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Posted by louise on May 8, 2006, 11:37 pm
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> Yeah, I know it opens the gate. Before I posted here, I looked in the
> archives and saw numerous "gate-openings." :)
>
> Basically, what I was trying to do was spell out a specific set of
> circumstances and ask for recommendations from people with more knowledge
> than I have as to what might best fit that specific set of circumstances,
> instead of just a generic "what's the best" question. Because I'd rather not
> try out 15 different softwares if I don't really have to, I was trying to
> narrow it down a bit by spelling out those specific circumstances.
>
> I've always been a Norton's user, it's always suited me fine and I've had no
> trouble using any version of it. The McAfee I've got on my computer right
> now is a completely different story.
>
> Could the problem be my still being on dial-up Internet and not having
> gotten around to installing SP2 yet, and vendors are making new,
> high-powered software that takes for granted that people are either on DSL
> or cable and have SP2 installed? I think I've still got Norton's 2002 around
> somewhere, maybe that's the route I ought to take.
>
>
>
>
>> Asking for recommendations for anything opens the gate. Like, "what kind
> of
>> automobile should I buy". It's the one that suites you best, and you are
> at
>> the most ease using.
>> I have tried them all. Had problems with some, didn't like the formats of
>> the others.
>>
>> I have settled on using AVAST (free addition). For my situation, its the
>> best. It has never give me any grief, and does automatic updates. There
>> may be better AV programs out there, but its personal opinions mostly.
>>
>> Try what's available, and use what suits you best.
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
I wouldn't use Norton - especially not on a machine that has
limited speed to the internet. And, I wouldn't use Norton
anyway because it uses a lot of resources and it isn't worth
it. Also, if you install 2002, it is completely unsupported
by Symantec - even for a fee.
Consider NOD32 - resource usage is low and updates are very
small and very frequent - shouldn't tax your dial up connection.
Louise
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