Antivirus of Choice?

LutaWicasa · 08-20-04, 06:29 PM

NOTICE: This poll and thread is outdated. It is not advisable to use this as a current reference.

The 2 big hitters would be Norton and McAfee....who do you use....and why?

SavageBasher · 08-20-04, 06:34 PM

Yay my vote is the first one.

TalRW · 08-20-04, 06:37 PM

I use AVG the free version, had mcafee, i thought it sucked so I switched.

nut581 · 08-20-04, 06:43 PM

Avast Free Home Edition all the way ..
tried norton, it worked for a while, but then the included spam filter made outlook express error on open .. everytime, all the time...once norton's uninstalled, everything was back to normal.

mcafee ... heard many horror stories about them ..

DaWiper · 08-20-04, 06:45 PM

Voted other. I use AVG. Haven't let me down yet.

JigPu · 08-20-04, 07:16 PM

AVG usually, but I'm currently running a trial of eTrust from CA.

Why? Because I'm too cheap to buy software when great freeware exists!

JigPu

David · 08-20-04, 07:29 PM

Norton here. Came with my laptop and I have a copy for the dually as well.

MLMIB · 08-20-04, 08:20 PM

just 'cause I'm out of the clue, whats AVG?(norton user here)

Xenocide · 08-20-04, 08:28 PM

i use NAV Corp 9, my friend at work let me on his license, its soooo much better than nav professional or the home garbage

iNterBeiNg · 08-20-04, 08:30 PM

I use avast home edition, mainly cause its free. Seems to work pretty well for me

Bios24 · 08-20-04, 08:35 PM

I voted for Norton, cause that's what I buy/use on my rig. On other rigs for my mom and sister I use Avast! Antivirus. I tried AVG, but it had a weird problem were it would detect a virus, but not delete/remove it. It also didn't seem to do a very good job doing a complete drive scan.

On another note I usually set norton or etc to automatically gets updates for itself, and I have it set to do a full scan every monday morning at 3am. How does everyone else have there antivirus set up?

DaWiper · 08-20-04, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MLMIB

just 'cause I'm out of the clue, whats AVG?(norton user here)

AFAIK AVG=Anti Virus Guard. It's a free antivirus software available from www.grisoft.com.

Jibjo · 08-20-04, 10:25 PM

I use AVG primarily; I have AVAST on two PCs though and I like it too. Both free.

IZON · 08-21-04, 06:10 AM

AntiVir

moz_21 · 08-21-04, 06:33 AM

AVG. It pulled 30 odd virii off a system that was running Norton.

Hardass · 08-21-04, 08:15 AM

AVG simple and very effective. Found and removed virus that norton missed.

Syx · 08-21-04, 08:15 AM

Norton hasn't failed me yet.

Cowboy X · 08-21-04, 08:19 AM

I use Norton and have had no real virus problems . I've however heard of or have seen too many cases where McAfee or sites using it got caught out by viruses . I also have just installed PC-cillin 2002 on my other computer which came free with my A7N8X and I saw that it was tested and is actually a better antivirus than Norton 2004 in fact it won the review beating all others pretty easily . So I was most annoyed that I had ignored it all of this time .

fUzZ bUnNy · 08-21-04, 02:44 PM

Norton CE here, I got it free from school and it hasn't failed me yet. (knocking on wood)

PCGUY112887 · 08-21-04, 02:53 PM

AVG.. because I used to have the other 2 and they missed things AVG found.

View Poll Results: Which antivirus do you use?......and why.
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Norton	181	22.37%
Other	583	72.06%
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08-20-04, 06:29 PM	Thread Starter #1
LutaWicasa Immutable Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Chicago	Antivirus of Choice? NOTICE: This poll and thread is outdated. It is not advisable to use this as a current reference. The 2 big hitters would be Norton and McAfee....who do you use....and why? __________________ Abjure obfuscation Last edited by I.M.O.G.; 05-30-12 at 10:20 PM.

