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View Poll Results: Who is the KING of antivirus protection? (price is not a factor)
Norton 56 43.75%
McAfee 12 9.38%
NOD32 13 10.16%
AVG 47 36.72%
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11-Aug-2004, 04:27 AM #46
avg rocks, and its free too
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11-Aug-2004, 06:12 PM #47
ok thanks iXneonXi... i'll keep that in mind... in the end, i have a feeling i'll still be running multiple programs to take care of spyware and viruses separately... seems like thats still the best way to go...
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11-Aug-2004, 11:31 PM #48
most definetly.
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12-Aug-2004, 12:46 PM #49
I use Norton but that is because I am used to it. When I first got it there were no free AVs to be had. I have tried the free ones and there is always some limit to what they can do. 1 email program, manual updates, or something along those lines. I have to be truthful though. If I kept one of the free ones on the machine long enough to get used to it I might stay with it.
Norton has never let me get virused without an alert, and has never let a virus totally take over.
I have had to boot into safe mode to finish one off. I have also had to turn off system restore to complete a clean up. The thing about it is, I knew it was there because Norton alerted me. A few times the program has reported can not delete. That is when safe mode and turning off restore comes into play. If you get along with a free one I think thats great. I am too stuck in my ways. I also use internet explorer even though I know there are less vulnerable, or at least less targeted browsers.
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12-Aug-2004, 09:16 PM #50
Yah lol i use mozilla firefox under linux with a really nice virus scanner and firewall built right into my linux. For windows i use firefox browser also and have McAfee VSO (online) but i use spybot s&d + ad-aware personal (both free) and McAfee hasnt even let one touch my harddrive. I was visiting a website and it directly intercepted it. Not to be offensive but once with norton it couldnt clean a file so it deleted it! OMFG that was very bad because it was the file with all my email and that caused some business problems so i wouldnt keep norton on auto delete if you cant clean it.
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13-Aug-2004, 12:57 AM #51
I had McAfee before Norton. It did let a virus in and could not clean it. I bought McAfee office back a few hundred years ago. I paid 80 bucks for the suite and gave the disk to my sister. It was I think the 1999 version. What ever works for you is what you should use. Like I said I know Norton pretty well. I get kind of confused with the others.
NOD32 is supposed to be very good. I couldn't even get along with it. LOL
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13-Aug-2004, 05:42 AM #52
panda av is my favorite, then AVG, and last I would say None. I didnt feel comfortable with ZoneAlarm FW+AV, So im usin Panda Titanium + ZoneAlarm Pro. It works great. I remember my dad bought this Suite thing about a year ago -> SystemSuite 4.0 <- I think thats the name of it, within 1 month a new version came out 5.0 and within 4-5months it said that He could update it anymore and that he had to purchase 5.0. Talk about complete Garbage.
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16-Aug-2004, 10:06 PM #53
yah i hate it when companies do that. your like me. i think avg and panda are really good as panda's free external removal tools are nice when anything else cant fix it. avg has worked wonders for its price and etc etc. good post.
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I also have the " avast! Virus Cleaner - free virus & worm removal tool"

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_cleaner.html

Nice to have because all you need to do is make a folder for it and put the file in it and run it. No install but it makes a aswclnr.log file after scanning so that is why I made the folder for it.

I never tried the " Free antivirus software - free virus protection for home PC " they have because I don't know if you have to install it or not. Anyone know if it needs to be install or if it runs like the "avast! Virus Cleaner "?

http://www.avast.com/eng/free_virus_protectio.html
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18-Aug-2004, 12:28 AM #55
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well avg needs an install because it has active protection system.

I know avg does but was talking about the "avast! Virus Cleaner ".

Pays to look around.

If you already have the latest avast! installed and would like to add the new language only you don't have to download the whole program again. You can just modify installed components of avast program via Control panels - Add/Remove programs.

So yes it does a install.
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18-Aug-2004, 07:57 AM #56
I never wrote that.
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18-Aug-2004, 10:50 AM #57
Is this a loaded question or what...It's like asking what is your favorite ice cream flavor...Its all opinion and what you and your comp feel comfortable with...from personal experience I used Norton and PC-Cillin...stuck with norton because I was to lazy to get to know pc-cillin...It has been four years and until recently norton has not let me down...Now I am going to try avast or avp after some research...this is a hard decision for me because like norton I am a vanilla kinda guy...

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18-Aug-2004, 02:55 PM #58
I agree with the fedster in that I've always been a "vanilla kinda guy".
I've been using McAfee VSO for years (though also mainly because I did the 5-yr pre-paid subscription to cut down the price back in 2002) and never had a problem.
I only just this past week finally got off one of the other things I've been using since as long as I can remember. That being Internet Explorer. It was what I was always used to....though I just changed to Mozilla Firefox, which so far hasn't felt too much different than IE. Which is nice as I was expecting to feel the discomfort of changing off a program I had been using for years upon years. Only annoyance are those websites and programs (such as Yahoo LaunchCast, AIM, and even McAfee VSO) which seem to either require IE or run components through IE.

PS. If anyone knows how to get McAfee VSO to totally bypass IE and go completely through Firefox, let me know.
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18-Aug-2004, 06:17 PM #59
yes, i have vso and firefox so i'll try and figure it out. what do you want me to do with the two. by the way i like McAfee VSO because it is online and auto and i dont have to do anything really. I'll help you on the firefox/mcafee case just tell me exactly what u want me to try.
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18-Aug-2004, 08:33 PM #60
had macaffe and norton. wasnt impressed. use avg now and survived an assault by NETSKY ( 3 versions ) and a BAGEL or two, no problem .
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