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blknight3 Lifetime Member
Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 1254 Location: Canada
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject: Antivirus |
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Just curious what everyone is using for Antivirus...... I used to have Norton, but havesince swutched over to Prevx.... downloaded from online. I found I was having a lot of problems with Norton. Blocking pages that should be opening etc.
Curious to see what everyone will have to say _________________ For every person with a spark of genius, there are a hundred with ignition trouble. |
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GEORGIEBOY26 Resident Artist
Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 3446 Location: planet EARTH
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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I used to use norton, but had similar probs, went to AVG and had no trouble up to now.....fingers crossed... plus norton used up a lot of memory.. _________________ I USED TO BE INDECISIVE, BUT NOW I,M NOT TO SURE.... |
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daripper *Resident Artist
Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 3144 Location: TN. USA
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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AVG here too I never did want to use Norton as it always caused problems
for anyone that I knew who used it. _________________ Site Moderator
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blknight3 Lifetime Member
Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 1254 Location: Canada
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Three Strikes. I only know one other person that had AVG on their computer and they had problems with that as well But it was an older model. How does this that program work?
Prevx is 57 a year for 4 computers... or was when I bought it anyway. _________________ For every person with a spark of genius, there are a hundred with ignition trouble. |
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annarere1960 *Member
Joined: 07 May 2005 Posts: 1863 Location: United States
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 3:11 am Post subject: |
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Trend Micro Anti Virus 2007.... got rid of Nortons when i had 1 month on my subscription and i didn't renew right away....all of a sudden i got this nasty bug in my lap top....and it caused nothing but problems....i am betting money Nortons gave it to me to hurry up and renew my subscription.
i also have Webroot Spy Sweeper..... great program _________________ The heaviest baggage for a traveler is an empty wallet.
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flyers2thecup Resident Artist
Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 1578 Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 5:14 am Post subject: |
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norton just uses too many resources.
i also use the free AVG program. i've been using it for years with no problems! |
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Seiji Lifetime Member
Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 511 Location: U.S.A, Tokyo, Japan
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:14 am Post subject: |
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I use Norton's and I've never had a virus, not one, so in that respect it works well. But it has been doing a scan of every page, sometimes....which slows the page from loading untill it's done. Also, it will scan "thumbs" when I open my pictures folder. Sooo it feels like it wants to scan everything sometimes which slows things down.
The thing with Nortons, after your service runs out, you can just reintall it and thing are back to new, with Norton's 2004.
I'll probably try AVG once and when I do my next system restore.
About less resources, my pc is using 500 mg of ram just sitting here typing this...nothing else. Maybe I have too many programs install... _________________ http://www.myspace.com/animationjesus |
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DVDCoverArt Site Master
Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 1439
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:03 am Post subject: Antivirus |
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I use Norton's Symantec Corporate Edition. Much more efficient than its little brother (Norton) and less intrusive. Uses very little resources and catches everything. Better yet, there are not virus definitions to renew.
I haven't had a virus in so long, I don't remember what they are like. _________________ DVDCoverArt
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kveits007 Lifetime Member
Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 342 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 11:51 am Post subject: |
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I use CA, I got it for 20$ for 2 years, dont use alot of resource, updated quite daily, I work for state and thats what they use so I thought I would try it, want to try AVG when this runs out. _________________ Ken |
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tkboxer Resident Artist
Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 1610
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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I have Norton Internet Security on my desktop and Norton Anti-virus along with Ad-Aware on my laptop. So far no problems, however I will probably switch to AVG on my laptop when the subscription expires in October. _________________ No matter how many times you try...you can't clone the dirt off your screen. |
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blknight3 Lifetime Member
Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 1254 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:51 am Post subject: |
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I might take a look at the Norton Corporate... I still have a copy of that on my work laptop, though we have switched to McAfee.
Did anyone running Norton find any problems after the update this week? I've talked to two people that said after the update it was taking up to 2 minutes 17 seconds to load a page. Much like Seiji mentioned previous. How do you correct that? _________________ For every person with a spark of genius, there are a hundred with ignition trouble. |
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Boneapart Resident Artist
Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 5444 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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I'm using Norton 2006 and I also haven't seen a virus for so long, I've forgotten what one looks like... I won't be changing. _________________
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bobflemming Resident Artist
Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 1702 Location: London UK
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:57 am Post subject: |
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i'm using mcafee - but then i get free updates from work _________________ A day without wine is like a day without sunshine -hic! |
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DVDCoverArt Site Master
Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 1439
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:23 am Post subject: Corporate version |
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tkboxer wrote: | I have Norton Internet Security on my desktop and Norton Anti-virus along with Ad-Aware on my laptop. So far no problems, however I will probably switch to AVG on my laptop when the subscription expires in October. |
I have a link I can provide you if you are interested in Symantec's Corporate version. You do not have to subscribe to receive Definition updates. _________________ DVDCoverArt
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Hailstorm Super Donator
Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Bewteen a rock and a hard place
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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I use Norton , never have had any problems. _________________ Some days your the lead DOG and some days your the Hydrant. |
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