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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Flower Mound, TX
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Antivirus Options
My subscription to McAfee is almost up, so I was wondering about other options outside of them or Norton. Not dissatisfied with either, just wanted to make sure there isn't another option I should consider. So, what do you recommend?
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12-21-2007, 06:38 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Florida
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Kaspersky
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12-21-2007, 06:43 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Keene, NH
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AVG is another one.
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12-21-2007, 06:44 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Hog Country
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avira Anti-vir
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12-21-2007, 06:54 PM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Kaspersky
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12-21-2007, 07:29 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA
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I use AVG...it's free and works good.
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12-21-2007, 07:37 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Puyallup, WA
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Avast and AVG are both free and compare very favorably to the anti-virus software you have to pay for.
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12-21-2007, 07:39 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: PNW
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Who is your internet service provider? They may have a free option for you.
If you have Road Runner you can get CA Internet Security Suite for free for as long as you have service. |
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12-21-2007, 08:40 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Cary, NC
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I'm currently using Norton 360, notably because of its backup function. Norton has finally done away with most of their performance and integration issues. McAfee has been whining about Vista and was way behind on getting a Vista-compatible version, and Kaspersky gave me huge performance hits (despite that being the alleged key feature of it).
And yes, that paragraph above was very hard for me to write, given just how bad Norton was compatibility wise through the 90s and early 00s. You would not believe how many application crashes and the like it used to cause on stuff it had no business messing with...
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12-21-2007, 08:46 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Mass.
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Since I work for one of the companys mentioned in this thread, I'll try to stay unbiased
 I don't like Kaspersky at all. I think if you just want a cheap, easy clean Antivirus, AVG is pretty good. It doesn't have alot of bells or whistles, but runs pretty well and stays updated ok. I won't comment on the commercial versions as I work for one of those companys. |
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12-21-2007, 08:48 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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I've started using Avast regularly, and I've heard the same good things about AVG.
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12-22-2007, 07:43 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Seven miles up
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I use Panda Internet Security which I think very highly of. I got mine OEM from Buycheapsoftware.com for about 10-15 bucks per liscence. Panda has the firewall, content control and this version does have a backup function.
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12-22-2007, 09:59 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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AVG
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12-22-2007, 08:47 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Chicagoland
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Same here. Switched from Norton and didn't look back. I will say I use Microsoft's Windows Defender for spyware/malware and am happy with that as well (as opposed to Spybot or Ad-Aware). |
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12-22-2007, 09:02 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Las Vegas
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NOD32
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12-22-2007, 10:48 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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What all these people keep saying. I have no idea why people pay big bucks for internet security when there is a lot of good freeware out there. I can name at least 2 good freeware programs for each of antivirus, firewall, and adware cleaner. SI
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