[CTS] Re: Alternative to Norton System Works
- From: "Murray White" <phymur@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 01:45:48 -0500
you using freeware AVG Russ? in the message below mine, the point was raised
that the AVG 7 which is "payfor" picked up things that AVG6 did not.
MW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 10:38 PM
Subject: [CTS] Re: Alternative to Norton System Works
> Don't know what this hackfix.org is talking about as AVG has never let me
> down, ever. My main workstation that I am on runs 4 AV programs and AVG
has
> never missed a beat when others have let things slip by - two are
commercial
> and well known.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Murray White
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 2:41 PM
> > To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [CTS] Re: Alternative to Norton System Works
> >
> >
> > this may be showing what Hackfix.org has shown that AVG misses stuff.
> > AntiVir is higher rated but more trouble to update etc. I use SpamPal
and
> > Avast needs configuration that has me perplexed and some say it is
better
> > but early versions were not so great so maybe it is actually improved.
> >
> > Hard to have much faith in a lot of this stuff and once they have
> > your $ ???
> >
> > This, to me, is why it is so important to look carefully at email
received
> > and don't open things that you don't know what they are.
> >
> > MW
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:57 PM
> > Subject: [CTS] Re: Alternative to Norton System Works
> >
> >
> > > Or it you want it to work - good exanple today is one of my
> > clients - they
> > > have a 2 yr old Gateway that I reloaded and crossed data from,
installed
> > AVG
> > > free on it. Their other machines are new Dells with an included
> > commercial
> > > AV - it's only a 90 day trial version to suck you into their paid sub
> > > program. The trial AV program missed 5 messages with MyDoom.A
> > and MyDoom.B
> > > but the AVG free version caiught the 16 the machine it was on
> > received. I
> > > just got back from uninstalling all of the included AV
> > commercial program
> > > and installed AVG Pro on their entire network - ran full test on the
new
> > > Dells and they had at least 3 different worms and viruses laying in
wait
> > > while the one that originally had the free AVG 6 had nothing
> > when the Pro
> > > version was loaded.
> > >
> > > Sorry to those McAfee and Symantec zealots but I've totally
> > lost faith in
> > > both.
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> > Murray White
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 11:43 AM
> > > > To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [CTS] Re: Alternative to Norton System Works
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > and if you don't like to pay for things, try AVG 6, Anti Vir,
> > or Avast.
> > > >
> > > > MW
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Hal Brown" <hbrown@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:49 AM
> > > > Subject: [CTS] Re: Alternative to Norton System Works
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I use NOD32. It's the best antivirus I've ever used. It does
> > > > one thing,
> > > > > the obvious, it has a very small footprint, and it's rated
> > number one
> > > > > catching viruses. My second choice would be AVG 7.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hal
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 09:45:26PM -0700, John McLaughlin
> > duly noted:
> > > > > >Hi Folks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I have had Norton System Works recommended for its weekly
> > os scan and
> > > > repair
> > > > > >function. As an active lurker (if such is possible) I
> > thought y'all
> > > > might
> > > > > >recommend something else, as this group in previous posts has
> > > > not exactly
> > > > > >been swept away with Symantec products.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Any thoughts?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >(Sorry for the previous post with the wrong heading).
> > > > > >
> > > > > >John McLaughlin
> > > > > >Glendale, Arizona
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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