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| Thread ID: 27392 | 2002-11-21 08:38:00 | antivirus debate is open (again) | loser (538) | Press F1 |
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| 100270 | 2002-11-21 08:38:00 | ok i'm looking for an antivirus program to use & to install on other peoples machines. i personally use nortons now, but have been told it's not all it's cracked up to be. suggestions & debate please ;) NORTON: pros: good updates, never hear of it missing virii cons: it's one huge mother, hog resources a bit, i've heard uninstalling it can cause problems. COST AVG: pros: FREE. cons: a bit ugly ANTIVIR PE from www.free-av.com pros: free, some people I trust have said it's real good. They did tests of a few different ones and like this. cons: i haven't used it yet. please add anything you can to this for me, ta :D PS did you guys miss me? I was busy with exam's 'n' stuff. |
loser (538) | ||
| 100271 | 2002-11-21 08:43:00 | >never hear of it missing virii well bugbear went striaght past my Nortons.. but bugbear spread at a phenominal rate, and Nortons wasn't the only AV prog that was a couple of days behind |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 100272 | 2002-11-21 08:56:00 | EZ Antivirus from My-etrust.com (http://www2.my-etrust.com) Heres the info from the site. Description eTrust EZ Antivirus provides world-class antivirus protection for home and home office PCs. Developed from the award winning eTrust product line, the #1 Internet Security brand used by large corporations and governments around the world, eTrust EZ Antivirus: At $19.95, is less than half the price of most other products. This fee includes all product updates (virus signatures), all product upgrades, and unlimited email support for one year. The best news is that the annual renewal fee is only $9.95! Has the smallest footprint of any leading antivirus product. As a result, it doesn't hog system resources and can be quickly downloaded and installed by users around the world. Provides very effective protection. In fact, in PC World’s 2002 Antivirus Review, eTrust EZ Antivirus was the only leading provider to get 100/100 in the 'Wild Virus' test. These are the real viruses an Internet user would likely be exposed to and an antivirus product really must protect you from. Is very easy to install, use and update. In the same PC World 2002 Antivirus Review, eTrust EZ Antivirus received the second highest ranking for ease of use. Newest release, eTrust EZ Antivirus 6.0, includes several new features such as fully automatic signature downloads and scheduled scanning. Price First year subscription $19.95. Annual renewal fee $9.95 Product Delivery eTrust EZ Antivirus is available only electronically via my-eTrust.com. The estimated download time will vary from just a few minutes with a broadband connection to 25 minutes or more with a dial-up Internet connection. |
Davesdad (923) | ||
| 100273 | 2002-11-21 08:56:00 | Go for Norton Antivirus. Its the best i have used so far. If you got a reasonable system it wont give the effect of hogging your system. I run it on my poor Celeron 333 and it doesnt show the hoggin effect that much. As for catching the virus, it has got all of them without me worrying even the bugbear and others. And if its for personal use then dont worry about costs as you can download a trial version from Symantec's site and run just a little code available from the web to make it run perpetually! :D :D Cheers |
pluto (2246) | ||
| 100274 | 2002-11-21 09:04:00 | Pluto it is not very wise advocating software piracy on a site like this. Personally I have never really liked Nortons AV. Since I downloaded AVG I have been very happy with it and am certainly not worried about it being slightly ugly. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 100275 | 2002-11-21 09:08:00 | I use AVG and don't care what it looks like also, as long as it does its job as it has so far. | shaawing (1863) | ||
| 100276 | 2002-11-21 09:18:00 | I spose i should add that i have been running NAV on the 98SE doze box for about 5 years now.. so one slip is exceptable, i would see atleast one virus most weeks .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 100277 | 2002-11-21 09:43:00 | AVG - as good as any, as up to date as any, uses less resources than many, AND ITS FREE. Why anyone would consider paying when they can get the same (or better in some cases) protection free is totally beyond me. | |llus|oN (645) | ||
| 100278 | 2002-11-21 10:00:00 | Hi.. Mainly use free AVG - Simple & effective but not very customizable. Also use free Avast32 which is a lot more involved to customize but works good (Though it has asimple interface for beginners). It has many suboptions within the advanced interface - though english translation may be tricky to comprehend at first... Started with free Anitivir which is fast, but again not very customizable, and updates (called patterns) take a while to download ('bout 1/2 hour or so). Type "Antivirus review" in your search engine and you should come across a comprehensive comparative review of the main antivirus programs which I have read and I think it gave Avast32 a good review... |
Kahawai_Chaser (166) | ||
| 100279 | 2002-11-21 10:11:00 | Sorrry Mike...guess i didnt read the t/c when signing up ;\ | pluto (2246) | ||
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