Guest prescience Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Anyone familiar with nod32 as virus s/w. Am looking to change and this outperforms Norton (just for detection and much for speed) and McAfee (much for both). Good time to do this after a recent PC crash Any views on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traktion Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I've not bothered with virus software for years and never had a virus. IMO, get a good firewall/ADSL router (instead of connecting directly from your PC) and don't open any attachments that you're not expecting (even if they're from a friend's email address). The firewall/router will stop all the worms from reaching your PC (which are the main threat) and not opening dodgy attachments will save you from the rest. Unless you have other PCs on your network or use floppy disks from net cafes and such, you should be safe. I've been using PCs all day for years as a programmer and never had any problems (baring one incident when an office member connected an infected laptop to the network). Saying that, I installed the "free" (if you call 2 months only "free") copy of Norton when I got my new board recently. It started slowing my machine down, crashing and all sorts. I removed it and decided I didn't need one anyway! Just my opinion though and feel free to be safe Oh, and no idea which virus prog to get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350Znismo Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I've not bothered with virus software for years and never had a virus. Make you a bet you have virus (Shopware) and this removes it Go to this site and download the home version, http://www.avast.com Software http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html My company use this for there company system and we can use the home addition free. This is better than Nortons and like this site its FREE for life with regular updates. Another £30 saved for members Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StephenG Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 I go AVG for virus software - it's free, and has a tiny 'footprint' And Microsoft Anti-Spyware - the spynet element that tells you when it knows what an application is and what it's trying to do is excellent But everyone has their own favourite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 I use NOD32, awesome, uses 1/10 of resources compared to Norton, imo 10000 times better :teeth: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorky Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 I use avast free AV scanner - works seamlessly in the background - auto updates etc. and I've had no problems. Best of all it's free for life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Zone Alarmis good and free for firewall stuff. As for Norton, have heard a lot of people taking it off as it slows down their PC to the point of making it unusable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prescience Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Agree with that last remark - but the Norton Internet Security firewall is much worse than NAV having had both on before and then removed NIS. Startup times were horrendous and e-mail receives/sends too with NIS in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 kaspersky is the market leader for a paid for anti-virus a snip at £28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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