which is better?

Discussion in 'Software' started by red death68, Sep 29, 2011.

  1. red death68

    red death68 Command Sergeant Major

    i currently have avast running on both my systems but my college has an offer for all students to use sophos free of charge which is better statistically?
     
  2. brahman

    brahman Specialist

    I don't think anyone knows what statistically viruses get into most PC's. Not only that, but you gotta think about it for a little bit.........Not everyone visits the same sites, and not everyone will catalog the anti malware programs that they are using, so no one really know who is blocking the most.

    Now with that said, I know there are sites out there that pressure test these programs, but I think many of those are sites are very biased.
     
  3. red death68

    red death68 Command Sergeant Major

    true im just wondering is it worth trying sophos or should i stay with avast which has given me only one issue really?


    im not familier with sophos i know we put it on all campus machines when i work at tech support so if anyone is used to it please give your review
     
  4. brahman

    brahman Specialist

    I use

    AVG
    SpyBot S&D
    Windows fire wall
    Ad Blocker for FF

    Now with that said, I have had several people bad mouth all but the Ad Blocker. Do I care? Not at all, never had an issue. I know how they work, I have no issues with them, and until they over run my system I will continue to use them. I know if you complain you will likely be met by people who say you get what you deserve or laugh at you for not going with Sophos, I think many people like to think your college has high tech people who know what they are talking about, but you don't see everyone on this forum rooting for Sophos, it's not likely as awesome as it may seem. I would personally just stick with what you have.

    Only reviews I could find are here........

    Cnet(yeah I know)rolleyes Ratings were not that high.


    Sophos webiste apparently thinks highly of it's self


    This site says that it has no fire wall, which isn't bad if you already have one you like.


    PCMagazine which I think is the most reputable only give it 3 stars.


    Edit: and by the way, while Symantic, TrendMicro, and Mcaffee rated lower than Sophos on Sophos site, All three of those programs rated higher than Sophos on PcMagazine site. But that article is old, maybe they changed at some point.

    Hope that helps:cool
     
    Last edited: Sep 29, 2011
  5. red death68

    red death68 Command Sergeant Major

    a little the only issue iv ever had with my avast was it let in one of the fake security council viruses twice thanks to research for a school project but i havnt had a problem since and it was an easy fix
     

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