seaweed1317

I am running XP Pro & have always used Norton Anti-Virus. Recently it
started "acting up", wanting to do a full system scan, which I did. But it
was constantly trying to do this & there was always an error message on my
task bat saying I needed to do this. When I did do it, it took over 4 hours
as it did my main drive, a spare internal drive & my external.

I removed it with the intent of re-installing. But after it was gone, I
couldn't believe how much faster everything was running without Norton. So
my question is, does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)? I don't
care if I have to buy it. I just don't want Norton anymore & will also
remove it from my laptop.

Thanks in advance
......seaweed

Tom Porterfield

seaweed1317 wrote:
> I am running XP Pro & have always used Norton Anti-Virus. Recently it
> started "acting up", wanting to do a full system scan, which I did. But it
> was constantly trying to do this & there was always an error message on my
> task bat saying I needed to do this. When I did do it, it took over 4 hours
> as it did my main drive, a spare internal drive & my external.
>
> I removed it with the intent of re-installing. But after it was gone, I
> couldn't believe how much faster everything was running without Norton. So
> my question is, does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)? I don't
> care if I have to buy it. I just don't want Norton anymore & will also
> remove it from my laptop.

For a good, paid product, I like NOD32 from http://www.eset.com.
--
Tom Porterfield

Tom Porterfield

seaweed1317 wrote:
> I am running XP Pro & have always used Norton Anti-Virus. Recently it
> started "acting up", wanting to do a full system scan, which I did. But it
> was constantly trying to do this & there was always an error message on my
> task bat saying I needed to do this. When I did do it, it took over 4 hours
> as it did my main drive, a spare internal drive & my external.
>
> I removed it with the intent of re-installing. But after it was gone, I
> couldn't believe how much faster everything was running without Norton. So
> my question is, does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)? I don't
> care if I have to buy it. I just don't want Norton anymore & will also
> remove it from my laptop.

For a good, paid product, I like NOD32 from http://www.eset.com.
--
Tom Porterfield

Uncle Grumpy

"seaweed1317" <slynn@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)?

Free... AVG Antivirus from grisoft.com

Uncle Grumpy

"seaweed1317" <slynn@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)?

Free... AVG Antivirus from grisoft.com

Ken Blake, MVP

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 16:18:42 -0400, "seaweed1317" <slynn@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> I am running XP Pro & have always used Norton Anti-Virus. Recently it
> started "acting up", wanting to do a full system scan, which I did. But it
> was constantly trying to do this & there was always an error message on my
> task bat saying I needed to do this. When I did do it, it took over 4 hours
> as it did my main drive, a spare internal drive & my external.
>
> I removed it with the intent of re-installing. But after it was gone, I
> couldn't believe how much faster everything was running without Norton. So
> my question is, does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)? I don't
> care if I have to buy it. I just don't want Norton anymore & will also
> remove it from my laptop.


Good move!

I run the freeware Avast! on all my machines, and am happy with it.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Ken Blake, MVP

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 16:18:42 -0400, "seaweed1317" <slynn@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> I am running XP Pro & have always used Norton Anti-Virus. Recently it
> started "acting up", wanting to do a full system scan, which I did. But it
> was constantly trying to do this & there was always an error message on my
> task bat saying I needed to do this. When I did do it, it took over 4 hours
> as it did my main drive, a spare internal drive & my external.
>
> I removed it with the intent of re-installing. But after it was gone, I
> couldn't believe how much faster everything was running without Norton. So
> my question is, does anyone know of a GOOD anti-virus (not McAfee)? I don't
> care if I have to buy it. I just don't want Norton anymore & will also
> remove it from my laptop.


Good move!

I run the freeware Avast! on all my machines, and am happy with it.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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seaweed1317

Thanks to all.

Anyone know about another I just heard about, "Avira AntiVir?

seaweed1317

Thanks to all.

Anyone know about another I just heard about, "Avira AntiVir?

Uncle Grumpy

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote:

>I run the freeware Avast! on all my machines, and am happy with it.

I rapidly grew weary of all of it's upgrade activity. It seemed to do
it ENDLESSLY.

What did I miss in the setup?

I am still happy with AVG.