Re: AOL Security vs Norton AV
- From: "Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:00:13 -0500
One anti-virus is essential, two or more may clash and cause problems.
If you want the AOL offerring, then remove Norton. Go to the Symantec
website and look for a tool to really remove it. Doing a simple uninstall
is rarely sufficient with modern Norton products.
However, I am always a bit skeptical about anything that is "free",
especially from a company like AOL. Personally, I would stick with Norton
over AOL-supported anti-virus.
Note that the previous reply also has a good point: There are some good and
free antivirus programs. AVG is one of them. You might try doing a web
search on reviews of antivirus programs to get a compare and contrast among
the for-fee and the free programs. Sometimes the major difference is ease
of updating, sometimes it is more significant features.
By the way, in addition to one anti-virus, also have one firewall. As a
minimum use the XP firewall. Better yet, use Zone Alarm (free).
Finally, as a former AOL user for ten years, I would suggest that your
friend try to use the email and other features that come with the DSL
service. That friend may eventually realize, as I did, that AOL is not
really necessary anymore. In fact, in timing tests I found that the AOL
browser to be far slower than IE6 or Firefox over the same high-speed
connection. Depending on the DSL supplier, they may even have a program to
transfer favorites and email addresses out of AOL into something more
common, like IE6 and Outlook Express. It could be well worth asking about.
"Jim Snively" <jsnively@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23d45oQLDHHA.348@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I recently installed a DSL for a friend who is a will remain an AOL user.
This friend uses AOL Version 7 and Norton Antivirus 2005. During the
installation AOL "pushed" the upgrade to their newer version with "free"
security. Suspecting there would be a clash between AOL Version 9 and NAV
2005, I decided to complete the DSL installation using AOL 7 and NAV 2005.
The current NAV 2005 update subscription last until January 2007. This
raises a couple of questions which I hope can get answered here:
1. Is AOL Version 9 a valid way to satisfy the Windows XP SP2
requirement for an anti-virus program?
2. Assuming that answer is yes and the "free" price for AOL pushes us
in that direction should I:
a. Uninstall NAV 2005, then upgrade AOL now?
b. Wait until the NAV subscription expires then take the steps
listed in a above?
c. Stick with AOL 7.0 and upgrade NAV when the current subscription
expires?
d. Any other option?
Thanks
Jim Snively
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