LeetZero
Member
Hello.
Right yesterday Norton reached 30 days of trial, having only 60 days left (60-day trial from a CD that came with my computer).
What's your opinion? Should I wait another 30 days and get another trial of an antivirus or get Ashampoo Internet Security since today's a giveaway of it? I am not really sure how much I'd trust Ashampoo, never really heard of them as an antivirus.
I'd like to see your suggestions, is Ashampoo worth to install today over Norton?
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru
Ashampoo have been around for a long time and generally have a good standing. Some say their products aren't as good as they used to be, but that's just opinion. I'd go check the comparison sites to see where they stand, but if push comes to shove with only 30 days left on your Norton trial it would seem prudent to install the software offered today. It's a full years licence so you don't need to go chapping and changing every few months. Not all of those free demos are going to be good. At least with Ashampoo you're getting an established name. Go for it (IMO) - you can always delete it later if you're not happy then return to your round of demo's
WR, I'm afraid I have to correct you. This Ashampoo giveaway is NOT a full years license:
This version includes 180 days signature updates.
graylox
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Another correction - ooooops :)
Just read BuBBy's comment # 6
@5 – John R . Ashampoo AntiMalware includes 180 days (6 months) signature updates.edit: (after installing the giveaway) It seems the signature updates are a little more generous than 6 months.
Free Signature Updates are available until 24-Feb-2018 (2381 days).
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6641/20110819210207.png
Comment by BuBBy — August 19th, 2011 at 3:46 am
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Well, there seems to be a lack of clarity?
I didn't install this programme, don't want to mess up my installed Kaspersky suite, so I have no experience with this giveaway.
Maybe there will be a comment by the developer or GOTD ref. the license.
graylox
ChrisS
Administrator
Allow me to quibble a bit with your wording "is Ashampoo worth to install today over Norton?"
I have no comment on Ashampoo but if you decide to move away from Norton then run the program's uninstall routine, then run the Norton Removal Tool, then run the Ashampoo install routine. You should never install another product "over" a Norton product as Norton products have a well-deserved reputation for not uninstalling cleanly, which causes serious performance problems for your system. While the other products will theoretically uninstall Norton during their installation it's an extremely bad idea to allow them to do so.
mikiem2
Moderator
My own 2 cents, FWIW of course...
1st question is what are you willing to put up with LeetZero? There are several free solutions, but for example you might only be able to update once a day or something, or with Microsoft's Security Essentials you do without a Firewall or several other features that were included in their pay product (before they pulled it off the market). Other AV packages might ask you to put up with a pretty heavy load on your PC/laptop, some are not intuitive at all, especially if you set the firewall Not to let everything pass. Some are prone to false positives, though their fans often seem to think that's evidence that they work. :-) Comparisons on this site might be helpful: http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/test-reports/ , & there's always shadowserver.org, with lots of real-time stats on what's stopping what malware how well.
Normally I'd include a caution on how difficult it can be to remove all traces of an AV installation -- it can go beyond just files & registry entries, e.g. CA once set the HKCR section of Windows' registry to protected!... I could add new apps/entries, but any update/upgrade would fail till I figured out what happened. But the Ashampoo app sits on top of Windows more-or-less, without all the effects you'll get with most AV software.
At any rate, I'll sum it up saying that if there's something better rated that you'll actually use, rather than set minimal security so you don't have to bother, get it -- I've seen most all of the big names [including Norton] on sale for as low as $0 after MIR. There are probably some comparisons out there, but I've never seen Emsi or Ashampoo AM rated alongside the competition -- I would think if they performed respectably they'd be handing copies out to every AV testing site possible.
mikiem2
Moderator
RE: License:
Well, there seems to be a lack of clarity?
I'll 2nd that, with the opinion that the whole thing seemed a bit poorly thought out -- I don't know if they started with 180 days & the GOTD team intervened on our behalf, &/or if someone doing the code for the updates simply muddled through to come up with something so they could go home. That you apparently need to update before activating or updates won't work is pretty poor in my book, but oh well...
Anonymous
Unregistered
mikiem2 Q:started with 180 days A:No 1 Year and Give a way is 180 days so say search engine the AntiSpyware is good got the old one and work well as for the Antivirus don't know hard to find a test on it found some old test have a look & see if you like can get pdf on Ashampoo Internet Security
http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivirussoftwarereviews/a/antivirustests.htm
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software
av-compatives.org & Antivirus Test's
http://www.av-comparatives.org/ (independent Test no kick back)
http://www.av-comparatives.org/en/comparativesreviews/retrospective-test
http://www.av-comparatives.org/en/comparativesreviews/false-alarm-tests
http://www.av-comparatives.org/en/comparativesreviews/single-product-reviews Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.4Report.pdf (english)
http://www.virus.gr/portal/en/
http://www.anti-malware-test.com/
http://www.av-test.org/
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Shared/AwardsAndCertifications.aspx
http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
http://malwareresearchgroup.com/
http://www.virusbtn.com/index
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/latest_comparative/index
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/test?recent=1
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/products/review-ashampoo-anti-malware-application/1506
http://download.cnet.com/Ashampoo-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10498466.html
http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Ashampoo-Anti-Malware-Review-136140.shtml
The official successor of Ashampoo AntiSpyWare and Ashampoo AntiVirus has been developed from scratch and combines the best of both technologies all in one solution.
Miscellaneous:
Please note that other anti-virus software installed on your computer might cause conflicts and should therefore be removed. For best results no other anti-virus application should be installed in addition to Ashampoo Anti-Malware.
Michelle
Member
I use Norton Security Suite (free for Comcast internet customers). It is Norton 360 without the 2 gb of storage online. It is a good program. Though when I couldn't pay my bill for over a month Norton worked for about a couple weeks. Then Norton disabled itself till I got Comcast back.
needforspeed
Member
It's generally not recommended to install many antivirus on a windows machine, since they often appear to grow roots and thus become very hard to remove cleanly. Ashampoo also has a reputation of requiring email registration and bombarding the account with spam. With that said, Norton had improved a lot over the last year. If you would like to use a more permanent freeware solution, Comodo and PC Tools both have all-in-one security suites.
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