Which Anti-Virus program do you use?

Azn_Tweaker · 06-29-2004, 7:06 AM

NOD32
Norton
Mcafee
Panda
kaspersky
AVG
Avast
Other

Azn_Tweaker · 06-30-2004, 10:33 PM

Cool, i see alot of AVG users on this forum..

im an NOD32 user myself.

NOD32 ALL THE WAY

mickwish · 06-30-2004, 10:38 PM

I run Norton 2002 on the few PC's that get used the most, and the free AVG on the rest.

They use VirusShield here at work - it's a real pain!

Does the job, but gets in the way of everything else.

Cheers
Mick

Azn_Tweaker · 06-30-2004, 10:47 PM

Mick, VirusShield? i never heard of that.

Justoverbroke · 06-30-2004, 10:50 PM

eTrust EZ armor antivirus & firewall
avast and
AVG
And no not all on the same box.

mickwish · 06-30-2004, 10:56 PM

Part of McAffee's VirusScan range. Horrible.

Cheers
Mick

Azn_Tweaker · 06-30-2004, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mickwish
Part of McAffee's VirusScan range. Horrible.

Cheers
Mick

LOL.. i suggest AVG for an Free but if u want to use money then i suggest NOD32. u wont reggret it.

mickwish · 06-30-2004, 11:01 PM

Suggest it our our IT boffins here at work.

I wouldn't knowingly install this McAfee stuff on ANY of my PC's :p

Cheers
Mick

Bob.C · 07-02-2004, 5:16 PM

I was a Norton User for years, till one of the nasties managed to disable it!

I'm running AVG these days!

Bob

davidw · 07-02-2004, 7:06 PM

I used McAfee for a while, then found out how inadequate it was, so I switched to Norton. Norton gave me trouble until I figured it out. Been using it for past 3 years now.

davidw · 07-02-2004, 7:07 PM

In fact, its running right now!

GohanSSJ · 07-02-2004, 7:26 PM

I used to use Norton, but after it was expired it was truely annoying me and actually making my computer crash, after doing some searching on the internet it wasn't actually uncommon that it was crashing peoples computers after it was expired.

Now i'm just using AVG.

Roadkill · 07-02-2004, 8:10 PM

Norton on both machines, works for me!

mholtum · 07-03-2004, 12:10 AM

Norton AV 2003 Pro

Stan · 07-03-2004, 2:37 AM

I've been using McAfee since v4.
Running 7.1 Ent on both Win Srv (2000 and 2003)

BBA · 07-03-2004, 5:55 AM

Norton 8.1

jmcmtank · 07-03-2004, 1:22 PM

Norton 2003 AND AVG; work fine together.

tmx468 · 07-03-2004, 3:55 PM

I've been Norton on any machine I build since 2000... and still running 2003 everywhere.

Shyguy · 07-03-2004, 5:47 PM

NAV 2003 & 2004

Spyder · 07-03-2004, 6:16 PM

Same as Shyguy!

Backspace · 07-06-2004, 11:25 AM

I use AVG Free, Does it expire after a year?

darkomni · 07-10-2004, 12:32 PM

from my experience, NORTON SUCKS. you guys may think different, but before i came here, i played around with viruses and trojans from a mainstream website seeing how they would be detected. i tested them with my norton, but no viruses found. then i let my friend scan them with mcafee. they were all found. this was only a couple of days after most of their releases too. i kept testing norton ever few weeks, and finnally a couple of months later, it found them. thats when i switched to mcafee. Never had a problem since. I have Mcafee Viruscan Pro Edition, and Mcafee Personal Firewall Plus. They work great.

Also i know Mcafee Firewall isnt really a virus scanner, but today it says it has blocked 825 new events. That sort of consfuses me as i have no idea why so many people try to connect to my computer for no reason. they are trying to get into ports without authorization. wierd.

ThRoNkA · 07-10-2004, 1:49 PM

most likely port scans.

Theophylact · 07-25-2004, 5:58 PM

Norton; I'm lazy, and I've had pretty good results over the years. But I do use House Call as well.

OuTpaTienT · 07-27-2004, 3:38 AM

None! And proud of it.

Why wasn't this a choice in the poll? btw I just answered "online scanners" because that's closest to the truth. I use Trend Micro's online scanner maybe twice a year. And only do it for the heck of it, or if I'm suspicious of a possible infection.

Truth is I'm not very worried about viruses because all it really takes to avoid them is common sense. It's done me right for something like 12 or so years now. Never been infected.

Whenever I download files that I'm highly suspicious of (any executable file, especially from an "underground" or otherwise questionable website) then I'll just check them for viruses on a file by file basis. Often using an online service. One of my old stand-bys is this place

mholtum · 07-27-2004, 4:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by OuTpaTienT
None! And proud of it.

