McAfee or Norton
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Norton is a resource hog, and I hate McAfee as well. What system are you running?
Personally, I run NOD32 antivirus, Outpost as software firewall, and router as my hardware firewall.
Oh, and a few spyware tools I run now and again.
Norton is a resource hog, and I hate McAfee as well. What system are you running?
Personally, I run NOD32 antivirus, Outpost as software firewall, and router as my hardware firewall.
Oh, and a few spyware tools I run now and again.
AVG.. Free
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So are mine
not macafee,its the biggest piece of nagware ive ever used.friend had it on her pc when i was cleaning the HD and stuff and it was a real pain
None of the above
Norton is a resource hog, and I hate McAfee as well. What system are you running?
Personally, I run NOD32 antivirus, Outpost as software firewall, and router as my hardware firewall.
Oh, and a few spyware tools I run now and again.
At the mo I run AdAware, Spybot, McAfee SecurityCenter (anti virus/firewall), Stinger (outdate) and Windows Defender at least once a week and have never had a problem.
The only concern I have with the free AVG is because its free it might not be as effective as others?
I'm kind of interested in the Norton 360 - anyone using it?
ive um *cough* got it but not tried it
How come?
I once had to resurect a friends PC who had become infected.
Tried to install Norton.. nope.. the virus wouldn't allow it.
Tried some other well known brand.. Nope.. failed again
In desperation found this free anti-virus on the net.. and hey presto.. it worked. Can't remember its name but they released updates for free and it always worked. Eventually they became a pay for service but for all their loyal 'customers' who had the free system - they kept releasing free updates
Eventually I went to uni and lost internet.. lost my codes and forgot the service. It may well have evolved into the AVG available today.
Im finding Avast! good at the moment... seems less intrusive than AVG (which is also very good and i used that for quite a bit too...).
I once had to resurect a friends PC who had become infected.
Tried to install Norton.. nope.. the virus wouldn't allow it.
Tried some other well known brand.. Nope.. failed again
In desperation found this free anti-virus on the net.. and hey presto.. it worked. Can't remember its name but they released updates for free and it always worked. Eventually they became a pay for service but for all their loyal 'customers' who had the free system - they kept releasing free updates
In other words free doesn't necessarily mean its crap I guess. Well I'll probably check out the Norton 360 at the shops, but if nothing excites me then I'll probably just renew my McAfee subscription.. as they say 'if it ain't broken don't fix it'
im using norton 07, spybot, adaware, defender, and windows firewall. not had a virus yet. scanned weekly.
check the reviews and group tests, you''ll soon change your mind.
generally norton and mcafee are the ones to steer clear of.
I use Avg Internet Security 7.5 has firewall, anti-virus, spyware, anti spam, if its out of Norton & McAfee though i would chose McAfee.
I use AVG7.5 free download. It tells you how to fix a problem when it occurs, does daily upgrades and scandisk once a day when the pc is on.
norton is intrustive, resource hungry and over priced.
AVG is good for a free one, but if you are going to pay - then use NOD32. It is the best out there.
AVG is good for a free one, but if you are going to pay - then use NOD32. It is the best out there.
In other words free doesn't necessarily mean its crap I guess. Well I'll probably check out the Norton 360 at the shops, but if nothing excites me then I'll probably just renew my McAfee subscription.. as they say 'if it ain't broken don't fix it'
I'm running Norton 360, and I have to say its not as bloaty or intrusive as the Norton of old infact its very good and it phishing dector is working very well as it detected a fake EBay and Paypal page I opened in a email link.
Here is a handy hint,,,
If you buy the download package, get it from the US site here,
http://shop.symantecstore.com/store...meID.518300/pgm.8187400/pbPage.N360PDpopup_v2
Why? well its $69.99 which is about £35 at the current exchange rate.
And if you get the same product from the UK site,,
http://www.symantecstore.com/dr/sat...6&CUR=826&DSP=&PGRP=0&ABCODE=&CACHE_ID=262457
Its £59.99.
I know it works because my credit card only got billed for £42.99 as I added the unlimited downloads should Vista crash in 6 months time. Thats still a decent saving.
It is good and you hardly notice it.
I use pc-cillin, seems pretty good, better than norton which I used to have anyway.
