Roger Wilco said:
Meaningless without more data. What was found, and where it was
found, is more meaningful.
Hmmm - - - when jumping from AV to AV, it is better to jump "up". ;-)
Don't assume that AVG is "better" than NAV just on this little
information. Many AV programs will find "stuff" that others don't in
certain circumstances, and they are not always important "stuffs".
;-)
Another's personal preference may be totally inadequate for you.
McAfee and Norton have too many unneeded "features" for me to run on
my 100Mhz 32M desktop, but they could be just what you need.
The 5 "viruses" found may not even be viruses, so the OP is not giving
us any good information in his post. Every AV product has different
levels of detection regarding DOS viruses, Windows viruses, trojans,
spyware, backdoors, and other OS malware. That level of detection will
change but obviously the AV vendors are working independently and will
release signatures at different times so it depends on when you do
collect you sample (i.e., when you scan relative to when the AV maker
produced their last signature update and if you have that update yet).
Also, having a signature only lets the AV product detect the infection
and might not provide anything regarding its removal which could take
longer to figure out. Without more information regarding exactly what
"viruses" were discovered, by what version of AVG versus what version of
Norton, and when were the last signature updates for both products then
the OP's post isn't of much value.
