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McAfee or Norton?
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☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy | Report | 20 Jun 2006 19:43 |
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My anti virus is due for renewal soon, so I would like to get the best replacement I can. What are your opinions? |
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Jools | Report | 20 Jun 2006 19:49 |
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Neither. Use avg from grisoft(.)com - it's FREE. Has worked superbly for me for years & updates itself and the virus definitions automatically every day. |
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Unknown | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:10 |
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I'm happy with McAfee |
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Alan | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:23 |
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Another superb free one is avast, I have been using it for years without any problems. |
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Rachel | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:33 |
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Somehow I don't trust free downloads. When we first had our computer we had Norton and had no problems, however at the time of the annual renewal we upgraded to AOL Broadband and as they provided Mcafee Firewall we decided to opt for their anti virus aswell. We had nothing but problems with Mcafee and after a couple of months changed back to Norton - all trouble free since. |
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Derek | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:36 |
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AVG from Grisoft always gets good scores in the comparison tests in the computer mags, and it's free for home use. I dropped McAfee in favour of it. Never used Norton after a bad experience with one of their products a few years ago. Derek |
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Gwen | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:39 |
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Norton is great works fine for me and if you have bt broadband depending on the monthly tarrif you pay you can download Norton for free. Gwen |
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Gwen | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:42 |
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I have down loaded Norton from BT Broadband and had no problems what so ever it works great runs autmatically and I have all the spy ware and firewall . Gwen |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 20 Jun 2006 21:26 |
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Well I had Mcafee and was ok with it til i did one of their updates & it bu**erd my pc up & they couldnt explain why or rectify it. It cost £45 for a local pc repair expert to come in & delete all the wrong things it had done to my pc. I then bought from him at a discount rate Norton 2003,they used that it their shop & recommended it, and i have stuck with Norton ever since,I,ve just installed Norton 2006 & its just overwritten the previous files. I will stick with Norton as I feel it picks up most if not all probs. |
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Horatia | Report | 20 Jun 2006 21:32 |
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I had McAfee and although I didn't get any viruses, it was a pain and seemed to conflict with everything! I now use Norton and I am advert free and get on with it much better. Only use Norton if you have a powerful PC or it could slow down a weak PC because Norton is very resource hungry but that wouldn't be noticable on a powerful and fast PC. Cheers, Horatia |
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☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy | Report | 20 Jun 2006 21:51 |
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Thank you all for your comments :) I'm still in two minds, but I've had McAfee for 3 years, so I might just stick with that. The only thing that bugs me with it, is it couldn't verify on a PC (one I use) due to some ActiveX constraint. I've heard that McAfee is also power hungry, so maybe they both are. I have until the 24th to decide lol |
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David | Report | 20 Jun 2006 23:38 |
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If you have the free version of AVG, you will need a separarte firewall. The windows firewall does not check outbound traffic. F-Secure and Kaspesrsky get good reviews in some magazines. David |
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