POLL: BEST ANTIVIRUS

[Arvindra]

Hi ppl I recently installed XP Pro and the system was
booting enormously fast without any programs installed.
But as I installed Norton Antivirus 2004 Pro it started
crawling. Now it boots up sooooo alowly. So I decided
removing Norton AV and talked to th ppl at Norton they
said that I could return it to the same shopkeeper. But
now should I return it or keep it because I have no AV
software installed currently and would like ur
PROFESSIONAL opinions on most SAFE and THE FASTEST AV
software available. By the way what do you MVP's use???
Should I keep Norton.

Please suggest only 1 GOOD AV software and not Multiple
good ones coz I'm bad at choosing.

 

[Tom Porterfield]

Hi ppl I recently installed XP Pro and the system was
booting enormously fast without any programs installed.
But as I installed Norton Antivirus 2004 Pro it started
crawling. Now it boots up sooooo alowly. So I decided
removing Norton AV and talked to th ppl at Norton they
said that I could return it to the same shopkeeper. But
now should I return it or keep it because I have no AV
software installed currently and would like ur
PROFESSIONAL opinions on most SAFE and THE FASTEST AV
software available. By the way what do you MVP's use???
Should I keep Norton.

Please suggest only 1 GOOD AV software and not Multiple
good ones coz I'm bad at choosing.

You'll find that there are varying opinions. I use Symantec AV
Corporate Edition at work with little problems. However there are
differences between that and their home product. I've heard about
enough problems with Norton AV Home products not to recommend that.

One that is highly recommended both for accuracy in catching virus and
low system impact is eTrust from CA. They have a free download
available with free 12 month subscription for Windows users. For more
info see http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

 

[Tony Talmage]

I enjoy Avast. Avast does everything I need plus it includes an additional
function called "VRDB", which I believe stands for Virus Repair Database or
something to that effect. It has the ability to restore files corrupted by
viruses, which is neat. Also, this is the only software I've used that
actually finds viruses in emails - I've used NAV2000, AVG, NAV Corporate
7.6, McAfee (don't remember version), etc., and none of them caught any
viruses received via email.

So, my personal recommendation (that is, I use it at home as well as work
and it's caught many many viruses, but I don't think that's considered
professional) would go to Avast.

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
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Phone: (888) 354-6600

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Personally i don't like Norton Anti Virus. I prefer AVG anti virus
www.grisoft.com It's free and it does the job

 

[Phil]

I stay away from nortons bug ridden, bloated software.
Free AVG anti-virus is the way to go.
www.grisoft.com
Did I mention its free and one of the best out there.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

e-trust & AVG, both are good (especially e-trust for good detection and light-weight)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

AumHa VSOP: http://www.aumha.org

Hi ppl I recently installed XP Pro and the system was
booting enormously fast without any programs installed.
But as I installed Norton Antivirus 2004 Pro it started
crawling. Now it boots up sooooo alowly. So I decided
removing Norton AV and talked to th ppl at Norton they
said that I could return it to the same shopkeeper. But
now should I return it or keep it because I have no AV
software installed currently and would like ur
PROFESSIONAL opinions on most SAFE and THE FASTEST AV
software available. By the way what do you MVP's use???
Should I keep Norton.

Please suggest only 1 GOOD AV software and not Multiple
good ones coz I'm bad at choosing.

 

[zag]

Norton works well for me and has for many years.
z ---------------------------------------------

 

[kurttrail]

Hi ppl I recently installed XP Pro and the system was
booting enormously fast without any programs installed.
But as I installed Norton Antivirus 2004 Pro it started
crawling. Now it boots up sooooo alowly. So I decided
removing Norton AV and talked to th ppl at Norton they
said that I could return it to the same shopkeeper. But
now should I return it or keep it because I have no AV
software installed currently and would like ur
PROFESSIONAL opinions on most SAFE and THE FASTEST AV
software available. By the way what do you MVP's use???
Should I keep Norton.

Please suggest only 1 GOOD AV software and not Multiple
good ones coz I'm bad at choosing.

