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Alternative for Norton Antivirus? R. 07-27-2005
Posted by R. on July 27, 2005, 5:30 pm
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I'm experiencing quite a lot of problems with Norton Antivirus and I was
just wondering what virus scanner the members of this group were using (if
any)? I used to be pretty happy with Norton but not anymore.



Posted by siljaline on July 27, 2005, 7:41 pm
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"R." wrote:
> I'm experiencing quite a lot of problems with Norton Antivirus and I was
> just wondering what virus scanner the members of this group were using (if
> any)? I used to be pretty happy with Norton but not anymore.

Microsoft's anti-virus partners list;
http://www.microsoft.com/security/partners/antivirus.asp

Silj

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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?V29uZyBUdWNrIFdhaA== on July 27, 2005, 9:09 pm
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AVG from GriSoft. And the best part is it is free.

"R." wrote:

> I'm experiencing quite a lot of problems with Norton Antivirus and I was
> just wondering what virus scanner the members of this group were using (if
> any)? I used to be pretty happy with Norton but not anymore.
>
>
>

Posted by siljaline on July 27, 2005, 10:14 pm
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"R." wrote:
> I'm experiencing quite a lot of problems with Norton Antivirus and I was
> just wondering what virus scanner the members of this group were using (if
> any)? I used to be pretty happy with Norton but not anymore.

To reiterate;
"NOD32", newly installed on my laptop and loving it.
<http://www.nod32.com/home/home.htm>

Silj

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_________________________________________
Security Tools Updates
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31

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Posted by Shenan Stanley on July 28, 2005, 10:09 am
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R. wrote:
> I'm experiencing quite a lot of problems with Norton Antivirus and I
> was just wondering what virus scanner the members of this group were
> using (if any)? I used to be pretty happy with Norton but not anymore.

( Good Comparison Page for AV software: http://www.av-comparatives.org/ )

AntiVir (Free and up)
http://www.free-av.com/

avast! (Free and up)
http://www.avast.com/

AVG Anti-Virus System (Free and up)
http://free.grisoft.com/

eset NOD32 (~$39.00 and up)
http://www.eset.com/products/products.htm

eTrust EZ Antivirus (~$29.95 and up)
http://ca.com/store/home/us/hp2/

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (~$49.95 and up)
http://www.kaspersky.com/products.html

McAfee VirusScan (~$11 and up)
http://www.mcafee.com/

Panda Antivirus Titanium (~$39.95 and up)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/
(Free Online Scanner: http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/)

RAV AntiVirus Online Virus Scan (Free!)
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

Trend Micro (~$49.95 and up)
http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/us/personal.htm
(Free Online Scanner:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp)

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