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Kim Jong Jordan
Joined: 13 Mar 2004
Location: The Internet
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 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject: Kaspersky Virus Protection |
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My Norton subscription has expired and I don't want to renew. A friend of mine insists that Kapersky is, bar none, the best there is. Is there any truth to this? What do you think is the best? If he is right then I plan on downloading it from the internet (after I purchase it of course). Also (this is probably a stupid question) would I have to uninstall Norton before I install whichever new one I get?
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Dan
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Sunny Glendale, CA
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| For pure virus protection, it is the best. However, it doesn't do other things like check email attachments or detect spyware. So it's good, but you should use it along with some other software. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:57 am Post subject: |
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For an excellent FREE virus program use AVAST Home Edition!
www.avast.com
I've used it for several months on computers at home and work, and it is fabulous. It doesn't slow down your computer like Norton does, either. You can set it to run in the background and leave you alone, which I love. no more center-screen pop-ups like my old virus checker had... gosh, those drove me nuts!
It has a resident checker, rates highly on tests, and is a great thing. It does detect e-mail, and I also run Zonealarm and Microsoft's anti-spyware at the same time with no problems.
Heck, it's free! |
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LL Moonmanhead
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Location: yo momma
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:09 am Post subject: |
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| Derrek wrote: |
For an excellent FREE virus program use AVAST Home Edition!
www.avast.com
I've used it for several months on computers at home and work, and it is fabulous. It doesn't slow down your computer like Norton does, either. You can set it to run in the background and leave you alone, which I love. no more center-screen pop-ups like my old virus checker had... gosh, those drove me nuts!
It has a resident checker, rates highly on tests, and is a great thing. It does detect e-mail, and I also run Zonealarm and Microsoft's anti-spyware at the same time with no problems.
Heck, it's free! |
i'd second this, i've used avast for a while now and its fantastic. |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:34 am Post subject: |
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www.grisoft.com
AVG free
Its awsome as well. I used Avast as well have nothing bad to say about it. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:47 am Post subject: |
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| And I'll second AVG. I've used it on one computer for a couple of years and when my Norton expired I swtiched all my PCs to AVG and have been extremely satisifed with the performance. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| A third for AVG. Good stuff.... |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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I'm normally a fan of Free Version AVG but, recently, I noticed it can't automatically update from the server.
You can tell because your little icon in the taskbar goes monochrome.
I think you can do it manually from the website (I never had to because it was able to update itself 1 or 2 days later).
Just a little flaw in an otherwise nice AV. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:46 am Post subject: |
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eamo....I had the same problem, but only once. It would connect, tell me there is an update, but it couldn't seem to download it. 10 minutes later, all was well.  |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| It update just fine, just read the warning when installing avg. It will only update in the morning. It does a full scan and update at 8 am for me. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Wrench wrote: |
| It update just fine, just read the warning when installing avg. It will only update in the morning. It does a full scan and update at 8 am for me. |
Morning where? |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Wrench wrote: |
| It update just fine, just read the warning when installing avg. It will only update in the morning. It does a full scan and update at 8 am for me. |
So uh, what error message do you get if you try update in the evening?
My AVG updates the same way Norton did- it lets me know when there are up | |
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