ok i need to know some antivirus protection places. i am lookin at installin AVG...dont really have the money just yet for Norton. i just need to know what youw ould reccomend as well as your thoughts on AVG...thanks
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If you are having problems with computer viruses then you may need to run several different anti-virus programs to protect you computer.  Anti-virus programs don't all work the same way.  Some will scan, identify and remove viruses automatically and will need to have access to an internet connection to download the latest virus definitions. These virus definitions require a team of dedicated staff to keep them up to date and are usually available with commercial products that offer it as part of their service. Others anti-virus programs rely on you to download and install the latest virus definitions and will just scan and delete simple viruses. It is also important to find out how often the virus definitions are updated and if the anti-virus program automatically checks to see if the virus definitions are current otherwise your computer can still get infected.\n\nClamWin is another Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003. ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and is open source code. You can download and use it absolutely free of charge.\n\nIt's features include: \nHigh detection rates for viruses and spyware;\nScanning Scheduler; \nAutomatic downloads of Virus Database updates.\nStandalone Virus Scanner; \nRight-Click Menu Integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer; \nAddin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.\n\nThe ClamAV team regularly updates the Virus Databases to include a new virus/variant immediately after it appears.\n\nAVG is a very good product but I don't believe it is sufficent on its own to deal with the range of threats your computer faces.  I would suggest that you install and regularly run several programs to remove malicious software.\n\nYou can find a list of FREE tools you can use to help protect your Windows computer at the web sites below.
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Norton is a piece of crap as you can see. Here you have some good and free antivirus programs:\nhttp://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/download/\nGet one!
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AVG gets great reviews. You should never use two anti-virus programs at the same time. \n\nThink of it like having two goalies trying to protect a single soccer net -- they are going to get in each others way and some balls will get through. ;o)
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The warning you get may be an advertisement.  I have seen it a few times on my computer even with my anti-virus on.  Just click the message off and go into your start menu- click on Norton and turn it on...it might also be a good idea to scan your whole system just in case.  Make sure to also do a live update if your virus list is older than 3 months.
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You mean antivirus? okay, try AVG Anti-Virus than, its free and better.  It has been proven in numerous test to out perform norton.
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You can download the FREE version of AVG virus Scanner here http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1. Norton is such a system hog. I would get rid of it and use the free version of AVG. Have not had any issues.
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the best thing to do is firstly,- uninstall Norton then take the driver disk and place it under your coffee mug, then cut your losses and go buy an anti virus program that works. install that one and you will be fine........ a bit of a sarcastic answer i know and apologise but i just can't see how Norton are still going, although saying that- their backup program "ghost" is good but i think they have lost the edge on anti virus detection and the anti virus is very resource hungry...........just my opinion
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I've tried several anti-viruses, because i wasn't happy at all with them. If I take it as an anti-virus than I would say Norton is the best, but in my opinion it sucks your memory and integrates itself everywhere. Then there is Bit-defender. I liked it, but the fact is it updates itself too often, and the bad thing about it is that it restarts itself. And this can be very annoying for 2 reasons: firstly during the restart you are unprotected (for about 2-3 secs), and secondly if it updates during a system scan, than the scan will stop; and this is very annoying when you have a big and full hard-drive which needs more time to be scanned. \nI'v also tried McAfee. It's firewall is pretty good, but it lacks on the virus part. Simply it did not find some of them.  The same thing is the problem with Nod32 or AVG. I now use a trial version of PC-Cillin, and for now it's OK. You could also try Kaspercy (I haven't tried it yet) but I heard it's pretty could. \nSo my answer is, that all anti-virus and firewall softwares are pretty good, and they can all protect the avarage user. \nI'll let you decide which one suites you the best. ;)
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i have had problems with norton and so i deleted it and all of its components.. i now use something called stop and it has a big red stop sign and it has done more to help this computer than norton ever did.. honestly.. it got rid of infected cookies and i had something hooked on to a game of mine and it put it in quarantine... and now i see when they do their work it says virus, and trogan and all computer is clean.. and that makes me feel good to see it.. hope you can find it .. i ordered for 3 months but i will reorder it when the time comes...
