Anti-Virus programs?...

EyesWideShut · #1 12-12-2002, 03:24 AM

Hi there...
What is everyone's favourite Anti-Virus program?..The reason I am asking is I have had NORTON 2003 running on WINDOWS PROFESSIONAL but it seems a bit unstable.Can any members suggest another good Anti-virus program?
Thanks,
Best regards...Colin....

setec · #2 12-12-2002, 03:32 AM

I'd reinstall Norton 2003 then. I have been using Norton for many years now. In my opinion, its the best out there. Others may disagree.

I currently use Norton Systemworks Pro 2003 on all my Windows XP Professional systems and it works without a hitch.

Again, I would reinstall. If it still causes problems, I guess you could try McAfee to see if that works alright for you.

http://www.mcafee.com/

Disk_Contented · #3 12-12-2002, 01:52 PM

If you have problems with Norton 2003, use 2002 instead. Norton is the acknowledged "king of the hill".

EyesWideShut · #4 12-13-2002, 01:41 AM

Thanks for your replies guys...appreciated

ESALADUANE · #5 12-13-2002, 08:40 AM

When I had a problem with 2003 I went back to 2002. I've decided that I'll stick with 2002, not only because I used it trouble free all year, but because in the short time I had 2003 I wasn't able to find a feature (virus scan exceptions) that I liked. Apparently, they removed the feature in the new version. I have the Encyclopedia Britannica 2003 on my hard drive and Norton adds 2.5 hours to a hard drive scan to get through the Britannica program. In 2002 I was able to do a virus scan and tell Norton to skip the Encyclodedia, I couldn't do that in 2003.

setec · #6 12-13-2002, 12:25 PM

Actually, I found the exception list in Norton 2003

Open up Norton

Go to Anti-virus options

Click on Exclusions

You can add files you don't want scanned, not just extensions, but actual filenames.

ESALADUANE · #7 12-13-2002, 08:15 PM

Thanks, but I'm not sure I want 2003 back. 2002 never gave me any trouble and its working perfectly well now. Also, I don't know how I'd go about getting it back since I don't have a disk (I downloaded it from the Symantic site and removed all components when I started have trouble with it and re-installed 2002).

jack daniels 23 · #8 12-14-2002, 07:20 PM

i've been using NORTON 2003 for the last few months and i haven't had any problems yet, and hopefuly i wont have any. i use it along with Norton Utilities and it runs pretty sweetly.
P.S i would also recommend "AVG Free Anit-Virus" from here

ESALADUANE · #9 12-15-2002, 12:14 PM

MessageLabs, a company the provides e-mail filtering services to government and enterprise clients, says that it found 1 virus in every 212 e-mails and 1 in every 12 e-mails is unsolicited spam.

They predict that spam will out number legitimate messages by the end of 2003.

I don't have a problem with either so its difficult for me to say anything negative about Norton Internet Security (its either doing its job or I'm incredibly lucky).

Buzzyh · #10 12-16-2002, 05:55 PM

Maybe read this about virus engines - none are good for everything

http://www.windowsecurity.com/pages/article.asp?id=429

ESALADUANE · #11 12-20-2002, 07:56 PM

The price for Norton Anti-virus 2003 is down to $17.95 after rebate.

http://www.nothingbutsoftware.com/po...eItem=xmasship

ESALADUANE · #12 12-20-2002, 07:59 PM

http://www.nothingbutsoftware.com/Ca...C-0575BF83E16F

oops... that was a bad link, try this one.

murphy · #13 07-21-2003, 04:39 PM

I have paid for Norton Antivirus and McAfee and tried them both and I ended up with free AVG from Grisoft.Com and never any problems since.

ESALADUANE · #14 07-21-2003, 04:48 PM

AVG is popular and well respected. They came out with a new version (I think it's 7.0) a couple of weeks ago.

beeboy · #15 07-21-2003, 10:22 PM

http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...&threadid=4629