AVG vs Norton

"Vi" <baseballfan.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote in message news:UMGdncEXYJgyap7bnZ2dnUVZ_o6gnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Any thoughts?..... I have Norton now and find it very easy to use and of course, it is anything
> but free. However, I have read so much about Free AVG, I wonder if I am just wasting money by
> renewing Norton when it expires?..... I know a lot of people hate Norton and McAfee (I happen to
> hate McAfee) but Norton has been good (so far)...
> ..... Vi
>
>

Excellent question on a subject never covered in this group before.
Geez.

"Sanjaya" <sanjaya_49.DeleteThis@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> "Vi" <baseballfan.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:UMGdncEXYJgyap7bnZ2dnUVZ_o6gnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Any thoughts?..... I have Norton now and find it very easy to use and of
>> course, it is anything but free. However, I have read so much about Free
>> AVG, I wonder if I am just wasting money by renewing Norton when it
>> expires?..... I know a lot of people hate Norton and McAfee (I happen to
>> hate McAfee) but Norton has been good (so far)...
>> ..... Vi
>>
>>
>
> Excellent question on a subject never covered in this group before.
> Geez.
Give me a break.... I just signed on to your group...... Sorry if I offended
you ..... OK, I'll just read through all of the posts that cover it..... I
should have done that first I totally agree..... Very friendly response
though.... thank you for the wake up call ...
...... Vi

"Leythos" <Void.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:23:07 +0000, Sanjaya wrote:
>
>> "Vi" <baseballfan.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:UMGdncEXYJgyap7bnZ2dnUVZ_o6gnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> Any thoughts?..... I have Norton now and find it very easy to use and
>>> of course, it is anything but free. However, I have read so much about
>>> Free AVG, I wonder if I am just wasting money by renewing Norton when
>>> it expires?..... I know a lot of people hate Norton and McAfee (I
>>> happen to hate McAfee) but Norton has been good (so far)... ..... Vi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Excellent question on a subject never covered in this group before.
>> Geez.
>
> LOL - in my experience AVG is the last option in AV fighting. I've seen it
> installed, fully updated, updating daily, and people are still compromised
> by new viruses that are only days old. The people using Norton or Symantec
> didn't experience any of those issues during the same three year period.
>
>
> --
> Leythos
> spam999free.TakeThisOut@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)



Thanks.... I appreciate your reply. Norton *has been good to me... . but
it is amazing how many people in the Windows XP newsgroup seem to be really
sold on AVG..(not all, but a lot)
...... Vi.

> Give me a break.... I just signed on to your group......

Don't sweat it. No insult intended I'm sure. Most of the guys (and gals)
post tongue-in-cheek anyway so welcome to the crowd.

"Bud" <bud.DeleteThis@romance.org> wrote in message
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>> Give me a break.... I just signed on to your group......
>
> Don't sweat it. No insult intended I'm sure. Most of the guys (and gals)
> post tongue-in-cheek anyway so welcome to the crowd.



Thanks a lot. I appreciate it. I just hate doing dumb things and he's
right.... I should have scanned the subjects more carefully. I'm sure I can
learn a lot from the group..... Having a computer is an ongoing learning
experience (for me at least) .... There is always something I manage to get
into because of my curiosity and sometimes it works out OK and sometimes I
wind up having to reformat which is not a joy to anyone I am sure of that.

Vi wrote:
> Any thoughts?..... I have Norton now and find it very easy to use and of
> course, it is anything but free. However, I have read so much about Free
> AVG, I wonder if I am just wasting money by renewing Norton when it
> expires?..... I know a lot of people hate Norton and McAfee (I happen to
> hate McAfee) but Norton has been good (so far)...
> ..... Vi
>
>

I use Avast. It's free, probably isn't the very best but I like it and
wouldn't expect any product to unconditionally protect if the user fails
to observe reasonable caution.
Norton came pre-installed and I renewed for one year. I've no reason to
question it's ability to protect, but it's bloated and I suspect is more
oriented to corporate users, who seem to be more vulnerable to attack
anyway due to their large base of don't much care about such things users.
Antivir is very good, but due to a little hickup when used with Zone
Alarm I opt for Avast.
Dave Cohen