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Seeking Antivirus Software
« on: February 05, 2007, 07:51:23 PM » |
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Home computer runs Windows XP Home and, currently, Norton Antivirus 2006. NAV2006 has run out its one-year Auto-Update subscription and pesters me to renew. Research shows that NAV2007 sucks hard.
Looking for something good and protective that doesn't require me to be a programmer to understand, install, and use.
Help me, Ho-bi-Wan, you're my only hope.
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tdcoly
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Re: Seeking Antivirus Software
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2007, 08:00:38 PM » |
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AVG? Torp will chime in soon.
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Clive
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Re: Seeking Antivirus Software
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2007, 08:05:17 PM » |
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I'm looking at a free download of AVG, but I remember Aske talking about Kaspersky. Don't know which version, though.
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Re: Seeking Antivirus Software
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2007, 08:08:07 PM » |
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aske will be back shortly. He's watching Heroes on TiVo.
FWIW, I use McAfee and have had good luck with it.
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Clive
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Re: Seeking Antivirus Software
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2007, 08:09:23 PM » |
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FWIW, I use McAfee and have had good luck with it. A link Aske posted on Vista today/yesterday noted Macafee as another of the four that failed the virus detection test.
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Re: Seeking Antivirus Software
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2007, 08:14:55 PM » |
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we're using kaspersky internet security right now... seems so far so good...
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Re: Seeking Antivirus Software
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2007, 08:20:07 PM » |
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Which version?
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Re: Seeking Antivirus Software
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2007, 08:30:02 PM » |
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I thought Kaspersky was the chess dude.
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Re: Seeking Antivirus Software
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2007, 08:30:33 PM » |
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No, he's the helicopter dude.
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Re: Seeking Antivirus Software
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2007, 08:37:07 PM » |
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... the friendly Slovak ghost.
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