Re: Anti virus ???

Along with what other people said, Mcafee and Norton simply do not work as
well as the free ones, especially AVG in my experience. Also AntiVir is
another good one. I have worked on countless machines that have updated
versions of either Norton or Mcafee and AVG still finds viruses. AVG will
catch lots of spyware and malware trying to install too. Norton especially
is a huge bloated mess. It takes forever to install and uninstall and unless
it is being installed on a fresh install of windows the potential for
problems is great. I have a machine right here that Norton refuses to work
properly on. This machine is free of viruses and spyware or other issues.
NIS installs, but liveupdate won't work and unless NIS is disabled blocks
all internet access no matter how the firewall is configured. I have
reinstalled it four times. I used SymNRT, deleted all the symantec folders
and registry entries that are still there even after an uninstall and the
problem persists. The machine works fine with AVG and Sygate personal
firewall, both free programs. What I need is a Norton Anti-Norton program.
I had a machine awhile back that I spent most of the day uninstalling and
reinstalling NIS and every time it was installed, it had a different error
or problem. Not fun.

"Hank Arnold" <rasilon@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:iYXKe.3692$Gx1.2490@xxxxxxxxxxx
> When are people going to buy software based on what works best, not
> whether it's free or not??? There are a lot of varying opinions, for
> example on some packages like NAV, but with rebates, it's always less than
> $50. It's even free if you are upgrading and get it at the right time. It
> continually amazes me that people get all hung up about spending $50 to
> protect their $1-2K computers from viruses that can trash the entire
> system......
>
> --
> Regards,
> Hank Arnold
>
> "LaRrY" <2roo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2ETKe.377$UA1.136@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Is there any freeware anti virus that is any good ??AVG ???
>> thanks
>> larry
>>
>
>


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