AV software - Any recommendations? Anyone use AVG?
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AV software - Any recommendations? Anyone use AVG?
Norton Internet Security 2005 is causing me a major headache, either freezing my machine up or preventing program access to network programs, and it would seem this versions got a pretty dire reputation from reading various forums. 100% Certain its configured correctly.
So wondered what AV software you're all using? Any recommendations?
Anyone using the free "AVG" software
Neil
So wondered what AV software you're all using? Any recommendations?
Anyone using the free "AVG" software
Neil
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I am using Norton AV + Personal Firewall 2005, along with SpywareBlaster and Spybot, and a Linksys hardware firewall. Oh and, yes I am paranoid about net security
Oh and no problems with any of the software here.
Oh and no problems with any of the software here.
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AVG is bad.
For example (taken from an independant review)...
For example (taken from an independant review)...
- Doesn't check for double infected files
- Some users have had freezes and other major stability issues on Windows 2000 and XP
- Slows down your computer considerably
- Inserts ads in your email messages.
- You need to use DOS commands for some advanced operations.
- Log file displays limited info
- You can't see anything in systray, so you don't know if it's running or not
- Terrible virus detection rate
- Doesn't update their virus definition files very often
- Deletes infected files without warning. This is especially bad if the file didn't contain a virus after all (a false positive).
- Very low detection rate on scripts, backdoors and trojans.
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AVG is bad.
For example (taken from an independant review)...
For example (taken from an independant review)...
- Doesn't check for double infected files
- Some users have had freezes and other major stability issues on Windows 2000 and XP
- Slows down your computer considerably
- Inserts ads in your email messages.
- You need to use DOS commands for some advanced operations.
- Log file displays limited info
- You can't see anything in systray, so you don't know if it's running or not
- Terrible virus detection rate
- Doesn't update their virus definition files very often
- Deletes infected files without warning. This is especially bad if the file didn't contain a virus after all (a false positive).
- Very low detection rate on scripts, backdoors and trojans.
I can't comment on the details of detection rates (that are mentioned twice ) other than to say that i've not once had a virus sneak through
Just to balance things out a little
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Originally Posted by kelvin
Just to balance things out a little
Up to you if you want to take the risk though. I still wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. I've had to recover too many systems that have had it installed...
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I like Mcafee - and you can get the full security suite 2005 sealed in the box from the secondary shops on amazon for under a tenner
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Originally Posted by Daz34
I use Kaspersky which is great but I did spot McAfee AV 2006 retail boxed in PC World for less than £18 last week.
I'll take your advice of AVG Iain, (thanks) so left with Panda and McAfee - might try the latter.
Thanks for your help as always
Neil
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