What's the top antivirus program that you can best recommend? I keep changing mine, but the longest I used so far is Norton. When it expired I uninstalled and installed the newest trial version. I did uninstalled again and tried Mcafee and AVG then back to Norton for the third time.
Your help is very very much welcome. Thanks.
to be honest, i only bother using free stuff off the net.
i have used a computer for year's and have never got a virus, as long as you look after your computer you should'nt have a problem.
i have learnt to do what my wife says!
Avast works well on the pc's we use. Free on the internet.
I am using Karsperski at the moment, and it is very good.
For a long time I used AVG, and Avast together, with spy doctor running in the background.
All free software available on the net.
Never had any problems
Originally Posted by bornatbirth
yes with a virus scanner, fire wall and a rootkit scanner
yes with a virus scanner, fire wall and a rootkit scanner
i have used a pc since 1999 and online from 2000 and never had a virus, the only time's i have needed to reformat the hard drive is when the software didn't agree
but i have only ever used free stuff from spybot,avg you name it i have used it.
don't waste your money and use some good free stuff!
i have learnt to do what my wife says!
i go back to the days of cp/m machines and commodore pet (late 70s - 1978)
don't waste your money and use some good free stuff!
never had a virus - what do you do with ur pc
i never get infected with a virus, caz the virus scanner stops them
pay
I am a member of a computer self help group of about 100 people.
With just a couple of exceptions we all use AVG free version.
The couple who do not, have not tried AVG as they are happy with what they have.
As for the remainder of us, most have encountered problems of some sort with other anti virus programs. The worst of these has been Norton, which takes up a lot of space, is intrusive and very, very difficult (worse than most viruses) to delete.
AS a 'belt and braces' addition, I also use IObit 360 Security too. The two programs do not appear to conflict.
Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus Guard
Another free download - www.free-av.com
One of those recommended by "Which? Protect Your PC"
If you have Spyware Doctor (free Google Pack) and a good firewall like Outpost you don't really need AV unless you do silly things like download torrents and run them without scanning, clicking email links, etc
Keith - Administrator
I repair and set up pc's for people. Norton is very good the 2010 version is as good as nod 32 i believe. As for hogging resources and beling a .... to remove thats a thing of the past.
I never thought i would ever use norton again but i instal it on everyones pc i set up and no-one has had any problems.
The free a/v progs are ok just don't expect them to be as good as the paid for ones they are not.
However if all you do is occsaionally surf web and come here to **** my team off lol then you should be fine with avg free.
If you tend to dload and anyone in family uses limewire etc otr bit torrent clients then you need something better than avg.
And another tip you can get your premium a/v programs very cheaply if you dload the trial then look on e-bay for the license key only.
This is perfectly legit I got norton 2010 3 licenses with 2 year expirey date for £12 total i think.
I sold 2 for £10 each so mine was free and I made a Profit and I have genuine software on my pc
[QUOTE=lestaxi1;202255]I repair and set up pc's for people. Norton is very good the 2010 version is as good as nod 32 i believe.
OK thanks for the update. We of course have not ventured to use it since the 'bad olde days'
[QUOTE=johncar54;202257]No and you were totally correct it was a plie of .... in the old days but not anymore.
Just checked on e-bay and you can get a 3 license 2 year key for about £15.00
Norton and Mcafee.....
Great big piles of rubbish
Sorry folks, but I only had bad experiences with the both of them...
Both are a lot better now. I had nightmares with mcafee in the past, but it runs like a dream nowNorton and Mcafee.....
Great big piles of rubbish
Sorry folks, but I only had bad experiences with the both of them...
you would'ent have any now with nortonNorton and Mcafee.....
Great big piles of rubbish
Sorry folks, but I only had bad experiences with the both of them...
As i explained before it's a totally different animal now
Windows aren;t allowed to advertise that due to competition laws
Keith - Administrator
did you use an abacus to add up or a calulator or even a pen an paper when you was at school?
same method's different tech.
i have learnt to do what my wife says!
... the latter only ... bet you thought I used a quill and parchment!
Les, I've been programming PC's for decades in multiple language, running Linux servers for over 10 years, and can rip memory resources, networks, etc into tiny fragments.
Norton is still basically not the best. CNET provide the industries standard accepted reviews and they agree with me http://reviews.cnet.com/antivirus-an...-33770771.html
Out of all of them Avast comes out the best http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-...-10019223.html .....and it's free!
Keith - Administrator
I accept you have a very good knowledge of pc's keith. But saying norton is the biggest hog of systems memory is not correct.
I have looked at avast and it does look promising and since it's free then yep why not try it.
I was so anti norton in the past as it was rubbish,all i'm saying is it's not rubbish now which is aknowledged on the cnet site.
I download all sorts of stuff and it has found plenty of nasties in there and rarely gives false positives it's a good product and cheap too.
Reguarding reviews I dont trust any site they often get sweetners we all know that and i'm sure cnet get there share but avast,norton nod32 consistantly get good reviews on many sites.
http://www.anvilsmithtech.com/images/graphs/graph1.png
CNET are trusted throughout the industry and have been for years, they get payment off Norton products and yet they say it is no good, not very good for business, as they get much less recommending the free onesReguarding reviews I dont trust any site they often get sweetners we all know that and i'm sure cnet get there share but avast,norton nod32 consistantly get good reviews on many sites.
Keith - Administrator
Keith the link you sent shows norton with 4out of 5 stars and a reasonable review thats from cnethttp://www.anvilsmithtech.com/images/graphs/graph1.png
CNET are trusted throughout the industry and have been for years, they get payment off Norton products and yet they say it is no good, not very good for business, as they get much less recommending the free ones
They all get 'reasonable' reviews, that's why its a respected independent site.Keith the link you sent shows norton with 4out of 5 stars and a reasonable review thats from cnet
Keith - Administrator
So a review from cnet and given 4 out of 5 stars = no good?
Keith - Administrator
The link you posted http://reviews.cnet.com/antivirus-an...-33770771.html
rates norton as excellent what are you talking about saying i'm on another planet it's your link???
Some people don't use 1 and have no probs at all,you just have to stay away from limewire,torrent sites and any suspicious emails.
I personally need one for various resons.1 good a/v will do you dont need two it generally will make no difference.
If you ever have 2 installed and both set to run on pc boot up you may be waiting some time before you can use pc as they will be in conflict and til resolved you aint gonna be able to do much with pc.
You can have 2 installed though just make sure both don't automatically load up on boot up.
Go to msconfig,startup to ensure this.Unchec 1 of your a/v.
We we're talking about it's footprint though!
"Despite dramatic performance improvements in the past two years, Norton still doesn't leave the smallest footprint on your CPU, and new efficacy results show that while it continues to be in the top five at detecting malicious software, it still doesn't have the highest rate of detection."
IE. You can get smaller footprints and better detection on the free ones.
Keith - Administrator
Ok let's leave this 1 now keith we could go on forever.
I was only trying to help and having used all the a/v progs available was totally suprised to find out how much norton had improved from it's dubious past
I have installed it on plenty of pc's including my own and everyone seems more than happy with it,some of the pc's being quite old models too.
And remember the cost is very,very cheap if bought correctly about £5.00 per pc for 2 year license. remember too i was a devout nod 32 fan in the past.
Whilst i accept there are some very good free ones about it would be totally unfair to say norton is a resource hugging bloated piece of crap,it was but it aint now.
A man utd fan and scouser are never going to agree on anything are we
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