| scott s |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:44 am |
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My computer came with McAfee and Norton anti-virus. The McAfee works well, but the Norton will not make it's automatic updates. Other than that, it works OK, too.
They're both about to expire. I know there's tons of free stuff out there. I ran Adaware on my old computer. Are both the Norton and McAfee necessary? Are there better options?
I'd rather not spend hundreds on new programs, but I don't want to be under-protected either. |
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| 1977_L63H_P27 |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:14 am |
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| I don't like either McAfee or Norton. Just wait 'til you try and remove them and you'll see what I mean. I use AVG Free for virus scan and Adaware. Free and they work great :). Peace! |
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| vujade |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:28 am |
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I run
AVG for Virus
ZoneAlarm for Firewall
Adaware for spyware
All are free programs & I have no problems with viruses or spyware!!! |
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| Low67vdubinnocal |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:58 am |
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| My laptop came with norton and xp a few years ago and it never worked right slowed a 2 gig cpu. down to a crawl froze up and never worked right so I deleated it. Same thing on a tower I had never worked right. I use what ever aol has and the xp firewall on my laptop seems to work fine. I use a free German one called Avira antivir personal on the tower last couple of years and never had a problem... |
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| Driveway Jewelry |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:04 am |
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AVAST antivirus!!! This is my favorite antivirus and it is free!!! I have always hated Norton because it seems to slow computers to a crawl.
When I was in the Army and lived in the barracks, I was the resident "computer geek" so when people came to me with computer problems, I fixed 9 out of 10 by uninstalling Norton or McAfee and installing Avast and AdAware. |
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| runslikeapenguin |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:32 am |
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make sure your running physical and software firewalls and AVG.
i recommend Tiny personal firewall.
or you could just not use windows and not have to worry about it. |
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| blankmange |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:41 am |
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vujade wrote: I run
AVG for Virus
ZoneAlarm for Firewall
Adaware for spyware
All are free programs & I have no problems with viruses or spyware!!!
before I switched to a Mac, this was my setup for protection.......
now, I run the Mac spam blocker and firewall.... and that's it... |
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| scott s |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:07 am |
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| How do I uninstall the Norton? I can't seem to find a way to uninstal it on my computer. If I use "remove programs", that doesn't completely uninstall it...or does it? |
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| _monkey_ |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:20 am |
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| Norton definitely puts multiple parts in the "Add/Remove Programs" list. 4 sounds right to me. Check for anything with Norton or Symantec in the list and remove those as well. |
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| kingd33 |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:30 am |
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| If you go to the norton(symantec) web site,they have a program that uninstalls all of their stuff in one shot supposedly. |
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| busfreak_71 |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:06 pm |
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| I use Spyware Doctor, its free and it works pretty good... Hate Norton and McAfee... |
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| Low67vdubinnocal |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:15 pm |
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| If you stay off the free porn sites and dont click any cash check for me job offers prolly the one your isp provides is fine not that anyone does that sort of thing here just an observation... |
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| Malokin Martin |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:10 pm |
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"Spybot search and destroy" has worked great for me.
It's free and about once a month, they update their library. Helps with the new bugs. |
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| Ace |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:14 pm |
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| avg works well for being free. I use Trend micro as it catches most of the cooties. Norton and Mcafee are garbage. |
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| Double G |
Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:11 pm |
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| download avg and spybot and you will be set, that is all I have been running for the last 2 years, havent had a single problem. |
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| typesoneandtwo |
Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:44 am |
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Malokin Martin wrote: "Spybot search and destroy" has worked great for me.
It's free and about once a month, they update their library. Helps with the new bugs.
x2. I run a SpyBot scan regularly and it is an excellent program. |
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| Lee. |
Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:01 am |
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| How come everyone says McAfee & Norton suck? It's surprising to hear the #1 & #2 virus scan companies aren't very effective. I've also heard the same thing from the IT guys at my wife's company. |
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| Russ Wolfe |
Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:13 pm |
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Hmmmmm,
I don't use any anti-virus software, or spyware software. I have never done a virus scan.
I never have problems with spyware, adware, or virus's.
Oh wait, I don't use Windows or a Mac. I use Linux. It is free and virus free. |
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| myolbug |
Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:59 pm |
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Along those lines...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/29/ubuntu_left_standing/
Quote: A laptop running a fully patched version of Microsoft's Vista operating system was the second and final machine to fall in a hacking contest that pitted the security of Windows, OS X and Ubuntu Linux. With both a Windows and Mac machine felled, only the Linux box remained standing following the three-day competition.
A Mac was the first to fall! |
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| Ace |
Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:54 pm |
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Russ Wolfe wrote: Hmmmmm,
I don't use any anti-virus software, or spyware software. I have never done a virus scan.
I never have problems with spyware, adware, or virus's.
Oh wait, I don't use Windows or a Mac. I use Linux. It is free and virus free.
You are playing the odds. There just isn't as many linux hackers. That will go up with linux popularity. |
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