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Old August 5th 07, 01:02 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
John
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Default Antivirus recommendation

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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Old August 5th 07, 01:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Shenan Stanley
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Default Antivirus recommendation

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)


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Old August 5th 07, 01:28 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Old Enough
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Default Antivirus recommendation

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?

Many Thanks

Regards

Many people, including myself, use AVG Free
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/services/0/0/0

_________________________________
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to know I don't know a thing ....
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Old August 5th 07, 01:33 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Stan Brown
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Default Antivirus recommendation

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.

--
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bitterness and contempt." -- Nathan Rabin, /The Onion/
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
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Old August 5th 07, 01:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
NotMe
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Default Antivirus recommendation

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!

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"John" wrote in message
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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




  #6  
Old August 5th 07, 01:45 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Ken Blake, MVP
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Default Antivirus recommendation

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

--
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Old August 5th 07, 03:36 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Anna
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Default Antivirus recommendation


"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



And you might want to look at the latest (September, 2007) issue of Consumer
Reports which evaluates the various anti-virus & other anti-malware
programs.
Anna


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Old August 5th 07, 05:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Lil' Dave
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Default Antivirus recommendation

"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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Old August 5th 07, 05:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Kayman
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Default Antivirus recommendation

"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
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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

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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Old August 5th 07, 06:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
neutrino
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Default Antivirus recommendation

On Aug 5, 4:44 pm, "Kayman" wrote:
"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message

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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?


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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Old August 5th 07, 07:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Kayman
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Default Antivirus recommendation


"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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Old August 5th 07, 02:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Bert Kinney
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Default Antivirus recommendation

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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Old August 6th 07, 12:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Gordon
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Default Antivirus recommendation

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
  #14  
Old August 6th 07, 10:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Kayman
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Default Antivirus recommendation

"Gordon" wrote in message
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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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Old August 7th 07, 07:55 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Gordon
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Default Antivirus recommendation

"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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