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In addition to having an anti virus, you have to practice safe surfing. This means no limewire, or clicking on email attachments, etc.\n\nAnti virus companies like norton can only publish the signatures of virus that they know, and have calculated a defense against these viruses. New viruses in the wild (known as zero day attacks or exploits) will get right by them.\n\nAlso, the virus writers know that the majority of people use norton, so they specifically target ways around norton. This is why you dont hear a lot about apple viruses. Its not worth their time to write viruses for macs. Theres just not a lot of them out there for it to be worth anything to them. They want to have their 15 minutes of fame.\n\nSo, zero day viruses - there's no way to protect yourself other than safe computing. You might also want to do what I did and dump norton in favor of a lesser known anti virus program so you stay under the radar. I prefer Avast. It not only updates daily, but has a feature that protects your computer if something is happening that looks like virus activity...not just scanning the files against their virus signatures. Its free for home use (less the script protection) and I highly recommend it. Its a small program with only a few background tasks running. Norton is a CPU hog.\n\nNow, removing all traces of Norton it not too easy. There are 3 or 4 items in the add/remove group. Search the norton site for full removal instructions prior to actually doing it.\n\nAnother really good free antivirus is AVG. You can find it easily. You can only have one AV running at a time.\n\nLastly, some spyware and trojans that are not truly virus, CAN install viruses. Make sure you also run anti spy and anti adware. Unlike AV and firewall, you can have multiple antispy and anti ad programs running.\n\nHope this helps.
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Norton is useless, hogs your computer .get avg free anti virus from\nwww.download.com\nmuch faster and 10 x better than norton
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Whoever says one AV protection (especially Norton) is enough to keep you safe is wrong.  The problem is that there is so much new malware being created every day that having only particular vendor protect you is never enough.  I recommend a battery of protection:\n\nSpybot Search and Destroy\nAd-aware\nFree Version of Avast (great antivirus)\nFirefox instead of IE\nand good surfing habits. \nUpdate windows when new patches are released! (very very important)\n\nI wrote a tutorial a while back about it here:\n\nhttp://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial82.html
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Howdy\n\nI have a few Free Antivirus programs I can reccomend to you.. I have tried all of the following and liked them! :O)\n\nhttp://www.avast.com/ avast!\nhttp://www.free-av.com/ AntiVir HBEDV\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/ AVG Free Edition\n\nAlso, if your willing to experiment (this product as of now is still in testing)\nhttp://www.windowsonecare.com/ Windows OneCare Beta\n\nIf your fine with forking over a couple bucks, I have another solution -- I am VERY satisfied with the current version of Norton Systemworks. (http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/internet_security/nav2006/index.html ). This program is worth every cent, you won't be sorry!\n\nIf you would like to use Norton Antivirus for Free, along with many other tools (Adaware Personal Edition, for deleting spyware) it IS that is possible... You will have to download it through the google pack, which URL is provided here:\nhttp://pack.google.com/\n\nAlso, Check with your ISP (Internet Service Provider).  They are the people that connect you to the internet.  Sometimes your ISP can provide your with AntiVirus for free. (Netzero, AOL, comcast, etc, do.) :O)
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u may try disabling script blocking. and if it doesn't work, then do what i did a year ago - DUMP NORTON!!!!\ntry Avast [avast.com] or AVG antivirus [grisoft.com]\nboth are terrific, and both are absolutely free.\nelse, if u really feel like spendin money, then u may opt for McAfee.\nwhats better, if u are fond of your Norton, then check the symantec help desk [norton's official website, u'll find the address in the readme].\nu may as well try disablin the script blockin, as well as check for ur browser's settings. [but i'm not sure if this will work].\nSIMPLY CHANGE THE ANTI VIRUS MAN!!
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Hi there,\n\nInstead of all these "Mine is better than yours" answers that go on around here, I'll instead answer with the facts.\n\nQuite simply - Yes, Norton IS much better than AVG and Avast plus any other free utilities.\n\nLooking at current protection ratings, AVG scores a lowly 90% protection against all known viruses, whilst Avast comes in at 92%. This means they are letting through one in every ten viruses - pretty shocking.\n\nNorton on the other hand is protecting against something like 98.3% of all known viruses - a much better score.  However as people have mentioned, Norton can be known for being a very heavy program which can tend to slow down certain machines. However, if you are not showing any of these slowdown symptoms then I wouldn't worry too much.\n\nI honestly wouldn't waste your time with programs such as Spybot and Adaware.  These used to be great programs a couple of years ago but have now been overtaken and left behind by other programs with next generation approaches.\n\nOne scary fact is if you have AVG, Spybot and Adaware installed and up-to-date, then you are only protected from 60% of all known malware (viruses, spyware, adware, trojans, etc).\n\nIf you would be interested in other Security products that are better than Norton, you should try either Prevx1, Kaspersky or F-Secure who all score over a 99% protection rating.
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norton wont load on a system that has viruses and why are you throwing money away?http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1/ works better than norton
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Let me tell you avg users.. im not lying ...... but Avg was unable to detect my ownmade virus too.. and avg's weak point is it's defense... yes online protection.......\n         only norton and avast were able to detect..... I tried Mccafee too... since norton slows down computer Use Avast! it's Excellent!........