What is the best Anti-Virus program out there?

[eno]

I have used Norton 2000 and 2001 for the last 2 years and have had no virus problems. Is there a better virus program out there? Any free ones that are better than norton? Which is the best?

 

[HalfCrazy]

IMO the best AV program is Norton 2002. It saved my neck alots of times by finding a virus within a e-mail sent to me. But the people did not know there computer was infected because the e-mail is sent to every one in there address book. Since then my ISP started a service that can scan for
spam e-mail's and computer virus befor it get's to my in-box. I can even block e-mail addresses or whole domains if I want too.

I all ready added like 10 whole domain's to my blocked list since they send nothing but spam any ways.

 

[Lars]

AVG AntiVirus (free)

I use it for over a year now and it is perfect.

 

[grrl]

I like Trend Micro's PC-cillin 2000. It's cheap and they don't charge for virus pattern updates like Norton.

Some people say F-Prot is very good, but it's VERY expensive.

 

[bozo1]

I use NAV2002 but the Trend Micro product is excellent.

 

[Zim Hosein]

eno, I am currently using Norton 2001, and must say from personal experience, it's much better than any other a/v I've used in the past, especially McAfee.

 

[Cpt. Duke]

I think InoculateIT is a nice product too. It scans quickly, it has updates almost daily, and doesn't take up many resources...

 

[bacillus]

another vote for norton!

 

[Mem]

Another vote for AVG ,it`s the best free one IMHO and works great on WinXP.

 

[flawedexistence]

Gotta love NAV! However as a free product, AVG is hard to beat. I use both ( on different machines).

 

[Ronzon]

NAV 2002 is very thorough, but seems to have heavy overhead (system slows quite a bit). Does the free AVG antivirus slow down the system much? If so, I may just try it!

 

[Blayze]

I used to use the free IT Antivirus before going to Norton.

However Norton does slow stuff down on a slower machine. How good is AVG compared to norton?

 

[Athlon4all]

I've used Mcafee and Norton. Norton is much better, and it's all I'll ever use.

 

[Abyssiann]

Hey Eno, I'm using Norton 2002 and it works great for me. Have also used 2001 and no probs there either.

 

[flyerI]

I upgraded from Norton 2001 to 2002. 2002 is top heavy (takes more resources) and you don't have as much control over it. A couple of bucks for virus defs is nothing in the scheme of things. It has saved me a couple of times with infected e-mail. Some other programs may have caught the virus too but I know Norton worked. Also I had a conflict with Pagis Pro 3 and Norton 2002 and had to go back to 2001. I run it on 7 machines and have been satisfied.

 

[RalphTheCow]

I think I'm going to try AVG mainly because I get so frustrated trying to find subscriptions for NAV. I got NAV 2000 on a new Dell in Dec. 2000 and it seems like you just have to buy the new product to get updates. I don't even remember the update ever working, probably 90 days?

Best Buy is running promotions where you get NAV 2002 cheap with tax software, but I still feel like trying AVG because their web page looks very straightforward and I'm hoping the product is less bloated than Norton.

But, I'll have to admit, using a basically unknown virus program makes me a little uneasy. Why do you guys trust it?

 

[Mem]

<< but I still feel like trying AVG because their web page looks very straightforward and I'm hoping the product is less bloated than Norton.
But, I'll have to admit, using a basically unknown virus program makes me a little uneasy. Why do you guys trust it? >>




Yes it`s excellent like I`ve said in my previous post.I`ve AVG installed in both my Win98 and WinXP rigs,it`s not bloated by any means &
few weeks back I went to a website and it warned me about a script virus that was trying to download so I know it`s doing a good job.

I`ve a friend that got fed up of paying every year for Norton`s updates and decided to give it a shot ,he`s still using it right now.
I`m not saying it`s better then Norton`s but for a free anti-virus program it`s probably the best free one.

 

[RalphTheCow]

OK, I'm in for AVG. Looks good so far, I like the interface. Guess I'll have to find some dubious web sites to see if I can set it off.