Best Antivirus Program for WinXP

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I would appreciate any input as to the most compatible and effective
anti viral program for WinXp. I'm not too keen on Norton products.
Thanks for any responses.
 
Well, my favorite is Norton, but if you dont care for it
some other good ones are...McAfee and AVG Anti-Virus. btw
AVG is free, so u might want to give it a try, before u go
buy something else. :)
 
Absolutely by far, the best antivirus program is 'none at all'. Turn on your
firewall and NEVER open any e-mail that is strange to you particularly
anything with executable attachments. Prove this to yourself. Run this way
for about six months and you'll have an almost error free experience. Then
install the virus scanner of your choice and see all the problems you'll
have.
 
DD said:
I would appreciate any input as to the most compatible and effective
anti viral program for WinXp. I'm not too keen on Norton products.
Thanks for any responses.
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I use Norton's "Internet Security" for my Anti-Virus program and for my
Firewall. If you just cannot live with their stuff [why?], McAfee has good
programs and so do others, some free. Whatever you get, keep it updated.
Gene
 
I would appreciate any input as to the most compatible and effective
anti viral program for WinXp. I'm not too keen on Norton products.
Thanks for any responses.
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The problem with questions like these is they generate lots of
responses, but they are all nothing but opinions. And because
people have different opinions, you end up without a real answer,
and just as confused as before.

That said, if you're tallying votes for products (which I do
*not* recommend as a good way to make a decision) I'll tell you
my preference: Norton Anti-Virus.
 
Unknown said:
Absolutely by far, the best antivirus program is 'none at all'. Turn on your
firewall and NEVER open any e-mail that is strange to you particularly
anything with executable attachments. Prove this to yourself. Run this way
for about six months and you'll have an almost error free experience. Then
install the virus scanner of your choice and see all the problems you'll
have.
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So long as they never go on the internet and visit any webistes, your advice
would be sound,
otherwise it's foolish.
 
SunSpot said:
all'. Turn on
your

So long as they never go on the internet and visit any webistes, your advice
would be sound,
otherwise it's foolish.
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Or insert any diskettes or CDs. It doesn't happen often, but
viruses have occasionally even been transmitted on commercial
installation diskettes and CDs.

Not having a virus checker is just foolhardy. The are free or
cheap, and good ones don't create any problems at all.
 
Many facts also. And to prove it you have to try the various suggestions
with common sense. Read through these newsgroups and track the problems
caused by Virus Programs. Another phenominon, most people that get a virus
have a virus detect program. Why? Same old excuse, they didn't update. Of
all the friends I have that use computers, only one, has ever had a virus
and he clicked on an executable file he received from nobody he knew.
Norton and the others use scare tactics to get people to buy their products.
 
I would appreciate any input as to the most compatible and effective
anti viral program for WinXp. I'm not too keen on Norton products.
Thanks for any responses.
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I would like to thank all who responded to my antivirus query.
Right now I have the Kerio Personal Firewall and find it very good.
I know it is designed to thwart hackers. It can't really stop viruses
and similar threats. I just wanted to know what people found the
most effective with WinXP. The big thing that is important to me
is the availablity of updates and how fast they are kept current.
I have used Norton Antivirus professional Edition with Win ME
and Win98 and found it satisfactory. Not the case with WinXp.
It slowed it down too much. Anybody have similar problems?
 
I would have to agree with unknown here. Norton has
crashed my system many times. I am now also running anti
virus program free.
 
I would have to agree with unknown here. Norton has
crashed my system many times. I am now also running anti
virus program free.
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i use norton utilities virus scanner and firewall and do not have any probs
on xp ...but each pc is different youll just have to try it..
i have used mcaffee and the pc would crash almost daily then i switched
....so it just depends ...that is my best answere..

then again i could be wrong :)
tim
 
Anyone who has had problems with a virus checker has usually forgotten to
turn it off when installing new software. I had loads of problems with
McAfee- and they had zero tech support to help. I gave up and bought NAV.
Norton has been problem free for me for 4+ years and the system tools/doctor
have cut down on the number of Windows rebuilds that periodically need to be
done to bring speed back up, get system running smoothly again, etc..

If you have a firewall, its not enough. Viruses can come in the guise of
emails (iframe) and launch in autopreview mode and lots of unwanted popups
and you didn't even open up an email- all you did was preview it..
Firewalls won't always be of help here. You click any link on a web page
and you are playing Russian Roulette with no AV checker.
 
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