which antivirus is better McAfee or Norton?

Talem16

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01 Dec 04 08:36

Talem16

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01 Dec 04 08:36

which antivirus will be better to buy?

Devinator3000

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01 Dec 04 08:40

McAfee is much better, Norton lets lots of trojans in.

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01 Dec 04 08:41

Originally posted by Talem16
which antivirus will be better to buy?

They both suck!! Go with AVG (http://www.grisoft.com). Their free version is better than both. 🙂

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01 Dec 04 09:47

Originally posted by Devinator3000
McAfee is much better, Norton lets lots of trojans in.

McAfee doesn't work on Windows 98 (at least not at my workplace).
Although I probably shouldn't still be using 98...

obliteration

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01 Dec 04 10:11

Originally posted by Talem16
which antivirus will be better to buy?

Computer expert tells me AVG is the best.
Norton is far better than mcafee,but both are now looking dated.

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01 Dec 04 10:26

I agree with most have what has been said

Norton is better than McAfee, but Norton really eats into your resources.

But my Antivirus prog of choice is AVG, uses minimal resources, as good as (if not better) than the big 2 at identifying and killing viruses, and the best thing ITS FREE.

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Wayward Soul

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01 Dec 04 11:14

i use f-secure. it's just an anti-virus, but works nicely with win 2000's firewall. been running it for a month or two now, and have no problems 🙂

Starrman

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01 Dec 04 12:30

AVG!

Norton and Mcaffee suck the sweat from a dead man's balls.

gumbie

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01 Dec 04 14:13

I have recently changed to AVG from Mcafee, I don't know about killing viruses because I never get any but my PC is noticeably faster.

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01 Dec 04 15:25

Originally posted by gumbie
I have recently changed to AVG from Mcafee, I don't know about killing viruses because I never get any but my PC is noticeably faster.

You must not get out much. I have had so many viruses that there has been a time or two that if I could get my hands on those blasted jokers. I am not happy with those spyware jokers either.

Talem16

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01 Dec 04 17:37

well i guess i will have to change to AVG

the dominator

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02 Dec 04 03:45

is it bad to have two antivirus systems running??

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02 Dec 04 04:24

Originally posted by Talem16
well i guess i will have to change to AVG

You don't have to 🙂

Just try it you won't lose anything 'cos it's free. I've heard Avast isn't bad either.

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02 Dec 04 04:25

Originally posted by the dominator
is it bad to have two antivirus systems running??

It's not a good idea at all.

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02 Dec 04 04:29

Originally posted by gambit3
You must not get out much. I have had so many viruses that there has been a time or two that if I could get my hands on those blasted jokers. I am not happy with those spyware jokers either.

I get out all the time 🙂

It is just as important to know where you are going and what you are bringing back with you as having a good AV.

The best way to avoid trouble is not using windows, but if you do, never use IE and keep windows completely firewalled.