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Poll: which is the best virus software
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RE: Virus software
Having AVG on that list is an absolute disgrace to AV software. Well I can tell you all next year's version of Norton will be really good.
07-28-2004 01:19 PM
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RE: Virus software
McAfee all the way!
Nice and easy to use, and it doesn't fry motherboards like Norton does... :dodgy: Advent PC... not mine though: I built mine myself. Never had a Norton product on it, and never will.
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07-28-2004 10:08 PM
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RE: Virus software
zone alarm is good for me more of a firewall though but if u get viruses u can deny em access to the internet
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07-30-2004 09:53 AM
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RE: Virus software
i use symantec antivirus corporate edition.
i think its the best !!

im not sure why people say norton av is heavier
than macafee, i think macafee is much heavier !!
(heavier i mean its more load on the pc)

07-30-2004 11:25 PM
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RE: Virus software
i would recommend AVG as i have had norton installed and it dint pick up a virus which i found on my pc wen i installed avg after norton ran out.

.....................but i must say windoctor and many of the other utilities that come with norton are extremely useful tho

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07-30-2004 11:34 PM
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RE: Virus software
Norton all the way.  Thats resource hogging is pure bullshit, I've been running it since I got my first computer (which came equipped with Norton AntiVirus 2000), upgraded it every time and it worked great. That was a Pentium 2 system, and it still runs perfectly.  I now have a Pentium 3 - 866MhZ with Windows XP and run Norton AntiVirus 2004.  Norton AntiVirus 2005 i've only tested minimally, and it also functions great.

Summary: Norton all the way.
07-30-2004 11:39 PM
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RE: Virus software
Although Norton Antivirus is a good program, it is a pain to simply temporarly disable it. It has far to many running processes and services (and that's why NAV is "heavier") and too much things build in that prevents it from disabling/killing it.

For normal use this is very good and better then others as this will protect the common user. But for the "experienced" user this is a real pain in the *beep*....

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07-30-2004 11:52 PM
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