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Grisoft AVG 6.0
Anti-Virus System
On-demand Scanner:
 | Macro protection: Yes |
| Microsoft Office API Hook (Scans Office documents just
before Office opens it.): ?No? |
| E-mail scanner: Yes |
| Scheduling program: Yes |
| SandBox (Runs program in a test box first to see if
there is a virus.): Yes |
| Free Virus signature updates: Yes |
| Release: Weekly |
| Auto-update: Yes |
| Free Tech. Support: No |
| Type: N/A |
AntiVir
Personal Edition 6.x
On-demand Scanner:
| Macro protection: Yes |
| Microsoft Office API Hook (Scans Office documents just
before Office opens it.): No |
| E-mail scanner: No |
| Scheduling program: ?? |
| SandBox (Runs program in a test box first to see if
there is a virus.): ?? |
| Free Virus signature updates: Yes |
| Release: ?? |
| Auto-update: Yes, Manually Via Wizard. |
| Free Tech. Support: Yes |
| Type: Online Newsgroup |
Avast
On-demand Scanner:
| Macro protection: ?? |
| Microsoft Office API Hook (Scans Office documents just
before Office opens it.): ?? |
| E-mail scanner: ?? |
| Scheduling program: ?? |
| SandBox (Runs program in a test box first to see if
there is a virus.): ?? |
| Free Virus signature updates: Yes |
| Release: ?? |
| Auto-update: ?? |
| Free Tech. Support: ?? |
| Type: ?? |
I never tried the above (Grisoft only), but found Norton
Anti-Virus the best, even though it is not free. You can get a good deal on
it if you look around. And if you have bought select competitors AV products,
you get a mail-in upgraders rebate. Also scans E-mail and for Macro
Viruses. NAV also ties into Office 2k's and above API hooks and scans the document before
Office apps. opens them.
Norton
Anti-Virus
On-demand Scanner:
| Macro protection: Yes |
| Microsoft Office API Hook (Scans Office documents just
before Office opens it.): Yes |
| E-mail scanner: Yes |
| Scheduling program: Yes |
| SandBox (Runs program in a test box first to see if
there is a virus.): Yes |
| Free Virus signature updates: Yes ($10 after the
first year for virus updates via LiveUpdate. Or but the new version. A new
version comes out every year with updated software/scanning engine. Prices
Usually run with upgraders rebate $5-$20) |
| Release: Weekly |
| Auto-update: Yes (v2001+) |
| Free Tech. Support: ?? |
| Type: Online Newsgroup |
Author: Eric C. Vogel
Source: Eric C. Vogel
Posted: 12/14/00
Updated: 7/22/2003
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