Norton or McAfee?
Thursday, March 11, 2004 by Richard Mohler | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I was just wondering which antivirus stuff you prefer? Let me know, Thanks, Richard
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IPlural
Reply #22 Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:08 PM
Truth!
Reply #22 Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:08 PM
| but Microsoft did more than anyone to make anti-virus software a reality... (necessity) |
Truth!
DesignCaddy
Reply #23 Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:14 PM
Reply #23 Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:14 PM
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indeed mcafee was first, and i swore by that as a necessety until along came symantic buying up norton. that shield always gave me problems on my 98 machine and i just never went back. 'sides.. get your self system works or a norton firewall and it comes with antivirus. 20$ a year isn't bad considering you find out first hand what its going towards.
indeed mcafee was first, and i swore by that as a necessety until along came symantic buying up norton. that shield always gave me problems on my 98 machine and i just never went back. 'sides.. get your self system works or a norton firewall and it comes with antivirus. 20$ a year isn't bad considering you find out first hand what its going towards.
kona0197
Reply #25 Friday, March 12, 2004 12:03 AM
AntiVir Guard. Free, and it works better than both.
Reply #25 Friday, March 12, 2004 12:03 AM
| I was just wondering which antivirus stuff you prefer? |
AntiVir Guard. Free, and it works better than both.
EventHorizon
Reply #26 Friday, March 12, 2004 12:06 AM
Reply #26 Friday, March 12, 2004 12:06 AM
Ive used both...and have found both to be more or less 'equal'...
If I had to choose, It would be Mcafee...
...Its UI is prettier.
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If I had to choose, It would be Mcafee...
...Its UI is prettier.
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YMark
Reply #27 Friday, March 12, 2004 12:15 AM
Reply #27 Friday, March 12, 2004 12:15 AM
Norton and McAfee are resource hogs and leave crap all over your system. AVG is much better.
Come to think of it, anything with the name Norton or Symantic are resource hogs and would never be installed on any computer I own.
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Come to think of it, anything with the name Norton or Symantic are resource hogs and would never be installed on any computer I own.
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IPlural
Reply #28 Friday, March 12, 2004 12:36 AM
Reply #28 Friday, March 12, 2004 12:36 AM
can't figure out how to configure it hmm?
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Shameless Designs
Reply #29 Friday, March 12, 2004 12:54 AM
Reply #29 Friday, March 12, 2004 12:54 AM
Both Norton and McAfee do take a bit of tweaking in my experience to cut down on resource useage without sacrificing protection. For a long time I ran both of them, but it seemed that each time I would update one, I would have to start over trying to get the two to play nicely with each other. I now run Norton exclusively, because in the two years I ran both, Norton caught things that slipped past McAfee, and I could not recall a single instance of the reverse being true. I also have Norton AV as part of SystemWorks Pro, and I have been very happy with the whole suite.
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sig101
Reply #30 Friday, March 12, 2004 12:55 AM
Reply #30 Friday, March 12, 2004 12:55 AM
AVG is lighter in resources, but not as good in over all detection as McAfee or Kaspersky. Although years ago I wouldn't touch McAfee with a barge pole. It's better now, although both McAfee and Norton borg PC's. (I use NOD32 for an AV and BOClean for trojans.)
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Fuzzy Logic
Reply #33 Friday, March 12, 2004 2:59 AM
Reply #33 Friday, March 12, 2004 2:59 AM
Norton - never fails. It even sorts out web page viruses.
Ignore the anti Norton brigade. Just like the anti Microsoft brigade their claims are shallow and baseless
Ignore the anti Norton brigade. Just like the anti Microsoft brigade their claims are shallow and baseless
Evorg
Reply #34 Friday, March 12, 2004 4:09 AM
Reply #34 Friday, March 12, 2004 4:09 AM
I orignally used IBM Antivirus, which at the time was better than Norton or McAfee. The antivirus technology that IBM used was a main reason that Symantec bought IBM Antivirus. The scanning was faster and it had a low false alarm rate and a better detection rate.
Since Symantec bought IBM Antivirus, Norton has become a better product, and has maintanined that level. And they are always the first to get the new stuff from IBM Antivirus research lab, to incorporate into their program.