08-20-04, 06:37 PM	#3
TalRW Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Irvine, CA	I use AVG the free version, had mcafee, i thought it sucked so I switched. __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ MOBO: Asus K8N4-E Deluxe HARD DRIVE: MEMORY: 3.0GiB POWER: VIDEOCARD: GNU/Linux Distribution: Trisquel 5.0 (Dagda) Support software freedom! Try one of the nine FSF endorsed distros. Got a wireless network? Secure it!

08-20-04, 07:16 PM	#6
JigPu Inactive Pokémon Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Vancouver, WA	AVG usually, but I'm currently running a trial of eTrust from CA. Why? Because I'm too cheap to buy software when great freeware exists! JigPu __________________ .... ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 .... Intel Core i5 2500 ........................ 4 thread ...... 3300 MHz ......... -0.125 V 2x ASUS GTX 560 Ti ............................... 1 GiB ....... 830 MHz ...... 2004 MHz .... G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage ............. 8 GiB ..... 1600 MHz ............ 1.25 V .... OCZ Vertex 3 ................................. 120 GB ............. nilfs2 ..... Arch Linux .... Kingwin LZP-550 .............................. 550 W ........ 94% Eff. ....... 80+ Plat .... Nocuta NH-D14 ................................ 20 dB ..... 0.35 C°/W ................ 7 V "In order to combat power supply concerns, Nvidia has declared that G80 will be the first graphics card in the world to run entirely off of the souls of dead babies. This will make running the G80 much cheaper for the average end user." "GeForce 8 Series." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 7 Aug 2006, 20:59 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 8 Aug 2006.

08-20-04, 07:29 PM	#7
David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	Norton here. Came with my laptop and I have a copy for the dually as well. __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.

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08-20-04, 06:34 PM	#2
SavageBasher Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast PA	Yay my vote is the first one.

08-20-04, 06:43 PM	#4
nut581 Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Columbus, OH	Avast Free Home Edition all the way .. tried norton, it worked for a while, but then the included spam filter made outlook express error on open .. everytime, all the time...once norton's uninstalled, everything was back to normal. mcafee ... heard many horror stories about them ..

08-20-04, 06:45 PM	#5
DaWiper Image Compare Man Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway	Voted other. I use AVG. Haven't let me down yet.

08-20-04, 08:20 PM	#8
MLMIB Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: new jersey	just 'cause I'm out of the clue, whats AVG?(norton user here) __________________ "I named the mold in my toilet Albert. He lived there for five years; until I got a girlfriend and cleaned my room." -curtis1552

08-20-04, 08:28 PM	#9
Xenocide Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC	i use NAV Corp 9, my friend at work let me on his license, its soooo much better than nav professional or the home garbage __________________ A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

08-20-04, 08:30 PM	#10
iNterBeiNg Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: SLC, UT	I use avast home edition, mainly cause its free. Seems to work pretty well for me

08-20-04, 08:35 PM	#11
Bios24 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kansas City, MO	I voted for Norton, cause that's what I buy/use on my rig. On other rigs for my mom and sister I use Avast! Antivirus. I tried AVG, but it had a weird problem were it would detect a virus, but not delete/remove it. It also didn't seem to do a very good job doing a complete drive scan. On another note I usually set norton or etc to automatically gets updates for itself, and I have it set to do a full scan every monday morning at 3am. How does everyone else have there antivirus set up? __________________ Antec P180 - Corsair HX520W - Dell 2005fpw Opteron 165 <Currently 280x9 1.35v> DFI NF4 Ultra-D - 2gb G.Skill 3-4-4-8@250mhz 320gb+200gb Seagate - XFX 6800GS 500/1.2ghz Sound Blaster X-Fi - BA7900 5.1 Surround Thermalright XP-90C - <The Quiet Overclock> [ HEATWARE ]

