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Which is the best antivirus program
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Name: mysterious_guy
Date: August 15, 2005 at 23:54:16 Pacific
Subject: Which is the best antivirus programOS: XP ProCPU/Ram: athlon64 939/3gb |
Comment: Can anyone tell me which is the best antivirus program on the market, im wanting a program that wont slow down my system as norton does, any suggestions........ P.s Please tell me what antivirus program do you use
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Response Number 2
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Name: najitech
Date: August 16, 2005 at 07:08:20 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I have been using a free program called AntiVir. I don't know if it's the best program out there; all I know is that I have been using it for several months, and have not had any virus problems.
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Response Number 3
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Name: JohnO
Date: August 16, 2005 at 09:31:16 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I've been using myEtrust AV for 3-4 years with no problems. It's a small, nonobtrusive program that's frequently updated- sometimes twice a day. Not free, but worth the $30 (approx), and a small annual charge.
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Response Number 4
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Name: johnr
Date: August 16, 2005 at 10:11:29 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)There are a lot of posts on this subject - the main point(s) being that Norton & McAfee are very heavy on your system - also Norton only automatically updates once a week - even AVG will automatically check & update on a daily basis! You can also find a number of sites which compare the effectiveness of different AV programs & you'll find that they all go up & down the table each month but generally the paid for versions score better than free ones, though speaking from personal experience, AVG has picked up problems which Norton has missed in the past. "I know that I'm mad - I've always been mad..."
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Response Number 5
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Name: Bill2
Date: August 24, 2005 at 23:48:02 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)
I concur with johnr about AVG from Grisoft (Free version). Have used for a couple years and it has been on top of things much faster than McAfie or Norton.
Cheers,
Bill2
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Response Number 6
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Name: suhaq
Date: August 26, 2005 at 10:31:06 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)i think the best antivirus software programs, using antivir, cause i have been using on 3 years ago, i doesn't have virus problem, or u can using deepfrezee for best protection,
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Response Number 7
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Name: XpUser4Real
Date: August 26, 2005 at 10:51:50 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Deepfreeze is a pretty expensive solution.
I would suggest Avast! I've been using it for 3 yrs now and it has caught everything that's been thrown at it, and the on-line up-dates work awesome...unlike most AV's that have to be manually set. Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks
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