Yeah I found Kaspersky AV 6.0 didnt install in Beta 2.

EZTrust Antivirus is actually a decent product.
Its not as good as say, Kaspersky, but its good enough as a temporary solution until the big players get their products working in Vista Beta 2. EZTrust is capitalizing on this sure-to-be-short-lived oppotunity.

Wow...I just tried it and it is great product. I recommend this product for anyone needing solid AV protection.

I don't believe you.

I worked with a company that delt with CA, we helped American callers with their ISP Tech problems... this had to be the biggest joke at the office: Every time we'd call the help desk for help with the CA product (EZ Trust) we'd get the same Voice on the other end of the phone but with a different name (They sounded like they circulated three or four different names like: Gordon; James; or Smith... one or two other names), but all of us who spoke with them were sure it was the same East Indian accent and the same person. We used to laugh about it... the biggest laugh for me was the day Smith answered the phone because he used it for his first name, I even asked him to make sure I heard him right. I am willing to put a little wager on the fact that it was only one or maybe two different people answering the phone there and just using different names when answering.

The software is not so bad... if you are willing to stop and read before pressing the Block button! That was the biggest problems for these users, they just did not seem to know how to read before pressing an agree or a block button. Most cases they blocked themself with their own firewall because they were just simply to lazy to read.

Personally if you are a home user looking for one of the best Anti-Virus programs out there... I'd suggest AVG. AVG is FREE for home/non-profit orgs. I have been using AVG since '99 and I have never had a virus. I have installed it on many home user computers, I personally purchased the full enterprise version because I am running a business and it comes with a firewall and a couple of other little extras.

"I have been using AVG since '99 and I have never had a virus."

This could mean either the product is very good or very bad, don't you think?

Anyway, I've been using AVG for 1.5 years. No virus detected so far. LOL.

Well from my perspective... and I sort have been using computers for what I call a pretty long time... since 84, so I'd tend to think I sort of know a little bit about the process of the AV and I think I could say for pretty certain that I think my system is a little better than clean. :o)

I know what you mean. Vigilance & knowledge are the keys to having a secure system. hehe...

I am sorry but AVG is not so hot as you all may think. I work for a local ISP and AVG 6.0 use to be pretty good (maybe catch 85%-90% of virus out), but with AVG 7.0 the catch rate has done down to 75%-80%.

For very good free ones look at AntiVir (http://www.free-av.com/) PE Classic, which has a nice scheduler in there newest release that updates and scans very well. I'd say from testing it's about 80%-87%. Though the best over-all virus scanner is ClamWin (http://www.clamwin.com/) which only drawback is a lack of a good auto-update client, thoguh 0.9 is suppose to address this; it's about 90%-95% and is free and always will be free as it's based off of ClamAV (community driven Open Source project)!

NOT FOR FREE: Norton is good, but sooo many people have issues with it I can not suggest some one just go buy it, though we do sell this to our customers and 9/10 it works just fine and never has issues. As far as we have tested it catches about 95%-97% of the virus.

Anyways that's what I have to say to all of your comments, as I hate to see people use AVG as I have seen WAY to many infections.

I've extensively tested Symantec Antivirus, AVG and Antivir (aka Free AV) with "agressive" sites: definitely Antivir is a winner. Even got into some websites which tried to install software on my comp by using a known ActiveX exploit. First, with AVG monitoring: the virus installed itself without any problem whatsoever and it even got the nerve to announce me that my computer may be at risk! Same thing with Symantec. Only the "Guard" module of Antivir personal edition (i.e. the free one) grabbed it as soon as it got on the hard disk (yes, it did land on my HDD, as Antivir is not claiming to protect you "on the fly" while browsing, although numerous times it detected exploits in html pages as soon as they got into IE's temporary internet files folder, exploits that the others failed to see).

Depends. Look at the ICSA labs web site and I bet the month AVG slacked was the month you got infected, no?

Um, C-A have been offering 12 month free subscriptions of their A-V products to MS customers for years now. How is this new? http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/ (check archive.org if you don't believe it's been around for a while).

I do like C-A's A/V and I use it in my office. The one problem I've had with it is the purchase/upgrade process, specifically with account management. They have an account management system that simply does not allow combining accounts. So if one person in our organization re-registers their antivirus with a different company credit card and unique login/pass (as they have), then we have to maintain that separate login/pass info in order to upgrade that install, forever.

Another annoying thing about their reg system is that you can have the same user name (e-mail address) accessing *multiple* accounts, as long as the password is different. In other words let's say you setup 1 account with a password, then go back to buy more copies later. If you specify the wrong password at a certain point it will just create a *new* account for you with that password. So now you have to login with the same e-mail address but keep two different passwords to access two different accounts. Pretty stupid system. They contract with Digital River for this service, so it's really their fault I think.

- Java

Trend Micro is also offering a similar 12-month trial.

https://www.trendbeta.com/index.php?get=80

Free until it expires :)

at least it will demise norton and Symantec
as the top installed av app
but being 1 one in sales they are bottom on dection rates

How many Vista testers do you really think there are going to be???

Enough to topple NAV?

I don't think so...

We use CA in the office where i do desktop support. We have not had any virus outbreaks since we installed it 3 years ago. I know that there is more to it then the App it self but i can say that CA has won me over.

Glad to hear it... I'll have to check it out.

If you want the best antivirus software available go with Alwil Software's Avast Antivirus. It was one of the first publicly available Vista compatible antivirus products and it's free indefinitely for non commercial use.

Although I've never used their AV software to know how good/reliable it is, I think it's very "generous" of them to offer it... even if it is in hopes that people will get it, keep it, and renew it next year. :)

I don't exactly see other vendors jumping on this kind of offer.

LOL, Symantec is truly screwed :)

This is a perfect example of how business should respond to a monopoly that "manipulates" the market. Making a better product is another, which to many people, is exactly what Mozilla Corp. did. Microsoft is not invincible when left alone--EU, Symantec, and Real Technologies Inc. are being counter-productive to free market with what they are doing than what Microsoft is doing. Don't like EZ antivirus at all--but +10 Respectability points for them :)

How, exactly, is symantec going to be screwed?

Just curious. I hate 'em too, but I don't see AV for a Beta OS bringing The Beast down.

Exactly.

I still would put money on NOD32 overall...but the point being made, I believe, is that by offering a 1-year product for a Beta OS, it is obvious that CA is wanting to be openly proactive about it's approach to the marketplace.

However, the true test will be: do they sacrifice quality for quantity? Let's hope not. At a basic level, an 'AV war' would be most beneficial to the consumer because it would encourage lower pricing and much higher quality...which would drive demand without driving up cost. I believe that is the biggest point.

Symantec was screwed a long time ago, we just haven't been told yet. It is just as bad off as AOL--they are both losing money annually, and will eventually fold barring significant restructuring of the business framework. Most folks use Symantec because it came on their PC, so if someone elses does, you better believe they're screwed!