08-20-04, 10:25 PM	#13
Jibjo Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bensenville, Illinois	I use AVG primarily; I have AVAST on two PCs though and I like it too. Both free. __________________ 1:A7N8X-Del Gaming, game modding/Linux/server 2:NF7-S Homemade H2O, Push-Pull Crosscase config, Cascade 3:Shuttle SB75G2, Prescott 3.0 4:Dell Laptop, Inspiron 9100 2.8 5:A8N32 Homemade WC/ Storm 0d f0 0d g0 is better than 0d f0 ad 0b :)(byte flip)

08-21-04, 06:10 AM	#14
IZON Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: London	AntiVir

08-21-04, 06:33 AM	#15
moz_21 Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: MN	AVG. It pulled 30 odd virii off a system that was running Norton. __________________ [Win7 x64 Desktop] Asus P8P67 w/ i7 2600k @ 4.5GHz 1.37v, CM 212 EVO, 16GB Mushkin DDR3 (991996) @ 2133MHz 9-11-10-28-39 2T, 2x EVGA GTX 560Ti 1GB SSC, OCZ Vertex3 240GB, Antec P183 gunmetal grey, SeaSonic 850W PSU [Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server] Asus M4A79T w/ Phenom II X6 1090T @ stock, 8GB Kingston DDR3 ECC (KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G), Xigmatek S1284, 8x 1.5TB Samsung MDADM RAID5 array, Fortron 530W PSU [Win7 x64 Media PC] Asus M4A88T, Phenom 2 965 X4 @ stock, 8GB RAM, ATI HD-5450, OCZ Onyx 32GB, Seagate 7200.11 1TB [Win7 x64 Laptop] Acer Aspire 5530, AMD Turion X2 RM70 2GHz, 3GB ram, ATI Radeon HD3200, OCZ Vertex 2 50GB [Smoothwall 3.0] ~~Compaq Deskpro, PIII 833 on an i810 chipset, 512MB CL2 ram, 74Gb Raptor HDD, 2x Realtek NIC~~ Now a KVM on Ubuntu server [My].Heatware

08-21-04, 08:15 AM	#16
Hardass Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: S.W. Florida.	AVG simple and very effective. Found and removed virus that norton missed. __________________

08-21-04, 08:15 AM	#17
Syx Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lake Bodom	Norton hasn't failed me yet.

08-21-04, 08:19 AM	#18
Cowboy X Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Folding in Barbados	I use Norton and have had no real virus problems . I've however heard of or have seen too many cases where McAfee or sites using it got caught out by viruses . I also have just installed PC-cillin 2002 on my other computer which came free with my A7N8X and I saw that it was tested and is actually a better antivirus than Norton 2004 in fact it won the review beating all others pretty easily . So I was most annoyed that I had ignored it all of this time . __________________ 1/Asus P6T SE,Core i7 920 ( H2O ),ATI Radeon 5870 ( H2O ),OCZ Reaper 6 GB,OCZ Z 1000W modular ps,Seagate 7200.8 250 x2,WD Caviar Black 1TB,Nec AD-7170A,LG GGC Asus USB3.0 and SATA 6g cardBlu-ray/HD DVD drive and burner,Modified Koolance Tower , Swiftech GTZ, Koolance chipset and memory blocks, Modified Maze4 GPU cooler,Vista Ultimate 64 2/Sony Vaio SR590,Core 2 Duo P7450, ATI 4570m, 4GB DDR2, Win 7 64bit, Crucial M4 3/PS3 80 GB and 160 GB Intermittent FOLDING: system 1, ATI 5870 and PS3 for Team 32 " Fear of GOD is the beginning of wisdom " "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of our GOD shall stand forever." Fold for Team 32

08-21-04, 02:44 PM	#19
fUzZ bUnNy Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wisconsin, USA	Norton CE here, I got it free from school and it hasn't failed me yet. (knocking on wood) __________________ I rule! 127.0.0.1/30

08-21-04, 02:53 PM	#20
PCGUY112887 Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Illinois	AVG.. because I used to have the other 2 and they missed things AVG found.

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