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AVG/Norton - help please

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Susan

Susan Report 22 Jan 2007 15:14

I am posting this on behalf of a friend. At present she has AVG installed on her computer and wants to remove it to install Norton. Can anyone tell me if its correct to uninstall a previous antivirus before installing a new one. Another concern is, is that she has some viruses locked in the virus vault and she is worried that if by uninstalling, the viruses will be back on the computer. I don't know if she is able to delete the viruses or whether it won't let her........Thanks for any help.

susie manterfield(high wycombe)

susie manterfield(high wycombe) Report 22 Jan 2007 16:16

i have recently uninstalled nortons and installed avg the difference is remarkable. susie

jump

jump Report 22 Jan 2007 16:22

I run Norton and AVG on the same PC without any prob's. If a virus is missed by one then it's usually stopped by the other anti-virus software.

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 22 Jan 2007 17:52

Hi MG HS, You can downbload spybot from here:- http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html Cheers Keith

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 22 Jan 2007 19:06

Some AV programs don't like it if they are in competion, others don't seem to mind. I have AVG and ANTIVIR on my PC at present and they seem to be quite happy with each other. Norton does seem to be very finicky, it is probably better than most than catching the nasties but when it stops working it it a nightmare to fix. The problem with making a call on one porgram versus another is a difficult one.How do you actually know that one is better at stopping viruses?, or is it just usability that you are making a judgement on?

Horatia

Horatia Report 22 Jan 2007 19:09

You may find this website of interest: http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews(.)com/