Guest seaweed1317 Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 I am running XP Pro & have always used Norton Anti-Virus. Recently it started "acting up", wanting to do a full system scan, which I did. But it was constantly trying to do this & there was always an error message on my task bat saying I needed to do this. When I did do it, it took over 4 hours as it did my main drive, a spare internal drive & my external. I removed it with the intent of re-installing. But after it was gone, I couldn't believe how much faster everything was running without Norton. So my question is, does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)? I don't care if I have to buy it. I just don't want Norton anymore & will also remove it from my laptop. Thanks in advance ......seaweed
Guest Tom Porterfield Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: good virus program?? seaweed1317 wrote: > I am running XP Pro & have always used Norton Anti-Virus. Recently it > started "acting up", wanting to do a full system scan, which I did. But it > was constantly trying to do this & there was always an error message on my > task bat saying I needed to do this. When I did do it, it took over 4 hours > as it did my main drive, a spare internal drive & my external. > > I removed it with the intent of re-installing. But after it was gone, I > couldn't believe how much faster everything was running without Norton. So > my question is, does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)? I don't > care if I have to buy it. I just don't want Norton anymore & will also > remove it from my laptop. For a good, paid product, I like NOD32 from http://www.eset.com. -- Tom Porterfield
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: good virus program?? "seaweed1317" <slynn@sympatico.ca> wrote: >does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)? Free... AVG Antivirus from grisoft.com
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: good virus program?? On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 16:18:42 -0400, "seaweed1317" <slynn@sympatico.ca> wrote: > I am running XP Pro & have always used Norton Anti-Virus. Recently it > started "acting up", wanting to do a full system scan, which I did. But it > was constantly trying to do this & there was always an error message on my > task bat saying I needed to do this. When I did do it, it took over 4 hours > as it did my main drive, a spare internal drive & my external. > > I removed it with the intent of re-installing. But after it was gone, I > couldn't believe how much faster everything was running without Norton. So > my question is, does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)? I don't > care if I have to buy it. I just don't want Norton anymore & will also > remove it from my laptop. Good move! I run the freeware Avast! on all my machines, and am happy with it. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest seaweed1317 Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: good virus program?? Thanks to all. Anyone know about another I just heard about, "Avira AntiVir?
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: good virus program?? "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote: >I run the freeware Avast! on all my machines, and am happy with it. I rapidly grew weary of all of it's upgrade activity. It seemed to do it ENDLESSLY. What did I miss in the setup? I am still happy with AVG.
Guest HeyBub Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: good virus program?? seaweed1317 wrote: > I am running XP Pro & have always used Norton Anti-Virus. Recently it > started "acting up", wanting to do a full system scan, which I did. > But it was constantly trying to do this & there was always an error > message on my task bat saying I needed to do this. When I did do it, > it took over 4 hours as it did my main drive, a spare internal drive > & my external. > > I removed it with the intent of re-installing. But after it was gone, > I couldn't believe how much faster everything was running without > Norton. So my question is, does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not > McAfee)? I don't care if I have to buy it. I just don't want Norton > anymore & will also remove it from my laptop. Are you SURE you removed all remnants of Norton? Did you use the super-sekret Norton removal tool? Did you scan your registry for "Norton" and "Symantec?"
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: good virus program?? On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:44:58 -0500, Uncle Grumpy <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote: > "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote: > > >I run the freeware Avast! on all my machines, and am happy with it. > > I rapidly grew weary of all of it's upgrade activity. It seemed to do > it ENDLESSLY. Personally, I think its upgrading often is one of it best features. But it does it essentially transparently, with nothing but a brief little corner pop-up window to alert you that it's done it. If that little corner pop-up makes you "rapidly grow weary," you have even less patience than I thought you had. > What did I miss in the setup? > > I am still happy with AVG. I've heard only good things about AVG from those I respect. I'm happy with Avast!, but I suspect that if I changed to AVG, I'd be happy with that too. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest DL Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: good virus program?? Kaspersky http://www.kaspersky.com has for the past few years been reccomended by many mags, this side of the pond. Personnally I use F-Secure on three PC's "seaweed1317" <slynn@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:%23mB0vuT2HHA.728@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Thanks to all. > > Anyone know about another I just heard about, "Avira AntiVir? > >
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: good virus program?? "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote: >> I rapidly grew weary of all of it's upgrade activity. It seemed to do >> it ENDLESSLY. > > >Personally, I think its upgrading often is one of it best features. >But it does it essentially transparently, with nothing but a brief >little corner pop-up window to alert you that it's done it. > >If that little corner pop-up makes you "rapidly grow weary," you have >even less patience than I thought you had. It was more than a corner pop-up on my notebook. It was an annoying pop-up that forced me to reply. At my age (64), patience doesn't come easily ;->
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: good virus program?? On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:28:00 -0500, Uncle Grumpy <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote: > "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote: > > >> I rapidly grew weary of all of it's upgrade activity. It seemed to do > >> it ENDLESSLY. > > > > > >Personally, I think its upgrading often is one of it best features. > >But it does it essentially transparently, with nothing but a brief > >little corner pop-up window to alert you that it's done it. > > > >If that little corner pop-up makes you "rapidly grow weary," you have > >even less patience than I thought you had. > > It was more than a corner pop-up on my notebook. It was an annoying > pop-up that forced me to reply. I can't explain that, other than to say it doesn't do that here. > At my age (64), patience doesn't come easily ;-> You're a kid. I'm almost six years older than you are (I'll be 70 in November), and I have many time the amount of patience you have. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Newbie Coder Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: good virus program?? Uncle, I totally disagree -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote in message news:dslhb314dfc8tgmrtmaraj0mci3ktnfguo@4ax.com... > "seaweed1317" <slynn@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > >does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)? > > Free... AVG Antivirus from grisoft.com
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: good virus program?? "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote: >I totally disagree BFD
Guest just plain rob Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: good virus program?? On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:18:42 -0400, seaweed1317 brought this comment to my attention: > I am running XP Pro & have always used Norton Anti-Virus. Recently it > started "acting up", wanting to do a full system scan, which I did. But > it was constantly trying to do this & there was always an error message > on my task bat saying I needed to do this. When I did do it, it took > over 4 hours as it did my main drive, a spare internal drive & my > external. > > I removed it with the intent of re-installing. But after it was gone, I > couldn't believe how much faster everything was running without Norton. > So my question is, does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)? I > don't care if I have to buy it. I just don't want Norton anymore & will > also remove it from my laptop. > > Thanks in advance > .....seaweed On one of my machines, I use SpySweeper and really like it, so for the 10 bucks, I added the anti-virus. Can't complain and it's very unobtrusive. Avast! antivirus is excellent freeware, actually excellent anythingware. Good luck.
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