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the best antivirus proggy 3
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A good virus program is worth paying for. Personally, I wouldn't trust my $3000.00 machine to a free piece of software.
I'm a fan of McAfee, but Norton works well too... Just make sure you subscribe to the updates, and MAKE SURE YOU GET THEM.
I'm a fan of McAfee, but Norton works well too... Just make sure you subscribe to the updates, and MAKE SURE YOU GET THEM.
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Norton or McAfee is a great question. The answer is personal preference.
If you use your computer once a month to print out pre-existing invoices and don't have a modem and never put CDs or floppy disks in then by all means get a free virus checker.
If you touch the internet or email, invest wisely in a decent product. If you work on that computer spend more than if you just use it for games. If you back up religiously, think more about your filing hierarchy than your wife and can't wait to hear the startup sound then you should be spending about $2 per week on AV.
And you should get out more...
If you use your computer once a month to print out pre-existing invoices and don't have a modem and never put CDs or floppy disks in then by all means get a free virus checker.
If you touch the internet or email, invest wisely in a decent product. If you work on that computer spend more than if you just use it for games. If you back up religiously, think more about your filing hierarchy than your wife and can't wait to hear the startup sound then you should be spending about $2 per week on AV.
And you should get out more...
Although for all that, if you want a free a/v then you could do a lot worse than install 'InoculateIt'. Although they no longer allow free programs from their site, if you can find a copy on some magazine disc and install it, you can still get the signature updates free.(opprox 3 a week) My suggestions are what I would try myself. If incorrect, I welcome corrections to my rather limited knowledge. Andy.
Comparing Mac Affee and Norton:
I think the performance in detection of Viruses both are very similar. But in my feeling (I didn't do any measurements) Mac Affee seems to be a little bit more resource consuming. But that is only a personal impression.
The third very good scanner is F-Prot. I think it is a product from Kaspersky Lab.
But as told before: What ever you use it is most important to use the actual Virusdefinitions.
hnd
hasso55@yahoo.com
I think the performance in detection of Viruses both are very similar. But in my feeling (I didn't do any measurements) Mac Affee seems to be a little bit more resource consuming. But that is only a personal impression.
The third very good scanner is F-Prot. I think it is a product from Kaspersky Lab.
But as told before: What ever you use it is most important to use the actual Virusdefinitions.
hnd
hasso55@yahoo.com
Additionally to my last Post i recommend to everybody:
Intstall a firewall to your scanner to prevent illegal access to your computer from outside by Trojan Horses. There are a lot of excellent products, and some of them are free for personal, non commercial use like zonealarm.
hnd
hasso55@yahoo.com
Intstall a firewall to your scanner to prevent illegal access to your computer from outside by Trojan Horses. There are a lot of excellent products, and some of them are free for personal, non commercial use like zonealarm.
hnd
hasso55@yahoo.com
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makes AVG which is really good. The best part is that they allow homeusers to use it for no charge. They also have free virus updates, which IMO is probably more important then the actual engine. AVG also has an excellant email scanner that not only scans incomming mail, but outgoing mail as well and it integrates quite nicely with outlook 2000.
I have to agree with hnd on the personel firewall issue. They will let you know if anything tries to get into, or leave your computer with out authorization. You should have seen zone alarm block access to my port 80 (http) a couple of weeks ago when code red was rapant.
I have mcafee and norton and AVG. The reason that I have three is because it is a fact that they all miss certain ones, so with three options to scan a file with the odds of missing a virus go down. If anybody does a search for virus scanner reviews, you'll see that norton and mcafee usually miss virii and trojans that other AV scanners pick up. IMO something that you pay good money for should be much better then free stuff.
The best AV protection is the 5 lbs or so of wetware between your ears. If something looks suspicious then don't open it. If people you know send you unsolicited executable attachments, then delete then. I've been running for years with out an infection. Well actually I almost got infected once by a trojan, but the AV software caught it and would not let it run.
Just because something is free of charge doesn't make it a bad piece of software! Look to the linux world. I regularly write small useful apps that I release free of charge. Would they work better if I charged for them? Troy Williams B.Eng.
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I have to agree with hnd on the personel firewall issue. They will let you know if anything tries to get into, or leave your computer with out authorization. You should have seen zone alarm block access to my port 80 (http) a couple of weeks ago when code red was rapant.
I have mcafee and norton and AVG. The reason that I have three is because it is a fact that they all miss certain ones, so with three options to scan a file with the odds of missing a virus go down. If anybody does a search for virus scanner reviews, you'll see that norton and mcafee usually miss virii and trojans that other AV scanners pick up. IMO something that you pay good money for should be much better then free stuff.
The best AV protection is the 5 lbs or so of wetware between your ears. If something looks suspicious then don't open it. If people you know send you unsolicited executable attachments, then delete then. I've been running for years with out an infection. Well actually I almost got infected once by a trojan, but the AV software caught it and would not let it run.
Just because something is free of charge doesn't make it a bad piece of software! Look to the linux world. I regularly write small useful apps that I release free of charge. Would they work better if I charged for them? Troy Williams B.Eng.
fenris@hotmail.com
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