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Posted by Frankster on May 5, 2006, 10:36 am
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-Frank
> First off, this is not going to be one of those generic "what's the best
> antivirus software" posts, because I realize there is no "best" antivirus
> software.
>
> Instead, I'm looking for recommendations for an antivirus software that
> would best work with my specific set of circumstances and variables.
>
> I'm using a Dell Dimension computer, 2.4 gHz, 512 mb of RAM, running
> Windows
> XP home, with Service Pack 1 ... yes I know I need to update to Service
> Pack
> 2, I have the CD, I just haven't gotten around to doing it but will be
> doing
> it shortly ... with all current critical updates through Wednesday.
>
> My ISP is EarthLink, and I'm still on a dial-up connection at 56k, a true
> 56k, would like to do DSL or cable at some point but it's not going to be
> anywhere in the absolute immediate future.
>
> EarthLink offers a bunch of security bells and whistles on its TotalAccess
> browser, like a scam blocker and a spyware blocker. It also has a spam
> blocker, which stops emails that are either obvious spam or from folks who
> aren't in my address book at the server level and holds them in folders
> where I can check them and either delete them permanently or let them pass
> through. It also has a virus/worm scanner for emails at the server level.
>
> I'm also using their Accelerator program which uses some kind of proxy ...
> I'm not exactly sure about the technology ... to give nearly DSL
> performance
> with a dial-up connection.
>
> I had been running NAV 2005 on my computer for about a year with no
> problems
> whatsoever, it seemed to integrate quite well with my EarthLink stuff and
> it
> was pretty much "load it up and forget about it" as far as its
> performance.
> However, it recently started giving me some problems, it would no longer
> download updates. I contacted Symantec and they suggested uninstalling and
> reinstalling the program. So I uninstalled the program, then went to get
> the
> CD to reinstall it ... and found that the CD had, somehow, gotten broken
> and
> would not work.
>
> So I went shopping for another program and decided to try McAfee's Virus
> Scan 10 instead of Norton's. I've had VS10 on my computer for less than a
> week and it's given me nothing but absolute grief. It's slowed my system
> down to a crawl and when I check the setting for it to scan email, I can
> no
> longer receive email and it freezes my computer up at 100 percent CPU
> usage.
> It also apparently deletes the cookies from my EarthLink home page to
> where
> I have to log into it every time when I get online, plus it turned off the
> spam protection filters that I described.
>
> McAfee's tech support was no help and I've been doing some posting at
> McAfee's forum trying to find some answers, but it seems like when I get
> one
> thing taken care of, something else happens. The consensus seems to be
> that
> there's a conflict between VS10 and the security bells and whistles
> EarthLink offers, but I'm not inclined to drop an ISP that I've had great
> success with since 1998 just to make an antivirus software work. It was
> also
> mentioned there might be inherent conflicts between the speed of my
> dial-up
> connection and VS10's bells and whistles, because it's apparently a pretty
> potent piece of software, but as I said, DSL or cable really isn't in the
> cards at this moment in time.
>
> Bottom line, I'm about ready to try something else. I've considered going
> back to Norton's. I've looked at stuff like Kaspersky, NOD32, BitDefender,
> etc., so I'm familiar with what's out there.
>
> Again, what I'm interested in would be some recommendations as to
> something
> that will give me the best virus/worm/trojan protection while integrating
> well with all the EarthLink security bells and whistles that I've
> described,
> and basically would be a "load it up and forget about it" program unlike
> VS10 which I've been having to nurse and baby and fix for nearly a week
> now.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>
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