Antivirus recommendation

John wrote:
> I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I
> have avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much
> system resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton
> Antivirus, while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and
> router firewall. For spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question
> is can I move to the Norton Antivirus 350 without putting too much
> strain on resources or is plain Norton Antivirus still better for
> reasons I have described above?

Many options to Norton exist.
Most of them use less resources and do the same job as effectively - if not
more so.

( 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/

ca Anti-Virus (~$49.99 and up)
http://snipurl.com/13e0u

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

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (~$39.95 and up)
http://www.kaspersky.com/kav6

McAfee VirusScan (~$39.99 and up)
http://www.mcafee.com/

Panda Antivirus Titanium (~$39.95 and up)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/antivirus2007.htm
(Free Online Scanner: http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/)

Trend Micro (~$44.95 and up)
http://www.trendmicro.com/en/products/desktop/tav/
(Free Online Scanner:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp)


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Sun, 5 Aug 2007 01:02:12 +0100 from John <John.TakeThisOut@nospam.infovis.co.uk>:

> I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have
> avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system
> resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus, while
> for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For spy
> ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton
> Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain
> Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above?

You could not pay me to put Norton Antivirus on a computer I actually
used. I don't know about the current edition, but the early-2005
edition was a resource pig and many people reported it was a real
bear to uninstall.

I have been happy with AVG Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com
My thumb drive was infected by a virus from the computer at the
college where I teach. That computer had some virus program; I think
it was Norton but I'm not certain. AVG found and quarantined it as
soon as I plugged the thumb drive into my computer.

--
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bitterness and contempt." -- Nathan Rabin, /The Onion/
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/

I use AVG free from http://free.grisoft.com
and Avast from http://www.avast.com
and ClamWin from http://www.clamwin.com
Each has it's ins & outs, but all 3 work and are free.
And none of them mess up your computer like Norton.

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"John" <John RemoveThis @nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have
> avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system
> resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus,
> while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For
> spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton
> Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain
> Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above?
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Regards
>
>

On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 01:02:12 +0100, "John" <John.RemoveThis@nospam.infovis.co.uk>
wrote:

> Hi
>
> I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have
> avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system
> resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus, while
> for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For spy
> ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton
> Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain
> Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above?


Anything Norton is probably the worst of all possible choices. I
recommend either the freeware Avast! (my personal choice) or AVG.

Note also, by the way, that a single anti-spyware program is not good
enough. Note what Eric Howes, who has done extensive testing on
Anti-Spyware products, states:

"No single anti-spyware scanner removes everything. Even the
best-performing anti-spyware scanner in these tests missed fully one
quarter of the "critical" files and Registry entries" See
http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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"John" <John.TakeThisOut@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have
> avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system
> resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus,
> while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For
> spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton
> Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain
> Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above?
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Regards


And you might want to look at the latest (September, 2007) issue of Consumer
Reports which evaluates the various anti-virus & other anti-malware
programs.
Anna

"John" <John RemoveThis @nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have
> avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system
> resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus,
> while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For
> spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton
> Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain
> Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above?
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Regards
>
>

I have 2 instances of XP HE SP2. The first, I use for instances like these,
internet browsing, and email. Am using NAV 2003 along with TrendMicro
Antispyware, windows firewall is on. The second, I use mostly for local
games. Am using NAV 2007, little internet use except XP and NAV updates.
NAV 2007 has built-in intrusion blocking and notification of same. In both
cases, I've set to use XP updates for notification only.

Irregardless the AV you choose, it must be real time scanning of memory, and
have capability of scanning your hard drive.

Believe Norton 360 goes well beyond an AV. See your subject line.
Dave