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post #1 of 15
4/12/05 at 5:48am
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apologies if this is a little off topic but in rebuilding my 9100 last night with XP pro, trying to reinstall Norton, it turns out I've tried to install it too many times and it won't activate any more! Not that I'm too worried as by some fluke I managed to get an extra years free subscription out of it just by reinstalling it a week b4 the original sub was due to run out!

Anyways...my dilemma...new AV software...do I go with Norton again or should I go with someone else?

Any recommendations?

I've heard some good things about AVG but haven't heard of it before now...what's that like?

I generaly run the laptop behind a wireless router/firewall and have XP firewall enabled all the time, so a complete internet security package isn't really what I want, just good ol' plain anti-virus. I even ran a spyware program after six months of laptop usage and only found cookies, nothing untoward. I've got Xoftspy (or something - can never remember the name) to take care of the spyware.

Thanks in advance for the info...
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post #2 of 15
4/12/05 at 7:53am
Ring norton up, quote some number (product key or something...) and they will give you 5 new installs no questions asked. Well thats what happened to me. Norton 2005 can really shit you when it doesn't work. I might change to a different antivirus when i run out of subscription.
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post #3 of 15
4/12/05 at 8:29am
I used to use AVG free edition, works fine, doesnt gobble up all your resources like all things norton aint used norton anything in yeaars...so maybe im a bit hard on him now. I am now using F-Prot (£16 to buy it) and its lighter than anything ive tried. Next to no ram used. 3 processes using total 8meg. Works with win 2003 server also
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post #4 of 15
4/12/05 at 8:38am
I use Sophos anti virus... i get it free from work and find it very good
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post #5 of 15
4/12/05 at 8:55am
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Originally Posted by Sphnx
Ring norton up, quote some number (product key or something...) and they will give you 5 new installs no questions asked. Well thats what happened to me. Norton 2005 can really shit you when it doesn't work. I might change to a different antivirus when i run out of subscription.
Awesome! I was hoping they'd have something like that, though I didn't dare ring them in case they noticed I'd paid for one year and actually got two!

In fact, come to think of it, I think the same happened with an old XP licence I had. Used to reinstall my computer every few months and exceeded the number of activations allowed so I rang them and they gave me a code no problem.

anyways, thanks for the advice...i's actually quite hard to find non-biased, independent advice on anti-virus out there...every review site I saw seems to be sponsored by, or at least favouring one particular brand. I must have looked at a dozen sites and every one of them gave different opinions. Strangely enough, only one recommended NAV, the one I thought was widely regarded as the be all and end all of anti-virus.

Anyways, thanks again. I'll try phoning symantec b4 I try any others. why spend if I don't have to, right?!
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post #6 of 15
4/12/05 at 9:12am
I didnt realise people still 'buy' software !!!!
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post #7 of 15
4/12/05 at 12:13pm
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I didnt realise people still 'buy' software !!!!
You are suprised that people are honest? I once bought Syamtec Anti-Virus for my Macintosh back in 1994 back when it was called "SAM". I am sure the license is still valid now.

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post #8 of 15
4/12/05 at 3:10pm
You could also check out Panda's Titanium AV Suite...very nice.
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post #9 of 15
4/12/05 at 3:23pm
The best virus checker ever: McAfee viruscan enterprise 8.0. It rocks. Very small. Very very powerfull. Scalable cpu use, perpetual subscription. Just awesome. I have used them all and it is the best. Unfortunately you can’t legally buy it. Unless you buy a whole bunch of licenses for a corporation or something. I would buy this software if it was available for the average consumer to buy but its not. So you have to look in shady places to find it. Well, well worth it though. Norton really sucks. It works but it eats system Resources like an insatiable beast. Slows everything down.
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post #10 of 15
4/12/05 at 5:34pm
I used to work for "Bob's computers" as a computer tech.

He used the same XP home key for all of the computers he built and sold as used. The guy was a real sleeze.
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post #11 of 15
4/12/05 at 6:11pm
I have used Norton in the past and found it to be ok but it is a real cpu drainer IMO. I use NOD32 it is very small only uses 12MB RAM. It finds trojans, which norton would not catch (from my experience) and it is updated extremely often. Check it out HERE
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post #12 of 15
4/12/05 at 6:13pm
I've heard good things about Trend Micro's PC-cillan. I've got Norton myself, but it is definitely a resource hog.
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post #13 of 15
4/12/05 at 7:27pm
i used to have pc cillin about 2 years ago and when it found a trojan it would restart the computer and remove it for me , i dont think norton does that .
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post #14 of 15
4/12/05 at 8:11pm
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i used to have pc cillin about 2 years ago and when it found a trojan it would restart the computer and remove it for me , i dont think norton does that.
NAV will do exactly that, I got a trojan trying to **** with me and it like killed it without need for restart.
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post #15 of 15
4/13/05 at 8:16am
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Originally Posted by suryad
You could also check out Panda's Titanium AV Suite...very nice.
When I tried that one I got random system crashes - same with a friend who used it on his XPS desktop. But YMMV I guess...

We're using NOD32 from Eset now, which I recommend highly. Very small foot print.

My Dad is using AVG, and he's happy with it as well.
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