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I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus, while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above? Many Thanks Regards |
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John wrote:
I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus, while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above? Many options to Norton exist. Most of them use less resources and do the same job as effectively - if not more so. ( Good Comparison Page for AV softwa http://www.av-comparatives.org/ ) AntiVir (Free and up) http://www.free-av.com/ avast! (Free and up) http://www.avast.com/ AVG Anti-Virus System (Free and up) http://free.grisoft.com/ ca Anti-Virus (~$49.99 and up) http://snipurl.com/13e0u eset NOD32 (~$39.00 and up) http://www.eset.com/products/ Kaspersky Anti-Virus (~$39.95 and up) http://www.kaspersky.com/kav6 McAfee VirusScan (~$39.99 and up) http://www.mcafee.com/ Panda Antivirus Titanium (~$39.95 and up) http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/antivirus2007.htm (Free Online Scanner: http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/) Trend Micro (~$44.95 and up) http://www.trendmicro.com/en/products/desktop/tav/ (Free Online Scanner: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hous...start_corp.asp) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Sun, 5 Aug 2007 01:02:12 +0100 from John :
I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus, while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above? You could not pay me to put Norton Antivirus on a computer I actually used. I don't know about the current edition, but the early-2005 edition was a resource pig and many people reported it was a real bear to uninstall. I have been happy with AVG Free Edition http://free.grisoft.com My thumb drive was infected by a virus from the computer at the college where I teach. That computer had some virus program; I think it was Norton but I'm not certain. AVG found and quarantined it as soon as I plugged the thumb drive into my computer. -- "The Internet is famously powered by the twin engines of bitterness and contempt." -- Nathan Rabin, /The Onion/ Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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I use AVG free from http://free.grisoft.com
and Avast from http://www.avast.com and ClamWin from http://www.clamwin.com Each has it's ins & outs, but all 3 work and are free. And none of them mess up your computer like Norton. -- A Professional Amateur...If anyone knew it all, none of would be here! Change Alpha to Numeric to reply "John" wrote in message ... Hi I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus, while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above? Many Thanks Regards |
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On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 01:02:12 +0100, "John"
wrote: Hi I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus, while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above? Anything Norton is probably the worst of all possible choices. I recommend either the freeware Avast! (my personal choice) or AVG. Note also, by the way, that a single anti-spyware program is not good enough. Note what Eric Howes, who has done extensive testing on Anti-Spyware products, states: "No single anti-spyware scanner removes everything. Even the best-performing anti-spyware scanner in these tests missed fully one quarter of the "critical" files and Registry entries" See http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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"John" wrote in message
... Hi I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus, while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above? Many Thanks Regards I have 2 instances of XP HE SP2. The first, I use for instances like these, internet browsing, and email. Am using NAV 2003 along with TrendMicro Antispyware, windows firewall is on. The second, I use mostly for local games. Am using NAV 2007, little internet use except XP and NAV updates. NAV 2007 has built-in intrusion blocking and notification of same. In both cases, I've set to use XP updates for notification only. Irregardless the AV you choose, it must be real time scanning of memory, and have capability of scanning your hard drive. Believe Norton 360 goes well beyond an AV. See your subject line. Dave |
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"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
... John wrote: I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus, while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above? Many options to Norton exist. Most of them use less resources and do the same job as effectively - if not more so. ( Good Comparison Page for AV softwa http://www.av-comparatives.org/ ) AntiVir (Free and up) http://www.free-av.com/ avast! (Free and up) http://www.avast.com/ AVG Anti-Virus System (Free and up) http://free.grisoft.com/ ca Anti-Virus (~$49.99 and up) http://snipurl.com/13e0u http://home3.ca.com/Microsoft/Defaul...?sc_lang=en-AU Free 90-day trial eset NOD32 (~$39.00 and up) http://www.eset.com/products/ Kaspersky Anti-Virus (~$39.95 and up) http://www.kaspersky.com/kav6 McAfee VirusScan (~$39.99 and up) http://www.mcafee.com/ http://safety.aol.com/isc/BasicSecurity/ McAfee® VirusScan Plus – Special edition from AOL Panda Antivirus Titanium (~$39.95 and up) http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/antivirus2007.htm (Free Online Scanner: http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/) Trend Micro (~$44.95 and up) http://www.trendmicro.com/en/products/desktop/tav/ (Free Online Scanner: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hous...start_corp.asp) Great selection, good luck |
