform, and then place all your trust in it is simply Unwise at best...foolish at worst. Maybe I'll PM Shawn and ask him to put a little "Disclaimer" at the start of this thread just so people are aware of possible hidden issues.

Later Bro

Dave

baarod said:

To test your anti-virus products use the industry standard please: eicar | THE ANTI-VIRUS OR ANTI-MALWARE TEST FILE

This is a good idea to test your AV system, however this file is too outdated to be of any use as even Windows Defender catches it. Avira AntiVir Premium 2008 runs great on my x64 Windows 7 and has already caught several viruses that slipped right past Defender.