Best choice for President of the US - Not Bush

Best choice for AV - Not Norton

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[Wesley Vogel]

Get Your AVG for free!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Hasn't let me down yet.

 

[Albert Sims]

You'll find that there are varying opinions. I use Symantec AV
Corporate Edition at work with little problems. However there are
differences between that and their home product. I've heard about
enough problems with Norton AV Home products not to recommend that.

I've been using Norton AV for over 5 years, just upgraded to the 2004
edition recently, haven't ever experienced any problems.

 

[Albert Sims]

Norton works well for me and has for many years.

Same here, been using it over 5 years, on two PC's, never any problems.

 

[kurttrail]

I've been using Norton AV for over 5 years, just upgraded to the 2004
edition recently, haven't ever experienced any problems.

Now uninstall it and install AVG, and see how much of a drag NAV is on your
system.

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[Tom Lake]

Please suggest only 1 GOOD AV software and not Multiple

good ones coz I'm bad at choosing.

I like AntiVir. It's free and has daily updates. I have had too many
conflicts with Norton but none with AntiVir. I have also had no viruses nor
worms since installing AntiVir. It protected me from Sasser, Peni5,
Welchia, and others.

http://www.free-av.com/

Tom Lake

 

[Jeff]

I have used AVG for a very long time. It works great, has automatic
upgrades and is free. Why look anywhere else?

--

Jeff McPherson
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam
(e-mail address removed)
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by AVG

 

[kurttrail]

Norton works well for me and has for many years.

But have you tried anything else other than Norton?

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[Wesley Vogel]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Now uninstall it and install AVG, and see how much of a drag NAV is
on your system.

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Peace!
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[Luke Robertson]

Hi ppl I recently installed XP Pro and the system was
booting enormously fast without any programs installed.
But as I installed Norton Antivirus 2004 Pro it started
crawling. Now it boots up sooooo alowly. So I decided
removing Norton AV and talked to th ppl at Norton they
said that I could return it to the same shopkeeper. But
now should I return it or keep it because I have no AV
software installed currently and would like ur
PROFESSIONAL opinions on most SAFE and THE FASTEST AV
software available. By the way what do you MVP's use???
Should I keep Norton.

Please suggest only 1 GOOD AV software and not Multiple
good ones coz I'm bad at choosing.

Norton is usually good. Try turning off the extra settings, and run it
in 'bare bones' mode to see if that is any better

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You'll get nearly as many differing opinions as you will
responses.

I used, and recommended, Norton Antivirus and then Norton Internet
Security, for many years, on Win98, WinNT, Win2K, and WinXP, all
without any significant problems. I had used McAfee prior to that.
But it's been several years since I've been tempted to try McAfee
products. Their quality seemed to take a steep nose-dive after they
were acquired by Network Associates.

However, when my subscription to Symantec's updates for Norton
Internet Security 2002 came up for renewal (at a cost substantially
higher than the preceding year's subscription), I decided to try less
expensive solutions. I downloaded and installed the free version of
GriSoft's AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php ) and the
free version of Sygate's Personal Firewall
(http://smb.sygate.com/free/default.php ). Both have proven to be
easily installed, easy to use, and quite effective. Additionally, I
was pleasantly surprised to see a small but very noticeable
improvement in my PC's performance, once I'd replaced the Symantec
product.


Bruce Chambers
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[Tom Porterfield]

Personally i don't like Norton Anti Virus. I prefer AVG anti virus
www.grisoft.com It's free and it does the job

Problem with AVG is recently variants (and their were only four at the
time) of some fairly prolific viruses weren't detected by AVG 10 days
after most other vendors detected the virus. So yes, it's free, but it
only mostly does the job.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

 

[kurttrail]

Problem with AVG is recently variants (and their were only four at the
time) of some fairly prolific viruses weren't detected by AVG 10 days
after most other vendors detected the virus. So yes, it's free, but
it only mostly does the job.

No product is perfect and they all miss something. BUT not all AV programs
hog system resources like NAV.

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