Anti-Norton...

Discussion in 'Networking and Computer Security' started by Exfoliate, Mar 9, 2005.

  1. Exfoliate

    Exfoliate Geek Trainee

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    Well I was fortunate enough to finally rid myself of Norton Anti-Virus that everyone knows isn't worth crap. At first I assumed it was very important to have ol' Norton doing his thing but then it became bloody annoying when it literally started poping up little messages every 2 seconds asking me if I wanted to block, permit, configure etc. I'd say permit and then not a second later the same freakin' message would pop up. Needless to say I looked though my progam files and deleted it from there. Thank goodness for that.
    Which leads me to the question: What virus protection program do you suggest? I don't want it to be restrictive, annoying like Norton, or some huge file that would explode my modem when I try to download it. Thanks, much appreciated.
     
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  2. Nic

    Nic Sleepy Head

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    AVG antivirus rules! just coz its free and is really good :D
     
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  3. syngod

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    Best luck I've had is with Kaspersky AV. I know it's caught a few things Nortons, McAffee and AVG have missed.

    For a free program though I'd check out AVG.
     
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  4. Sniper

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    Never liked NAV myself! to answer your question, I'd suggest AVG - Free Edition you can get it from here http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

    I've used for sometime now, not had any problems with it!
     
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  5. ProcalX

    ProcalX all grown up

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    Or you could get it from our Downloads Zone - which isn't advertised at the moment. l0ol
     
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  6. afidelino

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    Basically, Exfoliate. The one that always popping out every now and then isnt the Norton AntiVirus, its the Personal Firewall....Its asking your permission whether to let one program connect to the internet(ie:Trojan Viruses, Spywarez or Anything that uses internet).Try to choose block always, or permit always...

    But for a good Anti-Virus, they are right, consider AVG. But do bear in mind that an anti virus program itself wont protect you from trojan horses and spywarez.
     
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  7. spuff

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    Try Avast ... it's free and always works for me.
     
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  8. Exfoliate

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    Thanks afidelino but I choose alway permit and it would just pop right up again. Now that I've trashed NAV I never get these windows anymore so I'm happy.
    Thanks everyone but AVG unfortunatly expires after 30 days so I'll look at what Avast I guess.
     
    Exfoliate, Mar 9, 2005
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  9. Fred

    Fred Moderator

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    Fred, Mar 10, 2005
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  10. ninja fetus

    ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta

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    I tried avast, didn't last long.
     
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  11. Nic

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    Make sure you get the free one not the trial of the proffesional one
     
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  12. Addis

    Addis The King

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    The new 7 edition is also better than previous 6 versions.
    Also can't you just configure your firewall to remember your answer next time?
     
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  13. Nic

    Nic Sleepy Head

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    Yeh u can on norton but it doesnt always work...not in my xperience with it neways
     
    Nic, Mar 10, 2005
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  14. dave_2005

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    hi does any1 kno how 2 get rid of the W32.bropia.M virus
     
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  15. Addis

    Addis The King

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  16. Exfoliate

    Exfoliate Geek Trainee

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    Thanks Fred but to me anyway it looks like it should expire in 30 days.

    -"Download a trial version of one of Grisoft's AVG Full Editions and use it free-of-charge for 30 days. All of the features of the AVG Full Editions are available for you to use during the trial period!"
    Is the AVG free edition ("avg70free_308a468.exe") different from the trial version? Otherwise it would be kind of weird for someone to download the trial version if you could just keep the free edition for as long as you want but I don't know.
     
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  17. Sniper

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    Exfoliate, this is a quote from their site :) I'd suggest downloading the free version!

     
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  18. Exfoliate

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    I see, thanks man.
     
    Exfoliate, Mar 10, 2005
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  19. AXP

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    I hate how McAfee does there updates. The average user would never get updates because of the pop-up blocker. When I installed Battlefield Vietnam when I was using AVG it said one of the files was a virus. NAV has given me the least problems.
     
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