what is the best virus scanner?

[MoNkEyBuTT]

best meaning, detects all of the viruses, checks email, not a resource hog, easy to use interface, etc, etc...

 

[CraigRT]

I like Inoculate It
works good for me

 

[MoNkEyBuTT]

yeah right now I'm using innoculate only because its free and I heard it was good. only problem with it is that it doesn't check email. anyone else?

 

[YaKuZa]

NAV 2001 works well.

 

[chicken]

Make sure you use McAfee. Email, Internet and regular scanning.

 

[FOBSIDE]

in my experience with norton, they seem to be the most up to date with their virus definitions. i like norton.

 

[gittyup]

NAV!

 

[Trader05]

Definitly Norton

 

[CoMmAnDoMoE2001]

Nortan coz it double check the Virus in E-mail Files etc........ and hey I think NORtan is perfect!! go get it

 

[BCYL]

Yep... Norton is great! I have used it for a long time and never got a virus attack...

 

[DocDoo]

You guys are funny... What does a virus have to do with a scanner. I have never had a virus affect my scanner. I once scanned my butt, a week later "I" had a virus. But I got rid of her.

A piece of paper on my desk reads "Ontrack".... not sure what it means

 

[madthumbs]

Who said McAfee? McAfee screws up more PC's than it helps IMHO. Take Uninstaller for instance, if you have more than one partition or drive, you don't want to let it clean your registry. Nuts and Bolts: I don't know exactly what it did, but it screwed up so many things on more than One PC that I know of. Check out Window's latest critical updates for WinMe that name almost every McAfee product as causing inability to reboot to windows! I have tried 5 of thier softwares, and 4 out of 5 made things worse and never fixed a single problem. Uninstalling McAfee antivirus left behind dirty "foot prints" as well.

InnoculateIT is my choice for antivirus, unless you got Norton for free.

 

[DocDoo]

I second that thought on what madthumbs said about McAfee.

 

[whalen]

Norton 2k+1 is the best

 

[bjc112]

i have NAV2001 (just the anti-virus.. but does anyone know.. if auto protect.. is protecting you when downloading ?? i think it does i just wasnt sure?? becasue it doesnt sat anything when i download or surf?? input would be appreciated.. thanks

 

[barlav]

Norton