Which Anti-Virus to use?

[The Prince of Darkness]

Hi!

Need some advise on the best Anti Virus software to install on my new PC.

[Fuzzy Logic]

Depends. A lot of people seem quite happy with either Avast! or AVG,
so you would probably be as well. Plus, both are free.

Fuzzy

[The Prince of Darkness]

How about updates to the definitions? WHich is more reliable to Avast or AVG? How do they compare to licensed softwares like Symantec or McAfee?

[Fuzzy Logic]

I personally don't use either, because my primary machine belongs to
my employer and I am told what software to use, and all my secondary
machines run Linux. Perhaps someone else who has direct experience
with one or the other could respond?

[The Prince of Darkness]

Thanks anyways FUzzy! :)

[Jay]

I use Avira AntiVir at home
On my Mac and Linux Machines I use none

On Wednesday, 7 June 2006 15:29, The Prince of Darkness wrote:
> Thanks anyways FUzzy! :)
>
> Fuzzy Logic wrote:
>
>> I personally don't use either, because my primary machine belongs to
> my employer and I am told what software to use, and all my secondary
> machines run Linux. Perhaps someone else who has direct experience
> with one or the other could respond?
>
> Fuzzy
>
> On 6/7/06, The Prince of Darkness <thedarkp...@gmail.com>

[BiZaRrE]

lol...seems funny to me
the prince of darkness lookin for an antivirus...
i mean....didn't HE (aka: SATAN) invent virus's to mess with all us
good folk??
now he lookin for an antivirus, lol
but seriously, zone alarm has a firewall/antivirus now....might be ok
its always been an ok firewall, i might try it when this resorce hoggin
norton i got with this machine runs out....

[Ukpong]

I use AVG!

[The Prince of Darkness]

What will you take to keep quite and let me unfold my plans?? ;)

[BiZaRrE]

lol...apparently he also works in mysterious ways! but i'll shhhhh and
let ya get on with it... :-))

[Eric Cranston]

Behave Princess!

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[nevadagirl13942]

I use avg and it works great for me. I've never really had any problems
with it, and it has automatic update and scanning.

[qwerty]

i'd say the best free antivirus is Norton. yes, its free with a free 6
moth subscription from Google.
http://pack.google.com/installer_thankyou.html?stub=on&cinst=on&ci_symantec=on&ciNum=0#done

the above link is just norton 2005 with everything else removed, if you
dont trust me go to pack.google.com and do it yourself!

well worth it, i have no real problems with it, but if money was no
object i'd definetely use nod32 because of light footprint, good
updates and speedy scanning

qwerty

[Caleb Eggensperger]

so what do you do in six months?

[qwerty]

well i reinstalled windows cause it needed doing anyway :P that way it
doesn't know you've allready had your 6 month term.

but 6 months is a long time, i wouldnt call it a shoirt term slution as
most subscriptions are aout 12 months anyway.

I'm stickng with norton for now.

qwerty

[Caleb Eggensperger]

well I don't particularly want to reinstall windows and i've used up my six

[qwerty]

fair enough. this question is up with the most frequently documented,
so you're best bet would be to search google.

at the end of the day, as long as your machine stays virus free without
too much slow down, it doesnt matter!!!

qwerty

[Caleb Eggensperger]

be sure and quote (use "Reply with quote" so we know what you're talking about. I'm going to try out avast for a while, it looks pretty good.

[Olivia]

I love avast. It's simply and it's really good. With resident protection it catches viruses before they can actually enter into my system.

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