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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 09:32 PM
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What do I get to replace Norton Anti-Virus and Norton Internet Security?
I've seen a number of people here recommend free programs that are supposed to be even better than the Norton stuff. Can you clue me in, please? My subscriptions to NAV and NIS are expiring in under 30 days and I don't want to spend another $50 on what many people feel is actually an inferior product. Thanks!
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 09:33 PM
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1. I honestly think
that it's by far the best product on the market, and most industry magazines and so on tend to agree with that assesment.
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 09:37 PM
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5. I've never had a problem with it.
I'm just going by what a LOT of people have said who think that the Norton products are highly overrated and that you can get stuff just as good for free, much like AdAware and Spybot, which I use regularly. It's more an issue of coming up with another subscription fee or upgrading the software than anything.... Being broke sucks. :(
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 09:55 PM
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9. Adaware and Spybot are both ok
for spyware, but neither handles viruses.
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Gloria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 09:34 PM
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2. I use AVG antivirus which updates just about every day and
Edited on Mon Aug-08-05 09:37 PM by Gloria
Kerio Firewall. I think it's www.kerio.com

AVG is at www.grisoft.com

Ad-Aware SE by Lavasoft for spy

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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 09:34 PM
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3. AVG Anti-Virus
It works for me.

Free, efficient, effective.

Just download and go.

They have a pay version more suited to the corporate desktop, which is the real money they want.

--p!
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TimeChaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 10:01 PM
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10. I second that!
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Clintmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 09:35 PM
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4. Get Avast for anti-virus
It's free, and does a fantastic job!
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silverpatronus Donating Member (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 11:00 PM
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12. i second avast
i got it, got rid of norton and never looked back. it's incredible. i haven't had a virus, worm, trojan horse or pest get through since i got it
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 09:40 PM
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6. Get a better operating system
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 09:46 PM
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7. Sorry, but until Linux supports all the games I play, I'm stuck
I agree with you wholeheartedly, but I'm a gamer so therefore I'm a slave to Bill Gate$ and his Micro$haft.

Wait, that didn't sound good at all. :scared: :puke:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 09:48 PM
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8. Last week I run into a problem with a worm
It went underneath Norton's nose for god knows how long, I only found it when I was poking through my registry.

I download Kaspersky's AV, and it did the most thorough scan I've ever seen AND found the worm activity and killed it on it's own.

No more Norton for me, F that shit.
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 10:04 PM
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11. Kaspersky is the best
But, unfortunately, it's free only until the end of the month (I only got 17 days on what was supposed to be a 30-day trial), then it costs more money than any of the other anti-virus scanners.

I generally find worms on my own by looking at the process list on the task switcher and the DLLs. They almost always have randomized names that don't match any of the DLLs in the NT or SYSTEM folder.

--p!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 07:10 AM
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13. No, it's not the cheapest, but it's not much more than
Norton, and Kaspersky puts out multiple updates per day - not when they feel like it's worth it.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 07:13 AM
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14. I got rid of Norton because it was a resource hog
I use Microsoft's own built in firewall for XP and AVG free Anti-virus program (http://www.grisoft.com)
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