Why wasn't this a choice in the poll? btw I just answered "online scanners" because that's closest to the truth. I use Trend Micro's online scanner maybe twice a year. And only do it for the heck of it, or if I'm suspicious of a possible infection.

Truth is I'm not very worried about viruses because all it really takes to avoid them is common sense. It's done me right for something like 12 or so years now. Never been infected.

Whenever I download files that I'm highly suspicious of (any executable file, especially from an "underground" or otherwise questionable website) then I'll just check them for viruses on a file by file basis. Often using an online service. One of my old stand-bys is this place

"Live Dangerously, Die a Fool" You must not keep anything on your computer that you are too worried about loosing huh? I do, like you say you do, use common sense. But, I have been infected a couple times over the last year. That and the fact that I like to have infected emails stripped before they are downloaded to my computer...

Centurion · 07-27-2004, 4:15 AM

AVG Free - does not expire - used it for years!

cheers - C

jshahani · 07-27-2004, 6:34 PM

AVG.....can't do without it. Works very well, no overhead and no worrying.

And its free.

AndyL · 08-09-2004, 5:54 AM

AVG it's awesome and my local sherriff dept uses the corp version for their brand new comp controlled jail.

06-29-2004, 7:06 AM	#1
Azn_Tweaker Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 44 iTrader: (0)	Which AV Program Do u Have? NOD32 Norton Mcafee Panda kaspersky AVG Avast Other

06-30-2004, 10:38 PM	#3
mickwish Mod crunching for cures Join Date: May 2002 Location: BrisVegas, Australia GMT +10 Posts: 6,633 iTrader: (0) mickwish's System Info	I run Norton 2002 on the few PC's that get used the most, and the free AVG on the rest. They use VirusShield here at work - it's a real pain! Does the job, but gets in the way of everything else. Cheers Mick __________________ Cheers Mick

06-30-2004, 10:56 PM	#6
mickwish Mod crunching for cures Join Date: May 2002 Location: BrisVegas, Australia GMT +10 Posts: 6,633 iTrader: (0) mickwish's System Info	Part of McAffee's VirusScan range. Horrible. Cheers Mick __________________ Cheers Mick

06-30-2004, 11:01 PM	#8
mickwish Mod crunching for cures Join Date: May 2002 Location: BrisVegas, Australia GMT +10 Posts: 6,633 iTrader: (0) mickwish's System Info	Suggest it our our IT boffins here at work. I wouldn't knowingly install this McAfee stuff on ANY of my PC's :p Cheers Mick __________________ Cheers Mick

07-02-2004, 5:16 PM	#9
Bob.C Xtreme Admin Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Leafy Surrey, UK. (GMT) ( Greenwich Monsoon Time ) Posts: 7,396 iTrader: (0) Bob.C's System Info	I was a Norton User for years, till one of the nasties managed to disable it! I'm running AVG these days! Bob __________________ iPad. 64Gb WiFi and 3G enabled. Wow!

06-30-2004, 10:33 PM	#2
Azn_Tweaker Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 44 iTrader: (0)	Cool, i see alot of AVG users on this forum.. im an NOD32 user myself. NOD32 ALL THE WAY

06-30-2004, 10:47 PM	#4
Azn_Tweaker Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 44 iTrader: (0)	Mick, VirusShield? i never heard of that.

06-30-2004, 10:50 PM	#5
Justoverbroke Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 1,103 iTrader: (0)	eTrust EZ armor antivirus & firewall avast and AVG And no not all on the same box.

07-02-2004, 7:06 PM	#10
davidw Xtreme-ly tired Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 9,060 iTrader: (1) davidw's System Info	I used McAfee for a while, then found out how inadequate it was, so I switched to Norton. Norton gave me trouble until I figured it out. Been using it for past 3 years now. __________________ “We’re seeing the reality of a lot of the North Pole starting to evaporate, and we could get to a tipping point. Because if it evaporates to a certain point - they have lanes now where ships can go that couldn’t ever sail through before. And if it gets to a point where it evaporates too much, there’s a lot of tundra that’s being held down by that ice cap..” ~ Congressman Henry Waxman

07-02-2004, 7:07 PM	#11
davidw Xtreme-ly tired Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 9,060 iTrader: (1) davidw's System Info	In fact, its running right now! __________________ “We’re seeing the reality of a lot of the North Pole starting to evaporate, and we could get to a tipping point. Because if it evaporates to a certain point - they have lanes now where ships can go that couldn’t ever sail through before. And if it gets to a point where it evaporates too much, there’s a lot of tundra that’s being held down by that ice cap..” ~ Congressman Henry Waxman

07-02-2004, 7:26 PM	#12
GohanSSJ OMG..Time to get a life Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,321 iTrader: (0) GohanSSJ's System Info	I used to use Norton, but after it was expired it was truely annoying me and actually making my computer crash, after doing some searching on the internet it wasn't actually uncommon that it was crashing peoples computers after it was expired. Now i'm just using AVG.

