Tired of being a Norton Slave...

[bob4432]

i switched from ghost to acronis and now want to switch form system works/av to something else. what works better and is less bloated?

thanks

 

[nineball9]

hehe - I've bought a lot of software from Norton since my 386 DOS days, and continued when Symantec bought Norton. But for WinXP, I finally gave up Norton/Symantec.

Like you, I run True Image - great product. I bought 2 copies of SystemWorks 2003 for my current PC and as an upgrade to my old Win98 system. After seeing it in action in Win98, I decided it was not meant for XP, so I tried NAV 2004 which had just come out. It was rather bloated IMO, but I ran NAV for a while, but when I installed SP2, NAV became even more bloated than before. I tried NOD32, liked it, and decided to stick with it. Other forum readers have other preferences ...

Most of the non-antivirus parts of SystemWorks are really designed for DOS and I didn't feel I needed them for WinXP.

Take a look at Schadenfroh's AV thread - it's around somewhere.
Good luck!

 

[IamDavid]

I've tried everything and come up with his list.. Unfortunatley there is no single software suite like "Works"..

True Image - For drive imaging. Replace Ghost
Disk Keeper - For Hard drive- Replaces Speed Disk
AVG - For Anti Virus
Kerio - For Firewall
Radmin - Remote desktop - Replace PC Anywhere.

Some are free, most aren't but they are all worth the money.

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: IamDavid
I've tried everything and come up with his list.. Unfortunatley there is no single software suite like "Works"..

True Image - For drive imaging. Replace Ghost
Disk Keeper - For Hard drive- Replaces Speed Disk
AVG - For Anti Virus
Kerio - For Firewall
Radmin - Remote desktop - Replace PC Anywhere.

Some are free, most aren't but they are all worth the money.

Here is what I use

True Image
Perfect Disk
AntiVir
Kerio

 

[bob4432]

i installed antivir and it found 3 viruses... and i have been running all flavors of nav on this machine, hell it is the first thing i install after a clean install...

i have used diskeeper for a long time and now i am trying out o&o, and will try perfect disk.

thanks

 

[kmmatney]

I also use AniVir - free for personal use, is not bloated, and it does a great job at detecting viruses.

 

[LED]

I use System Suite and there also is System Mechanic

 

[Ryland]

I am using:

Avast AV
Ghost 9.0 - Symantec bought out another company for this so I don't htink it has been killed yet
DiskKeeper
Dlink 802.11g router for a firewall.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Ryland
I am using:
Ghost 9.0 - Symantec bought out another company for this so I don't htink it has been killed yet
Dlink 802.11g router for a firewall.

thanks for all the input. the reason i switched from ghost was that i was using ghost2k5 or ghost 9, which i think is the program that used to be powerquest v2i backup or something like that, and i needed an image and it failed i have used ghost corporate in the past with no probs but that one dropped the ball.

 

[NicColt]

>Norton since my 386 DOS days

do you remember when Norton bought out PC-Tools ? that was a nice one at the time.

 

[Maetryx]

I remember PC-Tools (I think). At least the name sounds familiar. Remember Quarterdesk and their memory manager software?

 

[nineball9]

Originally posted by: Maetryx
I remember PC-Tools (I think). At least the name sounds familiar. Remember Quarterdesk and their memory manager software?

Yup! QEMM. Really needed it for the TSN/INN network, a private game network predating the internet.

 

[NicColt]

Ah yes.... Quarterdesk, PC-Tools, Ashton Tate makers of dBase, Wordperfect Corp. The software companies of the future. Those were the days.

 

[Ryland]

Originally posted by: bob4432

thanks for all the input. the reason i switched from ghost was that i was using ghost2k5 or ghost 9, which i think is the program that used to be powerquest v2i backup or something like that, and i needed an image and it failed i have used ghost corporate in the past with no probs but that one dropped the ball.

I will keep that in mind. I have used my backups a few times (mostly because of trouble with Trend Micro crapy antivirus) and have had no problems.

I think it was Powerquest that they bought out.

 

[bob4432]

i have been using antivir since my last post and like it very much. nice program thanks

 

[Rottie]

nav 2002 is too bloat?

 

[Ryland]

Originally posted by: bob4432
i have been using antivir since my last post and like it very much. nice program thanks

Does antivir have an email filter?

 

[jediphx]

NOD32 all the way baby, Best AV in my opinion.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Ryland

Originally posted by: bob4432
i have been using antivir since my last post and like it very much. nice program thanks

Does antivir have an email filter?

it doesn't appear to scan emails, but it definately will pick up anything "weird" regardless of where they come from. i scanned my computer after never having it not having av(nav) and it found at least 3 viruses and quite a few trojans. maybe i will try nod32 to, is nod32 free?

 

[gobucks]

i really like AVG, it's simple to use and doesn't feel sluggish like norton. But since WinXP x64 doesn't play nice with AVG at the moment, I am using Avast!, which is pretty decent. For firewall, Windows firewall is acceptable, although I'm probably gonna set my wireless router up for a hardware firewall soon, since it's faster.

 

[magomago]

for those who like anti-vir...I headr they don't update their definitions automatically. Is this true?

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: magomago
for those who like anti-vir...I headr they don't update their definitions automatically. Is this true?

you can set it to launch updates automatically or atleast remind you

 

[DoubleHelix747]

Originally posted by: gobucks
although I'm probably gonna set my wireless router up for a hardware firewall soon, since it's faster.

For someone ignorant, how do you do that?

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: DoubleHelix747

Originally posted by: gobucks
although I'm probably gonna set my wireless router up for a hardware firewall soon, since it's faster.

For someone ignorant, how do you do that?

maybe they are talking about spi? or the nat nature of routers? maybe he has the one machine in the dmz? either way i would use a nat router with spi and also a good software firewall.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Been using AVG for quite a while and not a problem - I like it better then any other AV I've used, and since it's free, I can install it on customer's machines without having to break the law. (or they can keep their norton 98, since "it works fine" )