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susanwells
13th August 2005, 21:41
I`ve been advised to get ANTI-VIR and have registered and can download the software as a home user free.. but it warns me that i already have a symantec anti-v installed and this will clash.. so I need to choose. Before I uninstall Norton/Symantec, can someone reassure me that it`s OK and that anti-vir is fine ? Thanks..man at cmputer shop says Norton no longer as good as it was and it lets things through.. still, just checking. :hearty
zomby
13th August 2005, 22:04
Can't say I've heard of Anti-Vir - but if it's the company at this website (http://www.free-av.com ) It doesn't exactly breed confidence, looks like an 11 y.o knocked it up during playtime on one of the school computers.

I always use Trend Internet Security - but most people here use Panda (from what I remember). Probably better off going with Trend or Panda.

Free is nice, but you get what you pay for.
susanwells
13th August 2005, 22:17
No, it isn`t that, it comes from avast.com.. you pay for the business and pro use but home use on one PC is free... I don`t know Panda.. how do I get to it to look ?
zomby
13th August 2005, 22:32
Panda is at http://www.pandasoftware.com/ - I think (again, not totally sure) that Keith uses Panda.

Avast seem to be ok. A few of the people that I do Tech Support for use Avast. I can't honestly say that I know much about Avast though.
sparkyminer
14th August 2005, 01:02
Panda is at http://www.pandasoftware.com/ - I think (again, not totally sure) that Keith uses Panda.


He does and so do I. It's very good. When it auto updates, the software detects itself trying to connect to the internet and asks you if you want to allow it. Brilliant.:D
John
14th August 2005, 01:30
Should be ok Susan. Another one to try out (I say 'try out', it's blooming awesome) is PC Cillin Internet Security ( www.trendmicro.com )
Win2Win
14th August 2005, 08:37
You can get OEM Panda for around £3 :), search for Microdirect, or Watford Savastore sell them a little dearer.
Stewards enquiry
14th August 2005, 10:43
My computer man never rated Norton. Always uses AVG/ Spybot.
Win2Win
14th August 2005, 13:02
AVG is no good with DOS attacks, and misses some trojans.
Stewards enquiry
14th August 2005, 13:21
My neighbour has just run a check with Norton nothing found. Then downloaded AVG did a check and found trojan horses. All computers are different and some things work better on some than others. Several people I know have moved on from Norton.