Anti-virus software

[vanessa]

Hi. I'm looking into buying new Anti-virus software for my computer. I'm
not an IT person. Just your average pc user, so please use layman terms.
lol I used to have Norton Antivirus 2001 with an update subscription. But
i've just recently put in new hardware, including a new hard drive. So I
wanted to get something much more up-to-date. I'm running on Windows XP and
just installed DSL.

Should I stick with Norton, though it's a bit pricey? I've been reading
good things about something called NOD32 as well. And I've been to:
http://www.claymania.com/anti-virus.html
I don't mind spending more as long as I'm getting the most for my money. I
was just looking for some opinions/suggestions. Thanks!

vanessa

 

[Jeffrey A. Setaro]

Hi. I'm looking into buying new Anti-virus software for my computer. I'm
not an IT person. Just your average pc user, so please use layman terms.
lol I used to have Norton Antivirus 2001 with an update subscription. But
i've just recently put in new hardware, including a new hard drive. So I
wanted to get something much more up-to-date. I'm running on Windows XP and
just installed DSL.

Should I stick with Norton, though it's a bit pricey? I've been reading
good things about something called NOD32 as well. And I've been to:
http://www.claymania.com/anti-virus.html
I don't mind spending more as long as I'm getting the most for my money. I
was just looking for some opinions/suggestions. Thanks!

Take a look at F-Secure Internet Security 2003 <http://www.f-
secure.com/solutions/home.shtml>.

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Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
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http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0x5D41429D RSA: 0x599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34

 

[Stephen D. Salmon]

Hi. I'm looking into buying new Anti-virus software for my computer. I'm
not an IT person. Just your average pc user, so please use layman terms.
lol I used to have Norton Antivirus 2001 with an update subscription. But
i've just recently put in new hardware, including a new hard drive. So I
wanted to get something much more up-to-date. I'm running on Windows XP and
just installed DSL.

Should I stick with Norton, though it's a bit pricey? I've been reading
good things about something called NOD32 as well. And I've been to:
http://www.claymania.com/anti-virus.html
I don't mind spending more as long as I'm getting the most for my money. I
was just looking for some opinions/suggestions. Thanks!

vanessa

I'm no great expert myself but I've read a lot of posts on the various
anti-virus programs. Norton does a good job but there seems to be a
general concensus that it uses too much systems resources with it's
interface and background operations. I used it a few years ago but
dropped it mainly because of all the not so great stuff that came
bundled with it.

Something called AVG seems to be fairly well regarded and is, I
believe, free. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. I don't have any
personal experience with it though and find myself wondering if it's
mainly just so popular because it's free.

I will give you a big "thumbs up" on NOD32.

I was also intrigued with what I was reading about ESET's NOD32
and downloaded the trial version about 4-5 months ago. I've been
highly impressed with it and paid for the full year. I would
recommend it to anyone although it was a little tricky to figure out
how to configure the NOD32 for POP3 component to work with my Pegasus
email. The downloadable manual didn't seem to have any information
about how to do that, but I finally figured it out myself. I think if
you're using Outlook it may autoconfigure. Anyway you should be able
to figure it out without too much trouble. And if you can't, you
probably know someone who can get it set up for you.

I believe there is a newer version of NOD32 out since I installed mine
that may be more user friendly. Puts everything into a single
interface from what I have read about it.

I'm running it on Windows2000Pro.

Stever

 

[Roy]

I believe there is a newer version of NOD32 out since I installed mine
that may be more user friendly. Puts everything into a single
interface from what I have read about it.

Version 3 is certainly easier to use, especially for checking the
downloading of e-mail. There's virtually nothing to do. The new user
interface is pretty intuitive, just work your way through all the
options when you first set it up.

From then on it's a case of install and forget about it. You'll hardly
be aware of it, unless it stops something.

Certainly worth going for at the end of your current 12 months.

Cheers,

Roy

 

[Stig]

Version 3 is certainly easier to use, especially for checking the
downloading of e-mail. There's virtually nothing to do. The new user
interface is pretty intuitive, just work your way through all the
options when you first set it up.

From then on it's a case of install and forget about it. You'll hardly
be aware of it, unless it stops something.

Certainly worth going for at the end of your current 12 months.

Version 2 (no 3 yet) can be installed at any time , no need to wait
until your 12 months expires.

 

[Roy]

Version 2 (no 3 yet) can be installed at any time , no need to wait
until your 12 months expires.

You're perfectly correct of course, I'd forgotten that I'd updated from
version 1 to version 2 (only!) a couple of months back. Sorry for any
confusion.

It is a very much improved version nevertheless!

Cheers,

Roy