07-02-2004, 8:10 PM	#13
Roadkill Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Information Superhighway Posts: 2,845 iTrader: (2)	Norton on both machines, works for me! __________________ The two most influential people in my life, Ayn Rand, because she made me think, and Curly Howard, because he made me laugh.

07-03-2004, 12:10 AM	#14
mholtum Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Southwest Posts: 2,968 iTrader: (7) mholtum's System Info	Norton AV 2003 Pro __________________ If you build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a night. If you set a man on fire he will be warm for the rest of his life.

07-03-2004, 2:37 AM	#15
Stan Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: UK Posts: 429 iTrader: (0)	I've been using McAfee since v4. Running 7.1 Ent on both Win Srv (2000 and 2003)

07-03-2004, 5:55 AM	#16
BBA Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Jax Fl Posts: 2,930 iTrader: (0)	Norton 8.1

07-03-2004, 1:22 PM	#17
jmcmtank Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Glasgow UK Posts: 64 iTrader: (0)	Norton 2003 AND AVG; work fine together.

07-03-2004, 3:55 PM	#18
tmx468 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 2,444 iTrader: (0)	I've been Norton on any machine I build since 2000... and still running 2003 everywhere.

07-03-2004, 5:47 PM	#19
Shyguy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: MN Posts: 7,457 iTrader: (1) Shyguy's System Info	NAV 2003 & 2004 __________________ "Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

07-03-2004, 6:16 PM	#20
Spyder Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Central Maine Posts: 477 iTrader: (0)	Same as Shyguy!

07-06-2004, 11:25 AM	#21
Backspace Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Twickenham W London. Posts: 259 iTrader: (0)	I use AVG Free, Does it expire after a year?

07-10-2004, 12:32 PM	#22
darkomni Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Gatos, CA Posts: 390 iTrader: (0)	from my experience, NORTON SUCKS. you guys may think different, but before i came here, i played around with viruses and trojans from a mainstream website seeing how they would be detected. i tested them with my norton, but no viruses found. then i let my friend scan them with mcafee. they were all found. this was only a couple of days after most of their releases too. i kept testing norton ever few weeks, and finnally a couple of months later, it found them. thats when i switched to mcafee. Never had a problem since. I have Mcafee Viruscan Pro Edition, and Mcafee Personal Firewall Plus. They work great. Also i know Mcafee Firewall isnt really a virus scanner, but today it says it has blocked 825 new events. That sort of consfuses me as i have no idea why so many people try to connect to my computer for no reason. they are trying to get into ports without authorization. wierd. Last edited by darkomni; 07-10-2004 at 12:35 PM.

07-10-2004, 1:49 PM	#23
ThRoNkA Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 7,137 iTrader: (0) ThRoNkA's System Info	most likely port scans. __________________ iPhone 4 CDMA Verizon 16GB Version iOS 5.0.1 Jailbroken RedSn0w 0.9b6b Motto: Why stick to default when it is yours?

07-25-2004, 5:58 PM	#24
Theophylact Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Inside the Beltway, outside the loop Posts: 39 iTrader: (0)	Norton; I'm lazy, and I've had pretty good results over the years. But I do use House Call as well.

07-27-2004, 3:38 AM	#25
OuTpaTienT Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 242 iTrader: (0)	None! And proud of it. Why wasn't this a choice in the poll? btw I just answered "online scanners" because that's closest to the truth. I use Trend Micro's online scanner maybe twice a year. And only do it for the heck of it, or if I'm suspicious of a possible infection. Truth is I'm not very worried about viruses because all it really takes to avoid them is common sense. It's done me right for something like 12 or so years now. Never been infected. Whenever I download files that I'm highly suspicious of (any executable file, especially from an "underground" or otherwise questionable website) then I'll just check them for viruses on a file by file basis. Often using an online service. One of my old stand-bys is this place

07-27-2004, 4:15 AM	#27
Centurion Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Canada GMT -4 Posts: 1,226 iTrader: (0)	AVG Free - does not expire - used it for years! cheers - C __________________ From the cold north - Land of Northern Lights -VE9BGY

07-27-2004, 6:34 PM	#28
jshahani Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Fort Lee, NJ Posts: 963 iTrader: (0)	AVG.....can't do without it. Works very well, no overhead and no worrying. And its free.

08-09-2004, 5:54 AM	#29
AndyL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Coarsegold CA(near Fresno) Posts: 587 iTrader: (0)	AVG it's awesome and my local sherriff dept uses the corp version for their brand new comp controlled jail.

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