anti virus protection software - Page 2

Mirage · 08-08-2006, 08:58 PM

I don't understand why people are so afraid of viruses. I didn't even use to have an antivirus program until i got AVG two years ago. This PC has only had one virus, and that was because I downloaded a crack for the Sims 2, and I was well aware that I could get a virus along with it. AVG zapped it anyway.

And no, AVG is antivirus, not antispyware. You'e got other programs for that.

I honestly don't understand why the average home user would need something better than AVG Free.

atlanteay · 08-08-2006, 09:10 PM

McAfee is good. It's better than Norton IMO. Norton gave me a lot of troubles >< first it won't subscribe then i can't remove it since it's missing a file and then etc...

God · 08-08-2006, 09:26 PM

Norton is trash. McAfee was also trash last I tried it. What's wrong with AVG?

Samuraid · 08-09-2006, 01:46 AM

Symantec AntiVirus corporate is the worthwhile software out of the Norton family, but it costs.

AVG works fine and is free.

crono_logical · 08-09-2006, 02:22 AM

Originally Posted by Mirage ^

I honestly don't understand why the average home user would need something better than AVG Free.

The average home user also uses a bug-filled web browser, visits lots of dodgy sites, and downloads lots of dodgy programs and run them without second thought of the impact

McAfee is still crap - we have it on our work machines due to how easy it is to manage across an enterprise of several thousand machines, but it sure eats up resources and slows things down

Since you don't need the nice management functions in a tiny home office, I don't see any reason to install that bloat at home either

Mirage · 08-09-2006, 03:06 AM

Oh. I forgot.
And I still think that's the digital equivalent of driving a car without having a drivers lisence.

bipper · 08-09-2006, 03:41 AM

Both Clamwin (non install version at portableapps.com) and AVG are very solid systems. AVG > norton, even if you do pay out the ass for it. There is also a free spyware deal at free.grisoft.com (Where you download avg from, at the bottom of the page) AVG windows version even works on vista... Well, I should not say works - if it did it would shove the @#$%ing OS out the door.

Bipper

Mirage · 08-09-2006, 03:42 AM

Bipper should stop judging incomplete versions of operating systems. No one is claiming Vista works as it should yet.

atlanteay spoony bard Location: the ATL	#10 (permalink) McAfee is good. It's better than Norton IMO. Norton gave me a lot of troubles >< first it won't subscribe then i can't remove it since it's missing a file and then etc...
08-08-2006, 09:10 PM

God	#11 (permalink) Norton is trash. McAfee was also trash last I tried it. What's wrong with AVG?
08-08-2006, 09:26 PM

Samuraid Administrator Ominous Wanderer	#12 (permalink) Symantec AntiVirus corporate is the worthwhile software out of the Norton family, but it costs. AVG works fine and is free.
08-09-2006, 01:46 AM

Mirage bot Location: Interconnected tubes	#14 (permalink) Oh. I forgot. And I still think that's the digital equivalent of driving a car without having a drivers lisence.
08-09-2006, 03:06 AM

Mirage bot Location: Interconnected tubes	#16 (permalink) Bipper should stop judging incomplete versions of operating systems. No one is claiming Vista works as it should yet.
08-09-2006, 03:42 AM