What extra online scanner do you use?

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Hi malware fighter,

I know that people use non-resident on-line scanners once in a while, nothing wrong with that, whenever they are compatible (panda is not with avast resident scanning).
What of the following do you use? And why is that?
Polonus is a fan of Bitdefender, don’t know why.

Here is the list:

SKANERY ANTYWIRUSOWE ON-LINE
ON-LINE ANTI-VIRUS SCANNERS (links made non-clickable)

MKS = [http://skaner.mks.com.pl/]

RAV = [http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/indexie.php]

Symantec = [http://security.symantec.com/]

Panda = [http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm]

McAfee = [http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?cid=9914]

Trend micro = [http://pl.trendmicro-europe.com/consumer/products/housecall_pre.php]

Bitdefender = [http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php]

Etrust = [http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx]

Kaspersky = [http://www.kaspersky.pl/services.html?s=online_vir_chk]

Dr.Web = [http://www.drweb32.pl/skaner.php]

Interesting to hear about your extra on-line scanner of choice.

polonus

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Hi polonos,

Trend and Dr. Web seem to give reliably good results so I usually turn to them when needed.

I don’t use Symantec or McAfee because, other than Site Advisor, I have an aversion to any of their products.

I have BitDefender Free installed so their online scan would be a duplication of effort.

Not being familiar with MKS, RAV, and Etrust I don’t use them, and just never got around to trying Kaspersky.

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Polonus you can remove the link to RAV online scanner… They were bought by MS remember?

This is what you get when you go to the link you posted:

[i]Due to the acquisition of RAV’s IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) by Microsoft Corp. in 2003, GeCAD Software SRL is currently scaling down and discontinuing its anti-virus related business.

Please be informed that RAV AntiVirus online and direct sales ceased September 3rd, 2003.[/i]

Also almost all your links lead to pages in Polish language …