Which anti-virus application u can suggest me?

[Drone]

Standalone packages like Microsoft Defender, AVZ, DrWeb, Norman

 

[newtekie1]

Fair enough

Good god $200? that's like $400 AUS yea for that kind of money i would expect them to listen I cant charge that much, for a viruses clean and a general clean up its $110 ($55 US ) and ive had people even say that's to expensive im just pricing to what everyone else charges. Im moving to the US in that case

In shop labor is $70/Hour, generally it takes 2.5 hours to do a virus cleaning, so $175. If I have to do a reformat with data recovery it starts at $210.

People complain about the price, but I'm up front with them when they first bring the computer in. There are ratty holes in the wall around me that say they clean viruses for $59 so people think I should too, but my shop isn't a hole in the wall and I don't have high schoolers doing the work. Generally if they say "well xyz shop said they'd do it for $59" I say "then go to xyz shop". 9 times out of 10 they either have me to do the work right away or they come back after xyz shop fucked their machine up and I have to reformat it for them and it costs them more money than if they just let me do the work originally.

 

[TheMailMan78]

In shop labor is $70/Hour, generally it takes 2.5 hours to do a virus cleaning, so $175. If I have to do a reformat with data recovery it starts at $210.

People complain about the price, but I'm up front with them when they first bring the computer in. There are ratty holes in the wall around me that say they clean viruses for $59 so people think I should too, but my shop isn't a hole in the wall and I don't have high schoolers doing the work. Generally if they say "well xyz shop said they'd do it for $59" I say "then go to xyz shop". 9 times out of 10 they either have me to do the work right away or they come back after xyz shop fucked their machine up and I have to reformat it for them and it costs them more money than if they just let me do the work originally.

You get what you pay for.

 

[scaminatrix]

I can show you how to get a virus that will bypass MSE, paid Kaspersky, Avast, anything. Takes 5 minutes of following links on various porn sites and installing the flash players that they insist you need.

No antivirus will protect a computer from the pervert that REALLY wants to watch "that elusive video of the barely-legal-looking girl"

MSE is just as good as Kaspersky IMO; if I didn't have KIS for free I probably would have MSE (good personal experiences with MSE). But they are quite different in terms of features so they shouldn't even be compared.

 

[TheMailMan78]

I can show you how to get a virus that will bypass MSE, paid Kaspersky, Avast, anything. Takes 5 minutes of following links on various porn sites and installing the flash players that they insist you need.

No antivirus will protect a computer from the pervert that REALLY wants to watch "that elusive video of the barely-legal-looking girl"

MSE is just as good as Kaspersky IMO; if I didn't have KIS for free I probably would have MSE (good personal experiences with MSE). But they are quite different in terms of features so they shouldn't even be compared.

Like I said, No Anti-Virus program can block stupid.

 

[janeparker]

Fair enough

Good god $200? that's like $400 AUS yea for that kind of money i would expect them to listen I cant charge that much, for a viruses clean and a general clean up its $110 ($55 US ) and ive had people even say that's to expensive im just pricing to what everyone else charges. Im moving to the US in that case



Excellent list, agree with them all apart from AVG

Thanks Melvis. Can you please tell me what are the disadvantages of AVG antivirus, just
wanted to know more about this antivirus.

Regards
Jane

 

[Solaris17]

Avast I used commodo before avast it was a sweet little app too. But I like Avast so much I even bought the internet security suite. i ran the free edition after I left commodo however also great. I use malwarebytes pro on the side. I dont like MSE even though it seems a little simpler. Im all for legit microsoft stuff but i check AV ratings every few months and for the past year or 2 Avast has been ahead of MSE so I personally dont touch it. I had AVG for a year when I first got into PCs but i honestly just didnt like the UI so i dropped it. Avira is supposed to be good but iv never used it except in PE environments usually doing a sweep before I installed new software on a refurb PC.

if you want the best antivirus protection avoid anything said in this thread including the banter between people who think they are correct and simply log off TPU and disconnect your ethernet wire.

 

[Melvis]

In shop labor is $70/Hour, generally it takes 2.5 hours to do a virus cleaning, so $175. If I have to do a reformat with data recovery it starts at $210.

People complain about the price, but I'm up front with them when they first bring the computer in. There are ratty holes in the wall around me that say they clean viruses for $59 so people think I should too, but my shop isn't a hole in the wall and I don't have high schoolers doing the work. Generally if they say "well xyz shop said they'd do it for $59" I say "then go to xyz shop". 9 times out of 10 they either have me to do the work right away or they come back after xyz shop fucked their machine up and I have to reformat it for them and it costs them more money than if they just let me do the work originally.

Ok yep thats fair enough, i can totally agree with you there and i forgot you worked at a place that has a shop front, that makes a big difference. I work out of my house so running costs are alot lower.

Just to clarify when i said i took over from the other guy (he used to run a shop front down the street) i took over as in a ran him out of businesses within 7months, my pricing was lower since i don't have a $30000 rent to pay every yr for a shop front, work was better, and well he was arrogant, no one liked him. He used to charge $100AUS an hour, where i could do it for half that. A format and reinstall including a back up i charge $190. Also the closest place apart from me to get the work done on there computers is 30mins away and i charge the same (for the moment, i have doubled prices on a few things) as the other shops, as alot of people wasn't happy with the guy down the road that they still drove 30mins to get the work done, and i offer (at a small fee) to come to there house to work on there computers. Door to door service, works wonders.

Alot of people thought i worked for the other guy, so they was very hesitant at first, but over time and explaining they all now realize i work for myself and have nothing to do with the other guy. My business is growing from yr to yr which is great, so ive started to up the the price also to bring in more money.

You get what you pay for.

You do realize that's myth right?

 

[Melvis]

Thanks Melvis. Can you please tell me what are the disadvantages of AVG antivirus, just
wanted to know more about this antivirus.

Regards
Jane

Most welcome.

Number 1 thing i have found is that it loves to grind away at the HDD, its constantly checking and this happens mostly at start up, it just makes the computer very very slow, as i prefer a AV that scans AS you open or do things, not just running 24/7, its just not needed. I had a customer not that long ago that i built a computer for, and it was (at the time) high end and fast, and he said this computer is running realy slow, and i don't know why. Soon as he said it was AVG he used for a AV i said that's ya problem. (he didn't believe me at first) Removed it, put Avast on and he was amazed at the difference.

Second thing is i have found it to stuff up a few computers and i have had to use the AVG removal tool many times to get the dam thing to uninstall.

Third and most important it doesn't seem to catch the viruses that well, ive installed other AV's straight after AVG has said the system was cleaned and then pick up 10 Viruses, and my dad used it for a good yr and it was terrible, and he just complained and complained how slow the computer was untill i said its ya AV ( for the hundredth time), removed it (the hard way) put Avast on, instantly the computer ran twice as fast and found a few Viruses.

Hope that helps?

Sorry for double posts, i didn't see the other posts till after.