Finally made the switch

rydin4life · 03-21-2007, 03:07 PM

Removed Norton, ran the removal tool, restarted, and installed AVAST. I registered and downlaoded the latest updates. I ran the scan and found 3 trojans and 2 pieces of malware. I moved everything to the virus chest and then deleted everything. I ran the scan again and came up clean. I guess all the stuff I've read about Norton missing things was pretty accurate.

codeman0013 · 03-21-2007, 03:35 PM

Yep and why pay for something that bad thats my opinion plus its a resource hog!!

Kornowski · 03-21-2007, 03:51 PM

Yeah, I had Norton and when I got my new MOBO I got rid of it, it took ages to start up, you had to pay for it and it sucked!

I use AVG now.

Nevakonaza · 03-21-2007, 05:23 PM

good choice on the switch...Avast and AVG are the best!

I dunno why people still buy Norton its crap.

Kornowski · 03-21-2007, 05:46 PM

I know, It isn't at all good...

Yeah, Avast and AVG are the best, but some will say one is better than the other, but I don't think there's a difference other than the name

Nevakonaza · 03-21-2007, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kornowski

I know, It isn't at all good...

Yeah, Avast and AVG are the best, but some will say one is better than the other, but I don't think there's a difference other than the name

i dunno if its true or not but i think Avast uses slightly more memory.

rydin4life · 03-21-2007, 06:33 PM

I'm not sure about memory usage, but we'll hope AVAST works well for me. I just used Norton because it came with a year free when I first bought my pc a few years ago. The interface of AVAST was horrible, but I changed the skin and it looks much better. It is a little confusin, but I just installed it yesterday, so I'm sure in a few days I'll get a little more used to it.

Kabu · 03-21-2007, 06:38 PM

I blew 3 hard drives from viruses when I used Norton. I use AVG now and like it a little better than Avast only because it seems more user friendly. Comodo has an AntiVirus, but I haven't tried it.

Nevakonaza · 03-21-2007, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kabu

Comodo has an AntiVirus, but I haven't tried it.

nice to see another free antivirus product....ive tried the Commodo firewall and that was good so i should say the antivirus is too.

Kornowski · 03-21-2007, 06:46 PM

Yeah, Norton does suck major a$$

I haven't heard of that one, Is it any good?
Hhmmm, I think I'll stick with AVG for now

03-21-2007, 03:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
rydin4life Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 102	Finally made the switch Removed Norton, ran the removal tool, restarted, and installed AVAST. I registered and downlaoded the latest updates. I ran the scan and found 3 trojans and 2 pieces of malware. I moved everything to the virus chest and then deleted everything. I ran the scan again and came up clean. I guess all the stuff I've read about Norton missing things was pretty accurate.

03-21-2007, 05:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
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codeman0013 Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Inside my network at work Age: 23 Posts: 1,468	Yep and why pay for something that bad thats my opinion plus its a resource hog!!

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rydin4life Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 102	I'm not sure about memory usage, but we'll hope AVAST works well for me. I just used Norton because it came with a year free when I first bought my pc a few years ago. The interface of AVAST was horrible, but I changed the skin and it looks much better. It is a little confusin, but I just installed it yesterday, so I'm sure in a few days I'll get a little more used to it.

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Kabu banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Earth Posts: 457	I blew 3 hard drives from viruses when I used Norton. I use AVG now and like it a little better than Avast only because it seems more user friendly. Comodo has an AntiVirus, but I haven't tried it.