Comments on: Choosing portable antivirus – ClamWin Vs CureIt!

By: Rarst

Rarst — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:24:05 +0000

@roy In general AV product don't play well with each other. They use driver-based and other techniques to ensure they have low level access to stuff. Portable ones are less likely to cause issues (lack of background monitor module) but still I would advise against different AV products at the same time. You can always pause/disable your main antivirus if you want to do a scan with portable one.

By: roy

roy — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:21:38 +0000

I have CA installed on my desktop and I love it but i am wondering if these will work as a backup plan just incase of a freak accident. anyone ever try these with CA or any other type of antivirus software installed on a PC?

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By: Rarst

Rarst — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:08:05 +0000

@zach

Thanks for suggestion, will check it out. :) Don’t think I heard much about Norman products.

By: zach

zach — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:53:43 +0000

I use Dr. Web all of the time, love it. another one that i came across is Norman Malware cleaner.

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By: Rarst

Rarst — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:14:16 +0000

Yep, these are good addition to toolbox. :) I wonder why antivirus developers are not very focused on portable versions. Lots of portable in this field are cracked and modified versrions of commercial products – shows people are interested. Still very few Like DrWeb (CureIt) and PortableApps (ClamWin Portable) do it properly.

By: Itsme

Itsme — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:59:44 +0000

I’ve not used CureIt! I have used ClamWin, but not as a portable app. I think I need to add both to my toolbox since I do computer support for a living.