Happy Holidays and Protection Thoughts Vista Security Discuss Happy Holidays and Protection Thoughts in the Windows Vista forums; I find many complaints on NOD 32 with Vista..sample: Second scan took 1 hour 45 minutes. I do not have nearly as much as 53GB of files. Seems it ...

[Snuffy]

I find many complaints on NOD 32 with Vista..sample: Second scan took 1 hour 45 minutes. I do not have nearly as much as 53GB of files.
Seems it also starts and FREEZES / locks down the entire computer so that emergency restart is needed... that is why I have not tried it... also the

NOD32’s control center lists four programs:

AMON - A “Scan on access” module. Every time you open a program or a file, NOD32 does a quick scan of it.

DMON - Microsoft Office Document Scanner. Pretty self-explanatory. DMON is the AMON for Office.

IMON - Internet Monitor. Scans all HTTP and POP (incoming) activity.

NOD32 - The on-demand scanner.

are rather confusing to set for the average uses.

NOD32 is a very complex program. NOD32 has five separate program modules running independently of each other. What’s AMON? IMON? DMON? NOD32’s interface and configuration options will probably confuse a typical home-user.

all from PC Magazine.

Keep us posted on the use of. sounds like maybe yes and mostly No from computer magazine reviews.
per: http://www.av-comparatives.org/seite...se_2007_08.php
I might as well go back to Norton's AV 2007 If I have to pay then why pay again when I can get Norton's AV Free via my Government contract.

[ProCookie]

seems all ok here, i don't actually scan for viruses often i depend on the anti-virus to pick them up as soon as i get them. So i cant comment on scan speeds.

I like this NOD32 but each to there own.

[Snuffy]

You will keep us posted on "your opinions of this new AV" I have heard nothing good about it, so I'm sure many will appreciate your findings on this AV... I removed Symantec Corp 10 due to slowness of system, not that it did not work good, but it slowed my system down. (IMHO). If I can find less restrictive, proficient in the 95% or higher range, faster then I as I'm sure many folks would be greatly appreciative...your findings - I do.

[felix8406]

That's one reason I prefer to take the software for a test before commenting about it. I've have seen many articles on software that's based on opinions, rumors or older trials; some of these opinions can be even bias. I have not tested NOD32, but would like to know the test results.

I’m still using Live OneCare and will continue using it at least until the trial runs out in June next year or if it gives me any problems. So far I can say that the latest version is excellent.

[Znod]

There are a number of good AV's (besides those mentioned below--AVG, Kaspersky, Avast!, NOD32, etc.)--with comparisons, opinions, and tests of them varying widely sometimes. I won't use McAfee and Norton because, in the past, each has been two obtrusive for me. Also, I have begun to strongly prefer combo AV's/MW's. Recently, I have started using both Spyware Doctor with AV (on Dell Laptop) and Bit Defender with MW (new HP laptop). I don't have a strong preference for one over the other. Both are simple and adustable enough. I am liking ZoneAlarm (free) on both. I actually was going to buy ZoneAlarm Pro, but it is not yet readyy for Vista. Now that I have used free enough, I have decided that Pro would be a waste. Free can be a bit annoying at first, but once one's programs have called home once all is peaceful. ZoneAlarm has the only turely effective and easy to use outgoing monitoring I have found.

I continue to use my security setup for my Gateway desktop as described in my first post above. Still flawless. I have not yet set something similar up on the new laptop, but will do so soon. I wanted to get all of ZoneAlarm's business with my non-virtual system done before setting up virtual surfing on the new machine. Once all of ZoneAlarm's business is done, then, yes, virtual surfing (turning off Bit Defender on my physical machine). On the other hand, with ZoneAlarm done, I can return to physical surfing when on the road and the need arises. I had thought of some reason I might want to do so, but right now I can't remember what is was. Help me here!!! Is it something obvious? Duh? Check out these reads.

PC World on AV's

PC World on MW's

By the way, here is my new laptop except that my personal one has HDMI; jillions of inputs/outputs; HD Drive; HD/Digital TV Tuner; 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo; 2 GB RAM; NVIDIA card; hi-cap battery; Realtek "HD" audio; 140 GB; wireless b/g/n; 2-year fix-at-home warranty; Home Premium; integrated webcam, mic, and fingerprint reader; Bluetooth; etc., etc. You all know that I think that Gateway is topnotch. I now think that HP is too, perhaps the best to order from. My machine is great and very attractive; HP shipped 4 days prior to expected; and FedEx, with HP's partnership, got the machine here overnight even though I had it shipped 5-7 business days. Oh, and the lady I talked with on the phone was excellent. But, she said that HP's sales/support is worldwide--so one might not always be so lucky. I'm not worried about support though. Whatever!!!

Dell has sort of lost it obviously. The best part of Dell is that if one gets an XPS model, then support is strong and at home. My problems with Dell are it's incredibly convoluted website and that the Company tends to put too many unwanteds on its machines--which makes it hard for them to compete effectively price-wise even with educational pricing. I bought the HP at HP's website price because I became convinced that Dell could not match the machine/price even with educational pricing. Given online "deals", my HP cost less than USD 1,600 before tax (free shipping).

[Znod]

Hi All:

I finished my Virtual PC 2007 installation on my new laptrop--done essentially as on my desktop as described in my first post on this thread. The difference is that I installed XP Pro on my laptop because of its lower memory and virtual disk storage requirements. It all works great and truely is better than a Vista/XP dual boot as both systems and whatever is installed on them is available simultaneously. My laptop has Vista Premium--which is not a system that is supported, using Virtual PC 2007, by Microsoft. I think that this "lack of support" has no serious consequenses. My only problem was getting Virtual PC "Additions" working--which may be a function of the "lack of support."

"Additions" allows one to get all significant, if not all, features of the guest operating system (XP Pro in this case) to work, and, AFAIK, to install any program (consistent with the guest operation system) desired on the virutual machine. But keep in mind that what one might want to install is liminted by the memory that can be allocated to a virtual machine (and, thus, taken away form the host machine) and similaly with the storage allocation. But, anyway, I devised a way to get "Addition" working.

But, my interest is in intrepid surfing--using avast! (free), ZoneAlarm (free), and old verisions of Ad-Aware SE+ (including Ad-Watch with real-time scanning). Intrepid surfing requires only relatively small memory and stoage allocations.

I'd like to see something from my virtual machine to my laptop. I am sure it can be done, but I'd bet not without some highly focued efforts by a very good hacker/cracker.

Please reply here, not by PM, if you have questions, comments, etc., about setting up a viirtual machine--whether or not consistent with my newly coined pharse, "Intrepid Surfing."