What AntiVirus to buy?

In a week or two I will have to decide on buying a new AntiVirus product or
renewing my McAffe 2004 AntiVirus Security Centre again? The trouble is, I
am not 100% sure that McAffe is keeping my computer tip-top and free of
spyware? I used the free scan offered by Panda and it stated that I had and
one (1) hacker and nine (9) spyware bits installed on my computer sending
information to someone. I scan two or three times a day using McAffe,
Ad-Aware SE Personal, Microsoft AntiSpyWare and SpyBot, removing all the
spyware and viruses. How can Panda find this when the others don't? I have
noticed that my computer does slow down some times, but I put it down to NTL
cable broadband and I.E.. I am using XP. Any idea what I should buy? Thank
you for any advice.

EZAV (eTrust) is what I have used for years, since it was the free
InoculateIT PE. It's still offered with a 12 month free license, if you
want to try it.

http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/

Heather (thanks to DaVinci for the link)

"<<Scottie>>" <Scottie@address.invalid> wrote in message
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> In a week or two I will have to decide on buying a new AntiVirus
> product or renewing my McAffe 2004 AntiVirus Security Centre again?
> The trouble is, I am not 100% sure that McAffe is keeping my computer
> tip-top and free of spyware? I used the free scan offered by Panda and
> it stated that I had and one (1) hacker and nine (9) spyware bits
> installed on my computer sending information to someone. I scan two or
> three times a day using McAffe, Ad-Aware SE Personal, Microsoft
> AntiSpyWare and SpyBot, removing all the spyware and viruses. How can
> Panda find this when the others don't? I have noticed that my computer
> does slow down some times, but I put it down to NTL cable broadband
> and I.E.. I am using XP. Any idea what I should buy? Thank you for any
> advice.
>

<<Scottie>> wrote:

> I scan two or three times a day using McAffe, Ad-Aware SE Personal,
> Microsoft AntiSpyWare and SpyBot, removing all the spyware and
> viruses.

I am more curious about that one statement than anything else you said.
If in fact you really do use those products three times daily and they
find spyware/viruses each time (?), then there is no use recommending a
new a-v program.

You need to change your habits.

http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html

--
-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer

<> - 12.03.2006 21:57 :

> Any idea what I should buy? Thank you for any advice.
>
BitDefender Suite # and/or (when the final is out in nearer future) the
Kaspersky Internet Security Suite #6. My 2 cents.

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"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:qW4Rf.552425$qk4.318794@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> <<Scottie>> wrote:
>
>> I scan two or three times a day using McAffe, Ad-Aware SE Personal,
>> Microsoft AntiSpyWare and SpyBot, removing all the spyware and
>> viruses.
>
> I am more curious about that one statement than anything else you
> said.
> If in fact you really do use those products three times daily and they
> find spyware/viruses each time (?), then there is no use recommending
> a
> new a-v program.
>
> You need to change your habits.
>
> http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html

Whoops.....zipped right over my head, Shaggy!! You are quite right, of
course. But perhaps he is calling malware.....viruses.

Cheers....Heather

In article <qW4Rf.552425$qk4.318794@bgtnsc05-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, a.nony.mous@example.invalid says...
> <<Scottie>> wrote:
>
> > I scan two or three times a day using McAffe, Ad-Aware SE Personal,
> > Microsoft AntiSpyWare and SpyBot, removing all the spyware and
> > viruses.
>
> I am more curious about that one statement than anything else you said.
> If in fact you really do use those products three times daily and they
> find spyware/viruses each time (?), then there is no use recommending a
> new a-v program.
>
> You need to change your habits.
>
> http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html

I agree with this post
>
>

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Heather wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in message
> news:qW4Rf.552425$qk4.318794@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> <<Scottie>> wrote:
>>
>>> I scan two or three times a day using McAffe, Ad-Aware SE Personal,
>>> Microsoft AntiSpyWare and SpyBot, removing all the spyware and
>>> viruses.
>>
>> I am more curious about that one statement than anything else you
>> said. If in fact you really do use those products three times daily
>> and they find spyware/viruses each time (?), then there is no use
>> recommending a new a-v program.
>>
>> You need to change your habits.
>>
>> http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
>
> Whoops.....zipped right over my head, Shaggy!!

It was rather a subtle statement, wasn't it? .. buried in the middle
like that.

> You are quite right, of course. But perhaps he is calling
> malware.....viruses.

Does it matter? :-)

For kicks, I run Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, A-Squared, and my a-v on this
Windows 2000 box maybe twice a month, and none of them ever find
anything. Even after visiting lots of the dodgy web sites people list
("I visited this site and got infected with ...").

--
-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer

Befunge Sudoku wrote:

> In article <qW4Rf.552425$qk4.318794@bgtnsc05-
> news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, a.nony.mous@example.invalid says...
>> <<Scottie>> wrote:
>>
>>> I scan two or three times a day using McAffe, Ad-Aware SE Personal,
>>> Microsoft AntiSpyWare and SpyBot, removing all the spyware and
>>> viruses.
>>
>> I am more curious about that one statement than anything else you
>> said. If in fact you really do use those products three times daily
>> and they find spyware/viruses each time (?), then there is no use
>> recommending a new a-v program.
>>
>> You need to change your habits.
>>
>> http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
>
> I agree with this post

Thanks. :-) Having a reasonable clue is the first line of defense.

--
-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> <<Scottie>> wrote:
>
>> I scan two or three times a day using McAffe, Ad-Aware SE Personal,
>> Microsoft AntiSpyWare and SpyBot, removing all the spyware and
>> viruses.
>
> I am more curious about that one statement than anything else you said.
> If in fact you really do use those products three times daily and they
> find spyware/viruses each time (?), then there is no use recommending a
> new a-v program.
>
> You need to change your habits.
>

That, or donate his computer to a school or a church.

<<Scottie>> wrote:
> In a week or two I will have to decide on buying a new AntiVirus product or
> renewing my McAffe 2004 AntiVirus Security Centre again? The trouble is, I
> am not 100% sure that McAffe is keeping my computer tip-top and free of
> spyware? I used the free scan offered by Panda and it stated that I had and
> one (1) hacker and nine (9) spyware bits installed on my computer sending
> information to someone. I scan two or three times a day using McAffe,
> Ad-Aware SE Personal, Microsoft AntiSpyWare and SpyBot, removing all the
> spyware and viruses. How can Panda find this when the others don't? I have
> noticed that my computer does slow down some times, but I put it down to NTL
> cable broadband and I.E.. I am using XP. Any idea what I should buy? Thank
> you for any advice.
>
>

The only virus I ever had was when I was using McAffe. But, any AV can
miss a virus somewhere, sometime. McAffe seemed to do what ever it
wanted regardless of my wishes, no way to make it stop calling home,
or thrashing around on my hard drive. And Norton seems to do the same
thing, but Norton does have a very good long term record for virus
detection.

I use NOD32, easy on resources and an excellent long term virus
detection record. My second choice would be Kapersky.

Good luck, jimbo