How to deal with weaknesses in Anti-Virus solutions
Sunday, January 4th 2009 @ 10:30 PM (not yet rated)
As most of us know, no Anti-Virus solutions catch 100% of the threats they face. Some don't even come close. I've heard that it can be a good strategy to use more than one anti-virus product. However, in my recent experience, it's hard to find any that will coexist on a system. Most of them usually want you to uninstall any other Anti-Virus solution before they will install themselves.
So, I have been rethinking my strategy for virus protection.
I posed the following question to the Linked In Q&A forums...
Do any antivirus programs work well together?
It's generally accepted that no single AV product is able to completely protect against all viruses. Some people say to use multiple A/V products simultaneously. Some won't work well, or won't install with others present.
Does anyone have good facts or references on how well different A/V products work to complement each other's strengths without interefering with each other?
Suggestions
Some of the good suggestions/comments I received included:
- Using a single primary A/V product for regular scanning and for automatic real-time protection, supplemented by web-based scanning on an occasional basis. For example, Symantec has a web-based scanner that you can use for free. This shouldn't conflict with any installed A/V products.
- If you are technically inclined, or are running an enterprise, you can put extra scanners in places like the firewall or email server, as well as end-user computers.
- It's not good to have more than one A/V product installed at the same time on the same computer, since just one can slow down all applications dramatically. More than one will just make it silly slow.
For the full set of responses posted on Linked In click HERE.
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