-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Antivirus, continued

  • From: Disastar <disastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:09:54 -0500

My sentiments exactly.  I used to be a die hard Norton user until the
frustration of too many years of headaches and my PC being too slow (that I
traced down to Norton), I finally switched years ago.  I tried several other
products of which they never seemed to fit my requirements and make me
happy, mostly because of slowing down the PC.  Kaspersky was the closest,
but then I started having problems that I was fairly certain were because of
Kaspersky.  Then I tried NOD32 about 2 years ago and I was hooked after the
first month.  I never understood why some reviews didn't cover NOD32 since
the ones that did cover it always showed NOD32 in the top 3.  I think now
that Gman might be right, that some reviews didn't cover it because it used
to be too tech-oriented for the reviews for the average non-tech user.  Now
its so easy I have to look in the system tray to make sure its still
running.  Hehe

Ed

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gman
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:27 AM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Antivirus, continued

Most folks never hear of the better security apps because they don't 
advertise like the big two (Symantec & McAfee) and, to a lesser extent, CA. 
Years ago, AV programs like NOD were tailored much more to the tech-oriented

folks who demand control over every aspect of the app.  Of course, that's 
too much control for the average user, so its popularity was never going to 
rival that of the great Norton & McAfee products.  Unfortunately, those two 
companies BOTH let their popularity go to their collective heads and they 
started bloating things up and focusing less and less on how well those 
products provided actual security.  Most of us ended up relying on what 
became junk products to protect us from an online world that was getting 
more ferocious every day.  Companies like Eset saw this and decided to trim 
down their options in order to offer regular folks a much better product 
without all of the frills (& bloat).  I think they did a great job of making

it user friendly without losing any of the protection.  It's not nearly as 
'tech-oriented' as it used to be, but that's ok by me.  It also has a 
separate "Advanced mode" that opens up many of those options if desired.  If

it makes you feel any better, Eset's NOD32 has consistantly placed near the 
top of all AV products in terms of real protection for about as long as I 
can remember them rating these things.

As for it not including other types of protection, I have to apologize since

I missed the part where you were looking for a full suite to get for the two

of you.  I generally avoid those, preferring to use the best individual apps

I can get and most of the ones I use together are free.

Peace,
Gman

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
http://www.bornagainamerican.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Schoon" <gamemaster@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 12:55 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Antivirus, continued


> Now I have to ask the obvious question - if this product is so good, why
> haven't I heard of them until recently - compared to McAfee and Norton and
> (to a lesser extent) CA?
>
> Also, they seem to be fairly limited in terms of options offered - their
> biggest suite only adds a firewall and anti-spam, nothing more (not that 
> I'm
> looking to get the biggest suite offered, mind you). For someone like me
> that might be fine, but my mother will click on anything offered to her
> (despite my preachings, she still doesn't know better) - I think we'd need
> something more than this can offer. And a 2-PC license is $69.99 ($55.99
> from that reseller, which is still quite a bit by our standards especially
> considering what is included).
>
> -----
> Tim 

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