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Krlll · #41 (**permalink**) 1st August 2006, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevey

I find that a bit harsh. Are you basing this on the free version? I wouldn't let anything but AVG be used in our plant.
Plus the 2 year pricing is great and we have a local Irish reseller who supply at a lower cost than buying directly.

Yes i admit i am basing that on the free version.I should have been more specific as i have never used the full version.Nor as a single user would i be concerned about value as someone in your position would be.
I do however stand by opinion of AVG Free,in comparison to Kaspersky or even Nod32 it is pathetic.This is based on personal experience both with my own computer and repairing other peoples.As i have stated i have repaired computers that had AVG free installed with the help of Kaspersky and found them to be infected.

ihatepcs · #42 (**permalink**) 4th August 2006, 06:32 PM

Where is nod32 by Eset

All those antivirus are a joke eset excels all of those in anty test

steve59 · #43 (**permalink**) 4th August 2006, 07:46 PM

Have a Read from page 1. Using Kaspersky just now. As had a Few false positives with Nod.
Steve,

=IBF2=raziel2710 · #44 (**permalink**) 10th August 2006, 12:53 PM

I use Avast! Pro. The free version is pretty good but as the old saying goes "you get what you pay for". The pro version is exellent. I heard nothing but great things about NOD 32 but haven't tried it yet. I might try it in my x32 windows (I use x64 as my main OS) but I havn't booted to Windows 32 in ages soo we'll see ...

toffo3619 · #45 (**permalink**) 25th August 2006, 06:22 PM

Avast is cool. Pandasoftware online scanner is good too and free, but it will only delete virus not spyware.

And like a lot of people keep away from Norton and McAfee.

ihatepcs · #46 (**permalink**) 27th August 2006, 02:57 AM

Yeah does are crap

An excellent freeware / spyware is sybot search and destroy WHICH YOU CAN FIND AT The home of Spybot-S&D!

BE CAREFUL OF SOUND ALIKES

golden_blunder · #47 (**permalink**) 7th October 2006, 03:10 PM

i dont use any, i use the withdrawal method

grimskull · #48 (**permalink**) 7th October 2006, 05:50 PM

i use bit defender...its the best by far...also voted the best anti-virus on the market, mcafee was 2nd and f-secure was third.

Cormac1982 · #49 (**permalink**) 25th October 2006, 09:22 PM

I use Zone alarm secutiry suite - all in one job with anti virus spyware and firewall and junk mail filter along with a few other features too. Spyware remover can be a bit blind at times but I think you need to scan using a couple of different apps to be sure to be sure like.
I'd avoid mcafee/norton like the clap! Seems to be SOOO slow and resource hungry, whenever I'm maintaining friends PC it's the first thing I get rid of and it takes about 10 mins to uninstall it.

jimp@iol.ie · #50 (**permalink**) 7th January 2007, 10:55 PM

I use Avast 4.7 Home Edition and it's pretty reliable and updates automatically.
Try it.
Regds. Jimhttp://www.irishisptest.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

JoDo · #51 (**permalink**) 9th January 2007, 04:34 AM

AVG Free 7.5 all the way, in conjunction with SpyNoMore 2.56....
Had SERIOUS problems while using Norton 2006; AVG and SNM sorted out all in a matter of minutes

loneachtain · #52 (**permalink**) 12th January 2007, 01:57 AM

I use AVG latest version
also use Ad-aware and Spybot as well. make sureyou update all before use. scan regularly
Good luck
All availabe online and free for personal use

drhallahan · #53 (**permalink**) 16th January 2007, 01:37 PM

I use Kaspesky suite, has kept my computer safe for over a year with regular updates. I like the way that even if a virus was downladed to my computer, it would have to ask permission to affect any other process outside of a few exceptions. The exceptions can be very specific. Ever since switching to firefox the adware stopped. If you are plagued by adware I'd use webroot spysweeper, used to fill the gaps left by norton when I used it.

Hangey7 · #54 (**permalink**) 19th January 2007, 10:52 PM

AVG, It's free and free updates

KennyCool · #55 (**permalink**) 31st January 2007, 07:33 PM

Avast Ftw!!!!!

don · #56 (**permalink**) 2nd February 2007, 10:26 AM

little bit pricey but it rules

RoninIV · #57 (**permalink**) 2nd February 2007, 12:57 PM

I use norton 07' only due to the fact I have a friend who knows one of the Symantec reps and can get me hooked up no charge. I also use the usual spyware kit (i.e. Lavasoft,Spybot S&D). Have tried various other utilities like AVG
PCillin and Panda.

oddsometimes · #58 (**permalink**) 17th February 2007, 09:23 PM

I'm using bitdefender9 just installed it 2 days ago i will give it a go i had norton didn't think much of it to tell the truth

bryaner · #59 (**permalink**) 19th March 2007, 11:39 PM

hi

i had norton and avg on my pc's and recived virusis with avg which norton

picked up or were they real?? aswell what is all the anti norton mcfee

about im wondering is it thinking that their inventing the bugs?? i presume

Krlll · #60 (**permalink**) 20th March 2007, 12:13 AM

The reason some people are against Norton and McAfee is because they realise these programs are resource hogs that dont even do their job particularly well.