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View Poll Results: Which Antivirus You Would Rate The Best?
1) Norton Antivirus 6 23.08%
2) McAfee Virus Scan 3 11.54%
3) Kaspersky 1 3.85%
4) AVG Free Edition 8 30.77%
5) AVG Commercial Edition 0 0%
6) Bit Defender 1 3.85%
7) Panda Antivirus 1 3.85%
8) !avast Antivirus 1 3.85%
9) Any other, pls specify 5 19.23%
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Old 20-07-2005, 08:15 AM   #1
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Rate the best antivirus :bleh: !
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Old 20-07-2005, 08:34 AM   #2
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Using linux solves almost all virus problems I used to have.

I've heard good things about the corperate version of norten antivirus though
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Old 20-07-2005, 08:40 AM   #3
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I use McAfee, In combination with Mozilla Firefoz this usually keeps the most virus outside, and ofcourse a good firewall (Black Ice)..


btw.. Does somebody knows if Mozilla Thunderrbird is a decent e-mail client, I'm still using Outlook and I'm getting sick of it....
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Old 20-07-2005, 10:58 AM   #4
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I'm using Thunderbird, it's good. As Data said, switching to Linux solved my virusproblems. I used to have Norton or Norman in Windows.

Firewall in Windows is Zone Alarm and in Linux I make due with iptables.
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Old 20-07-2005, 11:07 AM   #5
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I use Norton AntiVirus but the only reason I use it is because it came with the pc. Norton Antivirus basically covers what I want. I don't know much about other Virus scanners so this topic would be good one to get my understanding a lever higher of these Virus scanners because viruses get better/harder to beat with the moving of technology.
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Old 20-07-2005, 11:09 AM   #6
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I use Norton, but it's not that great, it's a virus detector since I usually end up deleting the viruses myself.
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Old 20-07-2005, 11:16 AM   #7
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i chosed Norton because it is the one i use, but i guess most of them are competent enough to keep a computer clean... just as long as virus definitions are kept updated
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Old 20-07-2005, 11:24 AM   #8
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I used Norton for two years thinking that it was the best. But then I decided to opt for a change and searched many websites to find that people were no longer happy with norton. I decided to opt for a change and decided to go for its old competetor McAfee and I really suggest everyone to go for McAfee! It's better! It can control adware too! Plus there are some advanced options also. I am using McAfee 8.0i.

Heard a lot about Kaspersky but it is also resource consuming! AVG Free Edition is the favourite of many people, but wait the poll is yet to get full response!
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Old 20-07-2005, 11:28 AM   #9
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i hate norton. it chews up system resources. it makes long instilations of other software screw up. i hate it more than i hate any other piece of software ever. my wifes pc came with norton installed to a level where you CANT UNINSTALL IT (without a windows hack) pure pure evil.
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LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL !!!
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