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somdow
August 2nd, 2003, 10:48 AM
sup sup ppls

my? is, whats the best outthere.

im currently using nortons avs and also im using AVG but AVG for some reason detects things that norton doesnt but doesnt clean anything up. it just lets me know theres something there and then leaves it there

so is there anything better than these 2
Niann
August 2nd, 2003, 10:51 AM
It is all a matter of preference. No one AV software is going to catch everything. We use Mcafee Virus Scan 7 here at work and it seems to do a pretty good job. I have heard that NAV works well to.

Cheers!
-Niann
somdow
August 2nd, 2003, 11:09 AM
NAV?

OHH OHH NORTONS never mind LOL
somdow
August 2nd, 2003, 11:10 AM
any other good ones out there
Millad
August 2nd, 2003, 11:31 AM
what about bulguard ? it have everything, but I never used it ;(
mdipi
August 2nd, 2003, 11:36 AM
i love NAV. i gotta get the new one though. otherwise mcAffe.
replode
August 2nd, 2003, 11:45 AM
yeah, go with norton. i had Mcaffe, and it completely screwed up and slowed down my computer. i love norton, I recommend it.
claudio
August 2nd, 2003, 12:23 PM
I use Norton 2003.
No complain till now.
Voetsjoeba
August 2nd, 2003, 12:27 PM
I use PcCillin and NAV 2003. PcCillin has detected ten times more viruses than NAV.
claudio
August 2nd, 2003, 12:29 PM
Hmmm good to know that Voetsjoeba. I think i have PcCillin too.
Gotta check that.
Coppertop
August 2nd, 2003, 01:31 PM
I used to use NAV, but I found it to expensive to keep buying each year - it added up quickly. So I started to use AVG, I like it more because:

1. Its free

2. It catches just about everything. (You say yours doesn't delete it? what you need to do is, when you find something, that DOS screen pops up, select heal, then run a custom search in the folder its in, and when the search is over, AVG does the rest by quarentining (is that how you spell it?) it and healing it)

PcCillin? that sounds familiar, I should check it out.
Millad
August 2nd, 2003, 02:36 PM
do u get AVG with firewall ?
Mik3
August 2nd, 2003, 03:14 PM
Norton is good, exept those "Update your virus definitions" window that always popups when your playing games :(
kirupa
August 2nd, 2003, 03:26 PM
I use Norton AV 2003 as well, and I have had no problems at all without. Yeah - the Virus Update during games is annoying, but you can disable that :)
Coppertop
August 2nd, 2003, 03:32 PM
Originally posted by Blastboy
do u get AVG with firewall ?

no, I downloaded it seperately from their site. let me see if I can find it.
Coppertop
August 2nd, 2003, 03:33 PM
www.grisoft.com
somdow
August 2nd, 2003, 06:05 PM
well i see no 'heal' option when it detects a virus.

umm, so far its found a few that still reside in my computer that nav hast even thought of. so ill use two for now. i like the gui in nav. more user friendly. lemme do a scan again and see if i missed the 'heal' thingy
teet
August 2nd, 2003, 09:29 PM
we've always used Norton's at the computer shop i work at...i like it better than anything else...norton's all the way!

http://housecall.antivirus.com is a good free scan

btw, you don't have to keep buying the updates to NAV each year...you can download the antivirus definitions for free of the symantec website and then install them ( http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/defs.download.html ) the only catch is, you'll have to roll back your system clock (the one in the bottom right hand corner of your taskbar) to last year so you can install them...i don't think there should be any problem with giving this type of advice, just a nifty trick i picked up...i'll remove it if any of you mods want me too :)

-teet
Coppertop
August 2nd, 2003, 09:40 PM
You say you have no HEAL button, what version do you have? I have 6 (I believe there is a 7th now)
somdow
August 3rd, 2003, 01:10 AM
its 6.0
Millad
August 3rd, 2003, 04:54 AM
Im using the free edition ?
Do I have a heal button ? where to find it ?
somdow
August 3rd, 2003, 08:46 AM
???
fluid_0ne
August 3rd, 2003, 09:24 AM
http://skaner.mks.com.pl/ <-- cool on-line virus scanning site!
Coppertop
August 3rd, 2003, 11:48 AM
well, when a MS-DOS like window pops-up, there are 3 options Allow access (Allow), Don't allow access (Deny), And heal (heal!)

aside from that, there is a heal button in the AVG Virus Vault
somdow
August 3rd, 2003, 12:15 PM
you know what i just found the heal butt. but i think it requires me to look for the virus once it finds it. like i have to look for it or find the path to the virus or what ever. i think its just ridiculous tht it makes me find it. pistoshhhh!!!!!!!

once it finds one it should give me the option right there or even do it automatically i mean who wants a virus right