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[maiki]

Anyone here familiar with the new AV program from Vietnam, BKAV? (http://www.bkav.com..../DownloadE.aspx)

According to the following article on CNET Crave: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-101095...tag=mncol;posts

this is about the best AV program available, at much lower cost than others (for the paid version, but there is also a free version, not clear on the difference), much lower system resources used, much less chance of false positives, etc.

However, some of the comments from readers at the bottom of the page are quite negative.

I would like to know whether any here have tried that app, and whether or not you agree with the writer of that article. Is it as good as claimed there?

[AdvancedSetup]

Don't have any first hand knowledge of it. If CNET is providing a positive article then I would assume it is a legit site and application. My concerns though would be with support if Vietnamese is not your native language. Even the main GUI of the program is not in all English (which may not be an issue for some users).

So I can only speak for myself and say that I'm not too willing to beta test an AV product on my production system that is not fully available in my own language, in case it asked or modified things and I was not able to read what it was telling me.

[maiki]

 AdvancedSetup, on Dec 1 2008, 06:00 PM, said:

Don't have any first hand knowledge of it. If CNET is providing a positive article then I would assume it is a legit site and application. My concerns though would be with support if Vietnamese is not your native language. Even the main GUI of the program is not in all English (which may not be an issue for some users).

So I can only speak for myself and say that I'm not too willing to beta test an AV product on my production system that is not fully available in my own language, in case it asked or modified things and I was not able to read what it was telling me.

Out of curiousity, I installed it on a computer. As stated in the article, it installed incredibly fast. I could not believe it was installed, seemed instantaneous.

The GUI seems to be in English. Unlike what one user wrote, the GUI does say 2008, although the folder it installs to says 2006.

As far as support, what kind of support do other software apps have. One is likely to reach someone in Vietnam also, or in China, who is unfamiliar with the product, and does not speak English well (with any app, these days).

Yet, what is not clear to me, is whether it provides any real-time protection, or is just an on-demand scanner. It does have the option of starting with Windows, and I don't know why one would want that, if there were no realtime protection. But that is not clear in the GUI. (No option to turn realtime protection on or off, to configure it, etc.)

I haven't really done anything with it yet, so cannot really review it. The GUI certainly lacks the polish of the big boys, but that probably makes it use less resources.

No live update in the free version, unlike others. You have to manually download the daily update from their web site, and install it. The pro version has auto update.

If it is just an on-demand scanner, and since it installs so fast, I don't think it checks for other AV products, I think one could install it on a system with other AV protection, and just use it as one extra on-demand AV scanner.

If anyone else tries it, or has tried it, let us know your opinion.

[playboy6006]

Hi, I'm from Vietnam.

This AV is just a crap. NO MORE! NO LESS!

It is useless anyway as it has the on-demand scanner only and no auto-update, no real-time protection, no phone-supported (BKAV Pro only and just supporting for Vietnamse people!) even though it has started with Windows.

Trust me, anyone in Vietnam with IT knowledges has never used this crap ever! We can easily buy here BitDefender, KIS-KAV and/or other AVs with a much lower price compared to this BKAV!

We rather use the CMC Free Antivirus than this! CMC-AV is another Vietnamse antivirus with better capability. You guys can try this at this below link:

http://www.cmcinfosec.com/

It's totally free for peronal use and it worths to have a try!

Cheers,