about the change of antivirus program

S

stranger

hi
i bought a laptop acer aspire 4930g before six months. it previously
contained the mcafee antivirus as the security. so i was ok then. now it is
asking me to renew the mcafee. but i want to put avg. i can not put avg
without uninstalling the mcafee. now i am having trouble deciding that what
should i do. which is the better ? can i remove the preinstalled mcafee for
avg ? because i am getting avg for free. will avg do the same job ? may be
mcafee was giving the full protection and avg may not give the same? i am
using windows vista premium. please tell me that if it is ok to install avg
and remove the mcafee for the full internet security.
 
F

FromTheRafters

stranger said:
hi
i bought a laptop acer aspire 4930g before six months. it previously
contained the mcafee antivirus as the security. so i was ok then. now
it is
asking me to renew the mcafee. but i want to put avg. i can not put
avg
without uninstalling the mcafee. now i am having trouble deciding that
what
should i do. which is the better ? can i remove the preinstalled
mcafee for
avg ? because i am getting avg for free. will avg do the same job ?
may be
mcafee was giving the full protection and avg may not give the same? i
am
using windows vista premium. please tell me that if it is ok to
install avg
and remove the mcafee for the full internet security.
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For a paid for version, NOD32 is an often recommended choice.

I recommend Avast! antivirus and AntiVir antivirus (both free versions).
I would recommend AVG as well, except many here have stopped
recommending it for some reason. I suspect it has become bloated as most
of the better ones have in the past.

What a shame.
 
N

Noel Paton

hi
i bought a laptop acer aspire 4930g before six months. it previously
contained the mcafee antivirus as the security. so i was ok then. now it is
asking me to renew the mcafee. but i want to put avg. i can not put avg
without uninstalling the mcafee. now i am having trouble deciding that what
should i do. which is the better ? can i remove the preinstalled mcafee for
avg ? because i am getting avg for free. will avg do the same job ? may be
mcafee was giving the full protection and avg may not give the same? i am
using windows vista premium. please tell me that if it is ok to install avg
and remove the mcafee for the full internet security.
Click to expand...

McAfee came with my 8930g - and was ripped out as soon as I got it
home, and replaced by AVG.
Note - when you uninstall McAfee, use the uninstaller in Programs and
Features, and then run the McAfee cleanup utility to get rid of the
dross that's left behind.
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=2057&id=TS100507

Note also - do things in this order
1) download AVG
2) disconnect from the Internet - then reboot
3) uninstall McAfee - then reboot
4) run the cleanup tool - then reboot
5)check that the Windows Firewall is running
6) Install AVG. - use the custom install and refuse the offer to scan
emails (it's not reliable in ANY anti-virus, and tends to cause
connection problems with the email servers - the mails get scanned
when you open them anyhow)
6) At some point in the install, you'll be asked to update the
definitions - connect to the Internet then, and do the updates - then
hit the Back button and redo the scan for updates, and repeat until it
tells you there's no more updates to do - then complete the install,
reboot, and do a full system scan.

HTH
 
C

Charlie Tame

FromTheRafters said:
For a paid for version, NOD32 is an often recommended choice.

I recommend Avast! antivirus and AntiVir antivirus (both free versions).
I would recommend AVG as well, except many here have stopped
recommending it for some reason. I suspect it has become bloated as most
of the better ones have in the past.

What a shame.
Click to expand...

well V8 got really slow and dragged the machine down with it after some
update, and then I installed V8.5 or whatever and within a week or so
that got as bad. By comparison AntiVir flies. Soo yes, I think you have
it exactly right.
 
H

Hank Arnold (MVP)

I wouldn't hesitate to replace it with *ANYTHING* else... ;-)

Right now, I'm using VIPRE (with Sunbelt Personal Firewall) and like it
a lot so far...

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
http://mypcassistant.blogspot.com/
I wouldn't hesitate to replace McAfee with AVG.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
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H

Hank Arnold (MVP)

Noel said:
McAfee came with my 8930g - and was ripped out as soon as I got it
home, and replaced by AVG.
Note - when you uninstall McAfee, use the uninstaller in Programs and
Features, and then run the McAfee cleanup utility to get rid of the
dross that's left behind.
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=2057&id=TS100507

Note also - do things in this order
1) download AVG
2) disconnect from the Internet - then reboot
3) uninstall McAfee - then reboot
4) run the cleanup tool - then reboot
5)check that the Windows Firewall is running
6) Install AVG. - use the custom install and refuse the offer to scan
emails (it's not reliable in ANY anti-virus, and tends to cause
connection problems with the email servers - the mails get scanned
when you open them anyhow)
6) At some point in the install, you'll be asked to update the
definitions - connect to the Internet then, and do the updates - then
hit the Back button and redo the scan for updates, and repeat until it
tells you there's no more updates to do - then complete the install,
reboot, and do a full system scan.

HTH
Click to expand...

When it comes to uninstalling programs, I've found that the Revo
Uninstaller (http://www.revouninstaller.com/) does a great job of
uninstalling programs. It not only runs the built-in uninstaller, it
searches for left over registry entries and files.

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
http://mypcassistant.blogspot.com/
 

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