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Thread ID: 29130	2003-01-10 23:06:00	AntiVirus software	Synchronised_Thoughts (2589)	Press F1

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112777	2003-01-11 07:43:00	yes godfather. the 'engines' do get out of date. norton does update the engine but only up to a point. so useing an old (norton95) is not great. rough rule of thumb is that a new but free antivirus is better than a paid but outdated one. of course a paid uptodate one is best. > Only problem is that my NAV for Windows 95 came from PC Company and they do not seem to have given me a CD or box it just came loaded with the PC, therefore cannot locate a serial or part no. if you already have AVG or nortons2003 then why bother worring about NAV95	tweak'e (174)
112778	2003-01-11 20:37:00	In regards to the engines. Note that NAV2002 and NAV 2003 are practically identical. All that is different is cosmetics. So if you can find someone selling NAV 2002 cheap then go for that over 2003. I agree about some engines not as been as good as others to pick up viruses for theoretical purposes lets say NAV against AVG. However i also don't believe that many of the reports out, give a fair view of other virus scanners and how well they do their job. You will notice that they always rave on about how great NAV is and that nothing can get past it. When infact their tests are set up in a way that NAV's snooping engine would pick up the suspected virus but not AVG's snooping engine. Hence you get a bias'd view. I use to be one of those people who said, "na you don't need a virus scanner if you know what your doing." Then i had 2 reformats due to a couple of viruses geting past. So i guess the saying goes. Once burnt twice shy.	roofus (483)
112779	2003-01-12 01:36:00	look at youselves people. as soon as someone disagrees with you you start slandering then. nice forum. keep it up. i guess most of you are teenages to react like that.	daninjapan (2703)
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