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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Andyb on 18 October 2009, 20:57:44
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any recommendations on what to install
just re formatted laptop so all nice and clean
it got a bundled version of norton but i dont like it
so any sugestions
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I use avast, others use AVG.
I found AVG ate too much resources for my liking
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Good PC AVAST
Slow PC AntiVir
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I have been using AVAST for some time on my machine and have never noticed any problems, doesn't seem to eat too much system resources...
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NOD32 here
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Been using AVG for about 10 years with no major problems.
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Ive got avira. not to bad but could be better.
had avg not happy with it,
also had norton 360 slowed the pc right down and only had problems with it.
I also have Malwarebytes and spybot search and destroy, Havent had any big problems for a bit now.
All exept norton are free to download.
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Another Avast user - no problems and not resource hungry!!
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I have been using "Comodo internet security" on all my families PC's (combination of xp and vista) and it works well for me and covers both AV and firewall
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thanks for all the tips
Andy
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I'm currently using Avast.
I tend to switch between AVG and Avast when I have problems. But recently I have noticed that AVG has slowed down PC's I have installed it on.
So just Avast for me now. If you want to buy AV software, Kaspersky is the best IMHO. Never buy Norton/Symantec AV, they are SPLATWARE. Takes over your system, installs so much junk, it makes Windows walk through treacle.
The best piece of software to come from Norton/Symantec over recent years is the Norton/Symantec Removal Tool. It does what it says it does, removes all Symantec products in one swoop, Winner.
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I'm currently using Avast.
I tend to switch between AVG and Avast when I have problems. But recently I have noticed that AVG has slowed down PC's I have installed it on.
So just Avast for me now. If you want to buy AV software, Kaspersky is the best IMHO. Never buy Norton/Symantec AV, they are SPLATWARE. Takes over your system, installs so much junk, it makes Windows walk through treacle.
The best piece of software to come from Norton/Symantec over recent years is the Norton/Symantec Removal Tool. It does what it says it does, removes all Symantec products in one swoop, Winner.
Couldn't disagree more, have Norton 2010 installed, brilliant anti-virus software. :y
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I'm currently using Avast.
I tend to switch between AVG and Avast when I have problems. But recently I have noticed that AVG has slowed down PC's I have installed it on.
So just Avast for me now. If you want to buy AV software, Kaspersky is the best IMHO. Never buy Norton/Symantec AV, they are SPLATWARE. Takes over your system, installs so much junk, it makes Windows walk through treacle.
The best piece of software to come from Norton/Symantec over recent years is the Norton/Symantec Removal Tool. It does what it says it does, removes all Symantec products in one swoop, Winner.
I'm apsolutely with you on that one! Symantic I no longer touch with a Barge-pole.
Switched to Sophos in january - best I've ever used :y
Matthew
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I'm currently using Avast.
I tend to switch between AVG and Avast when I have problems. But recently I have noticed that AVG has slowed down PC's I have installed it on.
So just Avast for me now. If you want to buy AV software, Kaspersky is the best IMHO. Never buy Norton/Symantec AV, they are SPLATWARE. Takes over your system, installs so much junk, it makes Windows walk through treacle.
The best piece of software to come from Norton/Symantec over recent years is the Norton/Symantec Removal Tool. It does what it says it does, removes all Symantec products in one swoop, Winner.
Couldn't disagree more, have Norton 2010 installed, brilliant anti-virus software. :y
Are you on plant earth? Norton is the biggest pile of shite, its the worst Anti-virus software ever, it cripples the performance of any PC, its too aggressive, heavy, resouce intenstive peice of crap. Not to mention all the back doors they leave in the software, you might as well put this on your computer, it will do a better job:
(http://www.bigoven.com/uploads/swisscheese.jpg)
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I'm currently using Avast.
I tend to switch between AVG and Avast when I have problems. But recently I have noticed that AVG has slowed down PC's I have installed it on.
So just Avast for me now. If you want to buy AV software, Kaspersky is the best IMHO. Never buy Norton/Symantec AV, they are SPLATWARE. Takes over your system, installs so much junk, it makes Windows walk through treacle.
The best piece of software to come from Norton/Symantec over recent years is the Norton/Symantec Removal Tool. It does what it says it does, removes all Symantec products in one swoop, Winner.
Couldn't disagree more, have Norton 2010 installed, brilliant anti-virus software. :y
Are you on plant earth? Norton is the biggest pile of shite, its the worst Anti-virus software ever, it cripples the performance of any PC, its too aggressive, heavy, resouce intenstive peice of crap. Not to mention all the back doors they leave in the software, you might as well put this on your computer, it will do a better job:
(http://www.bigoven.com/uploads/swisscheese.jpg)
Your entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to mine.
I don't find it resource heavy, and have never had a virus in all the years I've been using it.
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I'm currently using Avast.
