What anti virus software?
05 March 2009, 11:20 AM
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What anti virus software?
Time to renew my anti virus and have been using Mcafee Internet Security which I bought for £7 as a 3 user license oem version.
Seems Mcafee have put a stop to that but i'm not paying Mcafee's prices of £25+ just for one license.
Seen lots of people saying Kaspersky are their favoured av product. Why is it rated highly and can you get cheap 3 user license versions?
Seems Mcafee have put a stop to that but i'm not paying Mcafee's prices of £25+ just for one license.
Seen lots of people saying Kaspersky are their favoured av product. Why is it rated highly and can you get cheap 3 user license versions?
05 March 2009, 12:38 PM
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Nod32 I will recommend as ever, but that cost's more than £25 IIRC
05 March 2009, 12:48 PM
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05 March 2009, 01:59 PM
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ESNET is very good indeed and was suggested to me by several IT professionals. Small system footprint and does everything you need.
Do not get Norton - utter system hog!
Do not get Norton - utter system hog!
05 March 2009, 03:19 PM
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I use Kaspersky on my computer and AVG (free) on my wife's. Both seem to be fine and Kaspersky has certainly saved me a few times whilst looking for, erm, interesting software!
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05 March 2009, 03:58 PM
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Thanks for the replies. I've found a 1 user oem dvd for Mcafee for £7.50 delivered so tempted to stay with that now so haven't got to uninstall etc. What is better about Kaspersky that is worth the extra money and hassle over Mcafee Internet Security suite?
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05 March 2009, 06:00 PM
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05 March 2009, 06:07 PM
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TBH i've used AVG for 3 years and not been bit once and i download alot of stuff.
Just to doubD t myself i installed NOon my laptop i use alot after AVG and it didn't find any. So avg is doing its job it would seem.
But end of the day it all depends down to the user if there stupid enough to click on a suss file or site there gonna get problems.
Just to doubD t myself i installed NOon my laptop i use alot after AVG and it didn't find any. So avg is doing its job it would seem.
But end of the day it all depends down to the user if there stupid enough to click on a suss file or site there gonna get problems.
07 March 2009, 09:41 AM
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Kaspersky, 24.99 for 3 user licence at PC world (full internet security suite, anti spam, popup blocker, anti virus, firewall etc etc etc)
Oh and i changed from mcafee to kaspersky and have not looked back over the last 3 years
much nicer to use too 
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(full internet security suite, anti spam, popup blocker, anti virus, firewall etc etc etc)Oh and i changed from mcafee to kaspersky and have not looked back over the last 3 years
much nicer to use too Tony
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07 March 2009, 10:39 AM
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Used to use kaspersky, but the later versions went a bit bloaty which posed an issue for our Pentium 3 office/workshop computers.
Current version Nod32 AV is still a very small and efficient AV, as such it it runs very well on old decrepit computers.
Nod32 smart security does use more overhead though due to its firewall and spam filtering.
Current version Nod32 AV is still a very small and efficient AV, as such it it runs very well on old decrepit computers.
Nod32 smart security does use more overhead though due to its firewall and spam filtering.
11 March 2009, 10:00 AM
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Thanks Tony, you don't have a link for that do you as i've looked on the website and can not find that deal but then it may already have expired.
11 March 2009, 10:44 AM
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Various bits of software have told me that I have lots of bugs in the Registry but after scanning with Norton, Spybot and Malware they seem not to be cleared. I tried Ad-Aware but this froze things up. Which of the ones mentioned above might help please? dl
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David ad-aware is good but Microsoft now have their own free one called Windows Defender. It's built in to Vista but can be downloaded for XP and I used it when it first came out and replaced ad-aware with it.
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OK - Big thanks for that. I downloaded something called STOPzilla (see post at bottom of page or on page 2 now) but wasn't overwhelmed with comments 
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11 March 2009, 03:48 PM
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CCleaner - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com
I have been using it for a few years without issue and regularly clean out the registry.
You probably have a load of redundant keys in the registry clogging it up and slowing your machine down.
Make sure that you do a registry back up before starting (CC should prompt you to) - just in case.
11 March 2009, 04:01 PM
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I'm an IT professional and have sworn by Mcaffee for years but I've recently taken our company away from it in favour of ESET /NOD32 and I have to say its excellent. We have over 150 users and not one of them has complained and we've had no problems reported since its install 5 weeks ago
McAffee just clogs everything up and makes it all over complicated. ESET is pretty much an install and forget solution.
Highly recommend it.
11 March 2009, 05:07 PM
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CC Cleaner has a good function for tidying up your registry.
CCleaner - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com
I have been using it for a few years without issue and regularly clean out the registry.
You probably have a load of redundant keys in the registry clogging it up and slowing your machine down.
Make sure that you do a registry back up before starting (CC should prompt you to) - just in case.
CCleaner - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com
I have been using it for a few years without issue and regularly clean out the registry.
You probably have a load of redundant keys in the registry clogging it up and slowing your machine down.
Make sure that you do a registry back up before starting (CC should prompt you to) - just in case.
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11 March 2009, 05:23 PM
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Having had to deal with tons of companies and their various requirements in terms of AV, then the current winner is NOD32. We use it in our company with the server version which is very good and have used the NOD32 for desktops as well. Nice small footprint and not process hungry unlike the ****e that is Norton etc.
The other contender is Trend Micro which do both server and client versions
On our macs....well nothing
The other contender is Trend Micro which do both server and client versions
On our macs....well nothing
11 March 2009, 10:02 PM
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That's more my experience of McCrappy, I mean McAfee. We have to use it at work, but it's a resource hungry glitch fest. We currently have an issue where everytime it downloads updates it leaves around 80MB of temp files behind on the system disk, that's 500-600MB a week that has to be removed from hundreds of servers. Fortunately the patch is being installed this weekend.
Oh, forgot to mention that at home I've been using Kaspersky, it's kept the wife's laptop free from nasties for over a year, which is a record that Norton, AVG and Mcafee have got nowhere near to equalling in the past.
Oh, forgot to mention that at home I've been using Kaspersky, it's kept the wife's laptop free from nasties for over a year, which is a record that Norton, AVG and Mcafee have got nowhere near to equalling in the past.
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Cheapest at the moment, looks like pc world have stopped their offer on it 
KL1829UXCFS - Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 (v8) UK Edition 3 User 1 Year Retail Edition - Scan.co.uk
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KL1829UXCFS - Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 (v8) UK Edition 3 User 1 Year Retail Edition - Scan.co.uk
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12 March 2009, 06:42 PM
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Cheapest at the moment, looks like pc world have stopped their offer on it
KL1829UXCFS - Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 (v8) UK Edition 3 User 1 Year Retail Edition - Scan.co.uk
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KL1829UXCFS - Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 (v8) UK Edition 3 User 1 Year Retail Edition - Scan.co.uk
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Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 V8 UK Edition OEM 3 User 1 Year - Aria Technology
Cheapest :
Kaspersky Internet Security v8.0 2009 UK Edition Single Disk - 1 year - 1 User - OEM : nov : KAS-IS8
12 March 2009, 07:10 PM
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