Free Antivirus Offered to Vista Testers

[ecross]

With Windows Vista Beta 2 slated to become public through a Customer Preview Program in the coming weeks, testers may find themselves facing a major problem: many antivirus suites don't yet work with the new operating system. Computer Associates is aiming to remedy this issue by offering free copies of eTrust EZ for Vista.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Free_Antivirus_Offered_to_Vista_Testers/1148668916

[SuperSparks]

Excellent, I was wondering what to do about AV. Thanks Eric :)

[anne]

Avast anti virus includeing the free home edition supports Vista and is a 64 bit program.
www.avast.com

[SuperSparks]

Well so far I'm not having a lot of luck with the Etrust AV. It installed OK, but Security Centre is complaining that real-time protection is turned off. Nothing I try will enable it, and there is no explanation or suggestions on what to do :(

[Steve R Jones]

I've been waiting for someone to try it out.....I killed a Vista install a while back by installing AVG or Avast....I might try the newer Avast..

[SuperSparks]

Well I uninstalled and reinstalled with the same results, so I sent an email to CA. This is the reply I got:

Hi Nick

Thank you for contacting CA Consumer Support
This is with reference to the issue number 14968639
Please be advised the Antivirus will not work on a 64 bit vista os.
Thanks and Regards
Darren
CA
Support Engineer
Consumer Support

Thank you,
CA Technical Support

It would have been nice if they could have let me know before I downloaded and installed it :rolleyes:

It looks as if those of us who want to use 64-bit Vista are in for interesting times :(

[liam858]

It would have been nice if they could have let me know before I downloaded and installed it.

:rolleyes: ...could of been worse, at least it was free...

Avast Home/Pro should work, as an alternative: http://www.avast.com/eng/system-requirements-avast-home.html


Liam

[bistro]

Has anyone heard any news as to whether *cough!* Norton or McAfee are developing 64-bit versions for Vista?

[SuperSparks]

Please Bistro, the very thought sends shudders through me. It is starting to look increasingly as if 64-bit programming is causing big problems for the companies that normally write good software. I can only imagine what 64-bit would be like from the companies that regularly produce crap :eek:

[bistro]

Exactly why I am not jumping on, in or anywhere near the bandwagon when it comes to 64-bit. IMHO "wait and see" is the best road to take at this venture.

[Ridgerunr]

So far,eTrust AV for Vista 32bit has been behaving itself fairly well. The only nig I've found,is it checks for updates everytime I reboot instead of just once a' day as it's supposed to... :rolleyes: