Re: Which Anti Virus

From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 12/10/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:39:53 -0700

Colin T wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been a fan of Norton for the past 6 years but after several system
> problems with 3 installs of NIS 2005, I'm beginning to lose faith. Anyone
> recommend a good alternative that is stable and more importantly, does the
> job ? Anyone have anything good/bad to say about Kaspersky, Sophos or AVG ?
> TIA.
>
> Regards Colin.

     You'll get nearly as many differing opinions as you will
responses.

     I used, and recommended, Norton Antivirus and then Norton Internet
Security, for many years, on Win98, WinNT, Win2K, and WinXP, all
without any significant problems. I had used McAfee prior to that.
But it's been several years since I've been tempted to try McAfee
products. Their quality seemed to take a steep nose-dive after they
were acquired by Network Associates.

     However, when my subscription to Symantec's updates for Norton
Internet Security 2002 came up for renewal (at a cost substantially
higher than the preceding year's subscription), I decided to try less
expensive solutions. I downloaded and installed the free version of
GriSoft's AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php ) and the
free version of Sygate's Personal Firewall
(http://smb.sygate.com/free/default.php ). Both have proven to be
easily installed, easy to use, and quite effective. Additionally, I
was pleasantly surprised to see a small but very noticeable
improvement in my PC's performance, once I'd replaced the Symantec
product. 

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