I tend to switch between AVG and Avast when I have problems. But recently I have noticed that AVG has slowed down PC's I have installed it on.
So just Avast for me now. If you want to buy AV software, Kaspersky is the best IMHO. Never buy Norton/Symantec AV, they are SPLATWARE. Takes over your system, installs so much junk, it makes Windows walk through treacle.
The best piece of software to come from Norton/Symantec over recent years is the Norton/Symantec Removal Tool. It does what it says it does, removes all Symantec products in one swoop, Winner.
Couldn't disagree more, have Norton 2010 installed, brilliant anti-virus software. :y
Are you on plant earth? Norton is the biggest pile of shite, its the worst Anti-virus software ever, it cripples the performance of any PC, its too aggressive, heavy, resouce intenstive peice of crap. Not to mention all the back doors they leave in the software, you might as well put this on your computer, it will do a better job:
(http://www.bigoven.com/uploads/swisscheese.jpg)
Your entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to mine.
I don't find it resource heavy, and have never had a virus in all the years I've been using it.
None that you know about you mean.
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I'm currently using Avast.
I tend to switch between AVG and Avast when I have problems. But recently I have noticed that AVG has slowed down PC's I have installed it on.
So just Avast for me now. If you want to buy AV software, Kaspersky is the best IMHO. Never buy Norton/Symantec AV, they are SPLATWARE. Takes over your system, installs so much junk, it makes Windows walk through treacle.
The best piece of software to come from Norton/Symantec over recent years is the Norton/Symantec Removal Tool. It does what it says it does, removes all Symantec products in one swoop, Winner.
Couldn't disagree more, have Norton 2010 installed, brilliant anti-virus software. :y
Are you on plant earth? Norton is the biggest pile of shite, its the worst Anti-virus software ever, it cripples the performance of any PC, its too aggressive, heavy, resouce intenstive peice of crap. Not to mention all the back doors they leave in the software, you might as well put this on your computer, it will do a better job:
(http://www.bigoven.com/uploads/swisscheese.jpg)
Your entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to mine.
I don't find it resource heavy, and have never had a virus in all the years I've been using it.
None that you know about you mean.
If you say so.
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I'm currently using Avast.
I tend to switch between AVG and Avast when I have problems. But recently I have noticed that AVG has slowed down PC's I have installed it on.
So just Avast for me now. If you want to buy AV software, Kaspersky is the best IMHO. Never buy Norton/Symantec AV, they are SPLATWARE. Takes over your system, installs so much junk, it makes Windows walk through treacle.
The best piece of software to come from Norton/Symantec over recent years is the Norton/Symantec Removal Tool. It does what it says it does, removes all Symantec products in one swoop, Winner.
Couldn't disagree more, have Norton 2010 installed, brilliant anti-virus software. :y
Are you on plant earth? Norton is the biggest pile of shite, its the worst Anti-virus software ever, it cripples the performance of any PC, its too aggressive, heavy, resouce intenstive peice of crap. Not to mention all the back doors they leave in the software, you might as well put this on your computer, it will do a better job:
(http://www.bigoven.com/uploads/swisscheese.jpg)
Your entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to mine.
I don't find it resource heavy, and have never had a virus in all the years I've been using it.
None that you know about you mean.
If you say so.
Think outside the box for a minute.
Just because you haven't had any virii reported, that doesn't mean your AV software was actually aware of them in the first place (and if it doesn't know about them, then it cannot possibly protect you from them).
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I'm currently using Avast.
I tend to switch between AVG and Avast when I have problems. But recently I have noticed that AVG has slowed down PC's I have installed it on.
So just Avast for me now. If you want to buy AV software, Kaspersky is the best IMHO. Never buy Norton/Symantec AV, they are SPLATWARE. Takes over your system, installs so much junk, it makes Windows walk through treacle.
The best piece of software to come from Norton/Symantec over recent years is the Norton/Symantec Removal Tool. It does what it says it does, removes all Symantec products in one swoop, Winner.
Couldn't disagree more, have Norton 2010 installed, brilliant anti-virus software. :y
Are you on plant earth? Norton is the biggest pile of shite, its the worst Anti-virus software ever, it cripples the performance of any PC, its too aggressive, heavy, resouce intenstive peice of crap. Not to mention all the back doors they leave in the software, you might as well put this on your computer, it will do a better job:
(http://www.bigoven.com/uploads/swisscheese.jpg)
Your entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to mine.
I don't find it resource heavy, and have never had a virus in all the years I've been using it.
None that you know about you mean.
If you say so.
Think outside the box for a minute.
Just because you haven't had any virii reported, that doesn't mean your AV software was actually aware of them in the first place (and if it doesn't know about them, then it cannot possibly protect you from them).
That applies to any AV software, I'll modify my remark with 'I've never had a virus that is known to any AV software'.