PCTools AntiVirus V4 ?????

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[Leopard19]

Hey - I am not sure that I like that potential negative suggestion pointed at Newbies!!!??? 

Whilst a newbie here, I have 20+ years of PC experience. Also have zero to do with any software company.

Of course I cannot speak on behalf of any other newbie 

my statement had nothing to do whatsoever with the status of newbie, but it had to do with the fact that some guys register new accounts in forums around the web to advertise products. This might not be the case for you, might not...you perfectly understood what I was saying; no newbie bashing was intended and that was clear. The fact that you've used computers for a while is clearly off topic here.

adding: first thing that actually comes to mind to a "genuine" newbie in a forum, especially in his first ten posts, is to discuss the product related to the forum only, and ask questions, troubleshooting etc...and not post a poll about rival products - even when in that case PCtools is no competitor for Comodo (at least for CFP); Registry Mechanic and Spyware Doctor are brilliant, the rest is software drivel to maintain a presence in the field.

[andyman35]

Quote "...Hopefully sometime in 2008 Iwill be able to remove PC Tools and be a complete "Comodoist" (or whatever the word is for a Comodo fan) !"

I believe the correct term is a Commodore...ok I made that up but it works for me (brings back memories of my computing youth) 

[donnyd]

my statement had nothing to do whatsoever with the status of newbie, but it had to do with the fact that some guys register new accounts in forums around the web to advertise products. This might not be the case for you, might not...you perfectly understood what I was saying; no newbie bashing was intended and that was clear. The fact that you've used computers for a while is clearly off topic here.

adding: first thing that actually comes to mind to a "genuine" newbie in a forum, especially in his first ten posts, is to discuss the product related to the forum only, and ask questions, troubleshooting etc...and not post a poll about rival products - even when in that case PCtools is no competitor for Comodo (at least for CFP); Registry Mechanic and Spyware Doctor are brilliant, the rest is software drivel to maintain a presence in the field.

I think we're all getting a little defensive for what reasons I don't know. I believe that most of us on this forum newbies on up to the comodo hero's all have the same interest, the Comodo security product line and if you don't then you should'nt be a part of this forum. Now, I thought a forum was used to discuss experiences either pro, con or mixed, ask for relative information, or just feedback on certain software. I don't think a "genuine" newbie has be limited to what he or she wants to post and or poll related to a topic if it has any value. If someone wants to express their proficiency and or skill level with PCs no matter what the topic is I'm all for it. I would rather gather some insite and so called expertise advice from someone of that nature then one of a novice.
One more thing and I'm not trying to be a wise guy but I do see a little contradiction in your statement regarding advertisement, that some guys join forums to advertise products and here you are promoting Registry Mechanic and Spyware Doctor which has nothing to do with this topic. Like I said I'm not trying to be a wise guy. 

[Little Mac]

300+ KB of RAM??!!!! Oh my, that sure is a lot! Probably more than you'll ever need!  My first "box" had 32KB RAM, and its name was "Vic"...

As for PC Tools, as has already been discovered, Intelliguard is a real-time scanner, not a HIPS.  I've not had any issues with it (any version I've used) and the stack on any XP box (which is all I've used it on). 

Only thing I've found is that if you turn it off (either Intelliguard or Exit the application) from systray icon, on reboot they won't automatically restart, and email plugin will have been killed as well.  Re-starting Iguard from systray icon doesn't actually turn them back on; you have to go into the GUI to each module and reactivate them there.  Probably not an issue for most folks, but on one machine I have reason to turn it off quite a bit, as I can't have an active AV changing file metadata upon occasion.  So then I just have to remember to turn everything back on manually.

LM

[donnyd]

Little Mac,
 Did some testing on the PCTAV IG.  Through the system tray icon I turned IG off I chose to shut IG off for 5 minutes. Went into the GUI to verify and IG was off all real time protection was disabled. After the 5 minutes checked the system tray and IG was back on. Opened the GUI and IG was on and all protection was enabled (file and E-mail) . Took it one step further and shut IG off for 15 minutes, check GUI and again IG was off as previously stated. Re-booted my system and waited 25 minutes checking every so often after the 15 min. and IG did not turn itself back on. Went into system tray turning IG on then checked GUI the activate IG box was checked but file and e-mail was off had to manually turn them back on. So my conclusion is as long as your system is up and running the automatic IG off/on feature works. If IG is off when shutting down the system when the system is re-booted it will remain off. Could be a bug or that's just how it was designed to work. Something to look into on the PCT web-site.  Hope this helped in any shape or form.....   
P.S. that 300+KB of ram was all I had, no hard drive everything was stored in memory including the DOS operating system. and have no clue what "Vic" is........        

[Little Mac]

32K RAM, no HD, floppy, or other storage device.  RAM was expandable to 64KB.  Programming could be done in BASIC or Machine.  "Vic" is short for "Vic 20," a wonderful Commodore product (the little sibling of the Commodore 64)...

Tnx for the detailed report of findings on Intelliguard, that's good to know.

LM

[panic]

32K??!! Only if you have the 16K expansion unit for Aussie models. 

[Little Mac]

Well you guys are just too "special" I guess... 

[MJ1988]

Avira is good but detected several false postives in my System Restore folder area, so I stopped using it. Used AVG for awhile, didn't like. Used Bitdefender, didn't like. So now I'm using CAVS 2. Works fine so far.

[andyman35]

Avira is good but detected several false postives in my System Restore folder area, so I stopped using it. Used AVG for awhile, didn't like. Used Bitdefender, didn't like. So now I'm using CAVS 2. Works fine so far.

Most of the FP issues with Avira are when the heuristic scanner is set to the highest level,on medium they are rare.However,at the high setting,it'll pick up a lot of 'new' malware,so it's a balancing act.Personally I like the added security and it's easy enough to google the occasional file flagged up,to check its status.

[MJ1988]

Most of the FP issues with Avira are when the heuristic scanner is set to the highest level,on medium they are rare.However,at the high setting,it'll pick up a lot of 'new' malware,so it's a balancing act.Personally I like the added security and it's easy enough to google the occasional file flagged up,to check its status.

Yeah I always keep my heuristic scanners set to the default, or medium. Just to avoid that problem, Avira also caused a lot of other problems for me that I eventually had to roll back my system. I'm using CAVS now, was working fine but I'm about to uninstall it to and try PC tools I guess. I would continue to use CAVS but the HIPs component is really bad and bugged currently.

[andyman35]

I agree,it's best to wait for the finished version of CAVS before relying upon it. It's risky having beta software operating at the kernel level on your main system,personally I just test them on a VM.

[Info-Sec]

Everyone knows my choice (NOD 32) but its a much better idea to use an antivirus from a 'real' antivirus company.  PC tool's antivirus has gotten some awards for detection, but its much better to go with a more accomplished security firm.  Some free choices are:

*Avira
*Avast!
*AVG

Some paid choices are:

**Nod32
*Kaspersky

[andyman35]

Quote from Info-Sec "Everyone knows my choice  (NOD 32)"

Oddly I'm not that surprised to see that! 

[Info-Sec]

Quote from Info-Sec "Everyone knows my choice  (NOD 32)"

Oddly I'm not that surprised to see that! 

Haha.  I have stated my opinion many times before, and I believe it is a seriously accomplished antivirus.

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