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 #42 Friday, March 12, 2004 9:47 AM
Reply #42 Friday, March 12, 2004 9:47 AM
if you connect to the net without AV and or a firewall app running, the chanes are you are going to be hit with a number of worms and such through the messenger service....
no one has to open anything...
no one has to open anything...
carolelee
Reply #43 Friday, March 12, 2004 9:59 AM
Reply #43 Friday, March 12, 2004 9:59 AM
True enough IPlural, her daughter uses messenger but don't you think Norton should have caught it?
IPlural
Reply #44 Friday, March 12, 2004 10:05 AM
Reply #44 Friday, March 12, 2004 10:05 AM
not if it wasn't installed already, or running...
there are also some online downloads which when run just add the file to a directory on the drive and normal seeming changes are made to the registry as with any installation, yet the program actually calls the nasty into service upon first running the app...
there are also some online downloads which when run just add the file to a directory on the drive and normal seeming changes are made to the registry as with any installation, yet the program actually calls the nasty into service upon first running the app...
carolelee
Reply #45 Friday, March 12, 2004 10:16 AM
Reply #45 Friday, March 12, 2004 10:16 AM
Man it was a nasty too, hard to remove but my sister learned a hard lesson.....watch over her 14 year old daughter! My sister is so turned off by computers now, she hasn't even turned the thing on(a little gun shy I guess) 
DesignCaddy
Reply #46 Friday, March 12, 2004 11:06 AM
Reply #46 Friday, March 12, 2004 11:06 AM
| I had Win ME which was basically not a operating system but crashing system. |
Essencay
Reply #47 Friday, March 12, 2004 11:13 AM
I remember having those days too. I'd get so pissed, I'd just shut off McAfee, But those were gentler kinder days of yore on the net
Reply #47 Friday, March 12, 2004 11:13 AM
| I remember the days I had McAfee on my old win98SE machine, gave me nothing but problems |
I remember having those days too. I'd get so pissed, I'd just shut off McAfee, But those were gentler kinder days of yore on the net
Sput
Reply #48 Friday, March 12, 2004 2:20 PM
Reply #48 Friday, March 12, 2004 2:20 PM
I tend to recomend McAfee to people based on my experience. I've had to sort out lots of peoples machines that have been royally messed up by Norton, but I've never had to recover things for people using McAfee. Norton is fine WHEN IT WORKS how I'd sum it up.
I also tend to opt for McAfee personally as the licence we have at work covers all staff and students to use it on their home machine(s) too.
I have no qualms recomending AVG or Panda http://www.pandasoftware.com/ either based feedback from users, though the last time I had time to presonally really test out alternative AV products was a number of years ago....I've gotten lazy, and just stick with what I know works now.
BTW, We get updates from McAfee almost daily which we then mirror out for our machines or home users to pick-up...I've never known McAfee more than an hour or so behind Norton or the others for updates, and sometimes they're in advance. It usually depends on who the virus gets reported to first I think.
I also tend to opt for McAfee personally as the licence we have at work covers all staff and students to use it on their home machine(s) too.
I have no qualms recomending AVG or Panda http://www.pandasoftware.com/ either based feedback from users, though the last time I had time to presonally really test out alternative AV products was a number of years ago....I've gotten lazy, and just stick with what I know works now.
BTW, We get updates from McAfee almost daily which we then mirror out for our machines or home users to pick-up...I've never known McAfee more than an hour or so behind Norton or the others for updates, and sometimes they're in advance. It usually depends on who the virus gets reported to first I think.
YMark
Reply #49 Saturday, March 13, 2004 1:10 AM
I can figure them out just fine, thank you. IMO, while they do the job they're intended to do, they have a large footprint and AVG is a better written program.
BTW, what does configuring have to do with the fact that they both leave traces of crap all over your system if you ever decide to uninstall them?
Reply #49 Saturday, March 13, 2004 1:10 AM
| can't figure out how to configure it hmm? |
I can figure them out just fine, thank you. IMO, while they do the job they're intended to do, they have a large footprint and AVG is a better written program.
BTW, what does configuring have to do with the fact that they both leave traces of crap all over your system if you ever decide to uninstall them?
kingtut19651952
Reply #50 Saturday, March 13, 2004 1:25 AM
Reply #50 Saturday, March 13, 2004 1:25 AM
I like Macfee I think it is easy to use. have a nice day
IPlural
Reply #51 Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:50 AM
I've yet to have that problem, mainly because I setup a system to monitor and log any changes during the installation of software, changes and locations in the registry and so on. Three to Four mouse clicks and a system is totally cleaned of anything installed which I want removed.
As implied previously, if a system is configured correctly, it is not going to have a problem with email attachments, program removal, installation, configuration or stability. But it has to be configured or everything Windows leaves crap on a system without question. Orphaned files are quite common and something that should be scanned for and removed periodically.
Reply #51 Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:50 AM
| BTW, what does configuring have to do with the fact that they both leave traces of crap all over your system if you ever decide to uninstall them? |
I've yet to have that problem, mainly because I setup a system to monitor and log any changes during the installation of software, changes and locations in the registry and so on. Three to Four mouse clicks and a system is totally cleaned of anything installed which I want removed.
As implied previously, if a system is configured correctly, it is not going to have a problem with email attachments, program removal, installation, configuration or stability. But it has to be configured or everything Windows leaves crap on a system without question. Orphaned files are quite common and something that should be scanned for and removed periodically.
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Reply #41 Friday, March 12, 2004 9:40 AM