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On Aug 5, 4:44 pm, "Kayman" wrote:
"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message ... John wrote: I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus, while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above? Everyone has their preferences, all you can do is try and determine in your mind (and Pc ) which one does the job best for you. personally I use Avast AV, Spyware Doctor, Ad-Aware, and Paretologic Antispyware, though I must say I'm not entirely 100% about that one yet, but the others I'd have no hesitation in recommending. oh - and regardless of it being bought and dumped by Norton - I STILL use Sygate Firewall - which I find does an excellent job! and it IS still to be found in the various corners of the Net. I'v yet to see any evidence of the Windows built Firewall doing anything ~ maybe it's just quiet - but I'd prefer to see a pop-up of some description now n then to let me know it's done this or that - just to let me know it IS doing something . |
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"neutrino" wrote in message reasons I have described above? Everyone has their preferences, all you can do is try and determine in your mind (and Pc ) which one does the job best for you. personally I use Avast AV, Spyware Doctor, Ad-Aware, and Paretologic Antispyware, though I must say I'm not entirely 100% about that one yet, nothing is 100% ...but the others I'd have no hesitation in recommending. oh - and regardless of it being bought and dumped by Norton - I STILL use Sygate Firewall - which I find does an excellent job! and it IS still to be found in the various corners of the Net. you're pretty audacious, aren't you I'v yet to see any evidence of the Windows built Firewall doing anything ~ maybe it's just quiet - but I'd prefer to see a pop-up of some description now n then to let me know it's done this or that - just to let me know it IS doing something . you seem to be 'adventurous' sort of a guy, wanna try a different approach to your overall pc security? |
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Hi John,
For pay: NOD32 Antivirus Software for Windows from ESET http://www.eset.com/products/windows.php For Free: Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition Download http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org John wrote: Hi I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus, while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above? Many Thanks Regards |
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Shenan Stanley wrote:
Kaspersky Anti-Virus (~$39.95 and up) http://www.kaspersky.com/kav6 Active Virus Shield is a free offering from AOL (no you don't have to use AOL to get it!) and uses the Kaspersky engine.... http://tinyurl.com/3x8e58 |
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"Gordon" wrote in message
... Active Virus Shield is a free offering from AOL (no you don't have to use AOL to get it!) and uses the Kaspersky engine.... http://tinyurl.com/3x8e58 http://www.activevirusshield.com/ant...eav/index.adp? We're Sorry! AOL® Active Virus Shield is no longer available. Looking for protection from viruses, spyware and hackers? We are now offering McAfee® Virus Scan Plus-Special edition from AOL. |
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"Kayman" wrote in message
... "Gordon" wrote in message ... Active Virus Shield is a free offering from AOL (no you don't have to use AOL to get it!) and uses the Kaspersky engine.... http://tinyurl.com/3x8e58 http://www.activevirusshield.com/ant...eav/index.adp? We're Sorry! AOL® Active Virus Shield is no longer available. Looking for protection from viruses, spyware and hackers? We are now offering McAfee® Virus Scan Plus-Special edition from AOL. that's a shame! It's very good.......they are still doing updates.... |
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Best Antivirus (hands-down) is Avast.
It won't bring your system to it's knees like Norton/Symantec or McAfee. These companies should bot be allowed to sell their respective crappy programs! Avast is FREE (for Home use) and is available for Unix, Mac/OS-X, Linux, and Windows. You can download it from their site. You have to "register" it to get the full 14+ months of updates. (all they want is email address to send the key to, country of origin, check the box that you agree to use the program ONLY for non-commercial purposes). They will email you a key which will work for 14 or more months. And they will never email you with offers of any kind, and I have never ever received junk mail as a function of having given them MY email address! Also - Don't rely on Windows based Firewalls!!! A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link, and ANY firewall running on Windows is only as secure as Windows itself is! If you have a high-speed connection, GET A ROUTER! It isolates your computer from the internet by giving it an IP address that cannot be seen over the internet by other computers. On Aug 4, 8:02 pm, "John" wrote: Hi I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus, while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above? Many Thanks Regards |
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