Antivirus Help

[alan76]

Currently using Norton 2005,but keep getting subscription reminders and having problems updating antivirus.

I heard that if you reinstall Norton it start from new,is this true?

What do you use.What should I avoid?

[bigdave]

norton is s***e mate, i use avast im pretty sure it is free aswell

[alan76]

Just read a review for avast and looks good,has anybody used AVG?I didnt realise Norton was that bad,the review all said how much it slows down your computer,apparently not being able to update the antivirus is a comman fault.

[bigdave]

ive used norton,avg, mcafee ( if your going to pay id recomend this) in the past and now avast, this combined with the outlook firewall seems to keep me protected

i put on mcafee after i was using avg for a whilst, and it found a few viruses(thanfully not serious) lurking that avg hadnt detected

avast seems good and its updated every day

[andy]

Your yearly subs have ran out mate, you need to upgrade to 2006

Try AVG a great free AV give it a go
www.snapfiles.com/reviews/AVG_Free_Edition/avg.html

[alan76]

Bye Bye Norton!just installed AVG and Spybot so will see how I get on.Took ages to uninstall Norton.

[Bri]

Use this to get rid of anything left behind by norton or other stuff you have unistalled.

it cleans out your pc for you and helps it run a bit faster.

I found 87 little nasties when I ran it.

www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html

And its free

[Alwoody]

Run adaware as well as spybot, one can miss the odd thing but the other gets it.

www.computeractive.co.uk/vnunet/downloads/2128934/ad-aware-se-personal-edition-05

By the way I have always run Norton and never had a problem, everyone to there own.

If you want to do an online check to test your computers security then have a look at this.

security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym

Woody

[alan76]

Did a scan using AVG and found no little fellas so it looks like Norton was doing its job.

Did another scan using Spybot and it found and removed 39 threats ,so up to now its looking good.

[daveb]

as a computor numpty ive not a clue what your all on about ;D
i have got mcafee and now i have a renewal notice,whats the best thing to do,renew it or use something else???
english please

[alan76]

Dave I was in the same position with Norton and didnt want to pay any money out.

So I installed AVG and Spybot both free,plenty of links on the net.Hopefully theyll do the same job but wont cost me a penny.

[KeviN]

dave there's some mcafee crack around, then you won't need to regist or anything but still can update!

but I'd suggest you just uninstall the current anti-virus and use the AVG, it's quite good and free.
www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10592484.html?tag=lst-6-3

[daveb]

kevin said:

dave there's some mcafee crack around,

kev im shocked ;D i dont do drugs .......................


thanks for the link kev,ill have a look,but all this downloading stuff,not to sure about what im doing

[andy]

Something for all, Top 100 dowloads

www.snapfiles.com/topdownloads/Freeware-top100-25.html

[Alwoody]

Ok you lads who are not sure what you should have on your computer for protection against all the nasties out there.
You need a firewall - this keeps your computer invisible from hackers, a good free one is zone alarm
Firewall
www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/trial_zaFamily/trial_zaFamily.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=GB&lang=en
(Make sure you click on the free download on the right)

Then you need an anti-virus to stop the idiots who try to send things that either wreck your PC or copy your personal stuff, this needs to be kept up to-date, as mentioned a good free one is AVG
www.computeractive.co.uk/vnunet/downloads/2129071/avg-antivirus-free-edition

The last essential is anti-spy ware, spy ware is something that sometimes gets planted on your PC when you go on to online websites (the dodgier the site the more the risk) and monitors what you are doing on your PC some of this is relatively harmless but some can log your key strokes and get your passwords etc. and send them back to whoever planted them on your PC.
Most experts reckon you should run Spybot and adaware because that way you are pretty sure to catch all the spy ware out there.
Here are 2 good free ones
Spybot www.computeractive.co.uk/vnunet/downloads/2128856/spybot-search-destroy

Adaware www.computeractive.co.uk/vnunet/downloads/2128934/ad-aware-se-personal-edition-05

You should keep them all up to date and run them frequently

Hope this helps

Woody

[albouet]

avg free edition is no good for windows xp, any cracked anti virus does not work properly and can cause computer problems nortons can slow computers down because its a hug program and u need the memory on pc to handle it. avast anti virus is the best free anti virus because its made specifically for home uses, use this along with windows defender if running a proper copy of windows xp. windows defender searches for spyware and malicious spyware and is free from www.microsoft.com