Yep Norton, because they gave me the Enterprise Edition and a Symantec beer glass to welcome the old IBM customers into the fold (OK it was the beer glass).
No, really Norton is a good product, sorry for the history.
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Since Symantec bought IBM Antivirus, Norton has become a better product, and has maintanined that level. And they are always the first to get the new stuff from IBM Antivirus research lab, to incorporate into their program.
Yep Norton, because they gave me the Enterprise Edition and a Symantec beer glass to welcome the old IBM customers into the fold (OK it was the beer glass).
No, really Norton is a good product, sorry for the history.
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badblueboy
Reply #35 Friday, March 12, 2004 6:57 AM
Reply #35 Friday, March 12, 2004 6:57 AM
This is good question? You can use both of them. I used before Norton when I had Win ME which was basically not a operating system but crashing system. Now I have updgraded to XP home and use McAfee.
Nevertheless I had problems with security suite i.e. I could not access anymore to certain webpages. Everything was blocked no matter which adjustment I ed. After contacting McAfee I couldn't move a step forward because they kicked me arround from one person to another. So I had to give up and desable the sucurity suite and now it's working good.
I like most such software suppliers which offer you best support before you buy. But if you need their help afterwards they even do not respond.
badblueboy
Nevertheless I had problems with security suite i.e. I could not access anymore to certain webpages. Everything was blocked no matter which adjustment I ed. After contacting McAfee I couldn't move a step forward because they kicked me arround from one person to another. So I had to give up and desable the sucurity suite and now it's working good.
I like most such software suppliers which offer you best support before you buy. But if you need their help afterwards they even do not respond.
badblueboy
Erk.
Reply #36 Friday, March 12, 2004 8:45 AM
Reply #36 Friday, March 12, 2004 8:45 AM
Norton AV pro, and never had a problem with it.
I remember the days I had McAfee on my old win98SE machine, gave me nothing but problems. I also had the McAfee firewall... another useless piece of junky software.
They lost me back then, and I'll never, ever consider them again. >
I remember the days I had McAfee on my old win98SE machine, gave me nothing but problems. I also had the McAfee firewall... another useless piece of junky software.
They lost me back then, and I'll never, ever consider them again. >
Koasati
Reply #37 Friday, March 12, 2004 8:46 AM
Reply #37 Friday, March 12, 2004 8:46 AM
Trend Micro's PC-Cillin has never let me down. Regular updates? I sometimes get 3 or more a day...... they stay on top of things.
IPlural
Reply #38 Friday, March 12, 2004 8:57 AM
Reply #38 Friday, March 12, 2004 8:57 AM
Trend has worked well over the years also without a doubt.
Old win98se days
man now I feel really old having started out with the first dual floppy IBM pc....
*sigh*
Old win98se days man now I feel really old having started out with the first dual floppy IBM pc....
*sigh*
Jafo
Reply #39 Friday, March 12, 2004 9:14 AM
Reply #39 Friday, March 12, 2004 9:14 AM
9 out of 10 men who have tried Camels prefer women....
I'm using Norton....though prior to this I was a beta tester for 'In Defense' and 'Mail Defense' later called Achilles shield...but they tend to have issues with IE in XP....killing the process....
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Reply #21 Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:07 PM
NIS Pro... hands down...
people will spit, laugh, cry and whine, stomp their feet and throw their teddy in the corner. But, I go with what works best and all of the systems under contractual care up and down the east coast of the united states run NIS Pro hands down. Dealing with the government and the Bureau of Primary Health Care "Tommy Thompson's" division in many instances leaves no choice but to be picky as hell.
My wife is on a consulting gig in Houston until Sunday researching EMR products as a matter of fact.
Having to ensure that systems are locked down without compromising connectivity on the client side. Also having to make sure that EMR is secure to meet HIPAA standards and doing this for city, county and state wide non profit clinical networks with remote sites all filtering through to the co-lo data center in Tampa Florida makes one picky in whom they entrust such things.
Do I seriously have a preference? yes, Norton, do I also use Mcafee? yes, because if all you have is a hammer you end up driving screws like nails.
anyway...
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