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| 266147 | 2004-08-28 12:25:00 | "Panda Platinum Pro"... Main claim to fame... They have never been caught by a virus "in the wild" Not too bad a claim....I reckon ! Has served me well for 3 years now Having said that....I'll probably be 'struck' tomorrow....If not tonight ! Regards. |
DUNK (1527) | ||
| 266148 | 2004-08-28 20:11:00 | >I haven't run any AV protection for 4 years + and have never had anything infect my machine. Sorry but how do you know. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 266149 | 2004-08-28 20:22:00 | > Whats Best? Best is the one that catches the most viruses full stop. If you want free you don't neccessarily want the best but the best value for money which is a different kettle of fish. If you want the best and are prepared to pay then Nod32 is the one. To be quite frank Norton's does not come into either of the two categories, best or best value for money. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 266150 | 2004-08-28 20:35:00 | > I wouldnt trust AVG to remove viruses if found. Seen a lot of people complain about it finding something BUT not being able to put it in the vault. Sorry but they all suffer from that complaint. I personally have never had that complaint with it but I have been on machines where Norton's has suffered from that. Most often it is to do with the restore points and do you want just any program no matter how trusted trampling over your restore points. Better to keep updated so that no virus can end up in a restore point. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 266151 | 2004-08-28 22:43:00 | >>>Avast antivirus is the best one that is free, imho. I used AVG for a long time but Avast has a better rating of catching viruses (up with the better ones that cost $$) and the updates are super fast. Go to: http://www.avast.com/ I would NOT use Norton's. It has a long history of screwing up OS's, is very hard to get rid of (uninstall completely), and does conflict with some other programs. Perhaps the newest Norton AV has solved these problems but frankly I would not risk Nortons when there are so many good AV programs around. A few months ago I researched independent ratings of AV programs and I believe NOD32 was the best but from memory the user interface is not easy. |
Steve_L (763) | ||
| 266152 | 2004-08-29 00:44:00 | Bugger, I'm going to have to agree with WTF yet again. :O Yes, I use Nortons for protection, but it has never fired in anger for a virus loose in my system because I follow the same precautions WTF uses. A couple of times I have thought I've been hit but they were always false alarms (my thinking, not NAV alerts). I receive a large number of email virus packages every day but they don't get past Mailwasher and are deleted at the server. Very occasionally a virus email arrives in my email account in the few seconds between my deletion of the rubbish and download of the wanted messages, and NAV signals those as they download, but it doesn't really matter as I don't preview and I wouldn't have opened them anyway. For me NAV is an insurance policy, and I'll say again, I've used it on multiple computers for many years with WFWG3.11, W95, W98 and now W2000 and it has never given me any problems. If it was all that bad surely I would have noticed something by now? Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 266153 | 2004-08-29 01:41:00 | > Sorry but how do you know. Shoulda seen that coming.... I've done the odd housecall every now and then to be certain, I've never run any resident scanner. If anything, don't get the latest version of NAV (2k4) it's a bloated resource hog - will slow most machines substantially. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 266154 | 2004-08-29 10:32:00 | I prefer McAfee over NAV mainly because updates are free for the lifetime of the product. | tutaenui (1724) | ||
| 266155 | 2004-08-29 11:45:00 | >I prefer McAfee over NAV mainly because updates are free for the lifetime of the product. are you sure? unless the lifetime of the product is only 1 year. mcafee has subscriptions just like everyone else. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 266156 | 2004-08-29 12:07:00 | With McAfee, you do not have to do a "live update", you can download and install the executable update . Nor do you have to register the copy . That way there is no expiry of the program . The need to upgrade is based simply on the ability of the AV engine to remain effective, but even upgrades to that (within the version) are available . They do not make the download easy to find, but its there and updated several times a week on average . Have been using McAfee in several versions since about '96 and never had a problem with a virus . Using nothing other than common sense (and a good NAT router the last few years) however, I have never had any serious threat either, much like some others above . Really makes me wonder how some people do get their systems so badly compromised . They must live for the click on the "yes" box . . . or download from unsafe places? |
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