Disillusioned with Norton - Am I kidding myself with free AVG?

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I really got disillusioned with Norton AV and Norton Security - despite the
expensive annual subscription fees, I found it still didn't keep all of the
virii out.
After a trek error blue nuker attack which Norton not only failed to detect,
but failed to get rid of, I decided to ditch Norton completely and start
using free AVG.
I back it up with AD AWARE and SPYBOT.
So far, no problems at all - but am I kidding myself?
Can I really have just as high a level of protection from something which is
free?
It doesn't seem right, somehow. ;-)
 
From: "Steve O" <[email protected]>

| I really got disillusioned with Norton AV and Norton Security - despite the
| expensive annual subscription fees, I found it still didn't keep all of the
| virii out.
| After a trek error blue nuker attack which Norton not only failed to detect,
| but failed to get rid of, I decided to ditch Norton completely and start
| using free AVG.
| I back it up with AD AWARE and SPYBOT.
| So far, no problems at all - but am I kidding myself?
| Can I really have just as high a level of protection from something which is
| free?
| It doesn't seem right, somehow. ;-)
|

It did keep all the virii or viri out because they don't exist.

http://spl.haxial.net/viruses.html
http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/plural-of-virus.html

However, based upon your actions and the updating of NAV it might not have kept all the
"viruses" out of your PC and it would NOT have done the job that SpyBot S&D and Ad-aware SE
would have done on non-viral malware.

AVG will do you well. Albeit, you may be better protected using Kaspersky or NOD32.

You might also want to add to your protection, BHODemon --
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm
 
Steve said:
Can I really have just as high a level of protection from something
which is free?
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Don't open attachments in unexpected email - ever - and use your free
a-v to scan the ones you do expect.

If your a-v is running in the background, you don't need it to "scan
incoming mail" (because you aren't going to open the attachments), and
you certainly don't need it to scan outgoing mail.

Practice Safe Hex.
 
Steve said:
I really got disillusioned with Norton AV and Norton Security - despite the
expensive annual subscription fees, I found it still didn't keep all of the
virii out.
After a trek error blue nuker attack which Norton not only failed to detect,
but failed to get rid of, I decided to ditch Norton completely and start
using free AVG.
I back it up with AD AWARE and SPYBOT.
So far, no problems at all - but am I kidding myself?
Can I really have just as high a level of protection from something which is
free?
It doesn't seem right, somehow. ;-)
Click to expand...

http://anti-virus-rants.blogspot.com/2004/07/all-anti-virus-products-fail.html

in short, stop trying to find the magical anti-virus that will keep
*all* the viruses out (they will never be able to do that) and start
planning for failures...

(how does the saying go? expect the worst and hope for the best?)
 
Steve O said:
I really got disillusioned with Norton AV and Norton Security - despite the
expensive annual subscription fees, I found it still didn't keep all of the
virii out.
After a trek error blue nuker attack which Norton not only failed to
detect, but failed to get rid of, I decided to ditch Norton completely and
start using free AVG.
I back it up with AD AWARE and SPYBOT.
So far, no problems at all - but am I kidding myself?
Can I really have just as high a level of protection from something which
is free?
It doesn't seem right, somehow. ;-)
Click to expand...

Yes, you are kidding yourself and it's NOT right

rm
 
Donny Broome said:
AVG Free Edition is an excellent product! I've been using it for years.
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But it doesn't even comes close to the detection rate that NAV does. (not even
the paid version of AVG)
To each his own.
It's biggest downfall is its detection rate. (Funny, that's what the main reason
most people use an anti-virus for, isn't it?)
It's biggest plusses are that it is free and doesn't use a lot of your computer
resources.

Yeah, I know that AVG detected some 'things' that NAV did not, etc, but if you
read the independent reviews and testing, you will find that it is not rated
very well compared to most.

Kind of reminds me of the elephant repellant that I put in my front yard several
years ago.
Excellent product. ( I haven't had any elephants in my front yard since.) :-)
 
Steve said:
So far, no problems at all - but am I kidding myself?
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Yes. It isn't an antivirus program's job to keep you totally safe just to
help YOU achieve that goal yourself.

Doesn't matter how good the seatbelt and airbags are in a car, if you insist
on repeatedly driving into large brick walls at very high speed then sooner
or later you *will* get hurt and it *won't* be because the seatbelt or
airbag wasn't good enough.
 
Buffalo said:
But it doesn't even comes close to the detection rate that NAV does. (not
even
the paid version of AVG)
To each his own.
It's biggest downfall is its detection rate. (Funny, that's what the main
reason
most people use an anti-virus for, isn't it?)
It's biggest plusses are that it is free and doesn't use a lot of your
computer
resources.

Yeah, I know that AVG detected some 'things' that NAV did not, etc, but if
you
read the independent reviews and testing, you will find that it is not
rated
very well compared to most.

Kind of reminds me of the elephant repellant that I put in my front yard
several
years ago.
Excellent product. ( I haven't had any elephants in my front yard since.)
:-)
Click to expand...

Ditto....AVG is not good IMO. You'll know that when you actually get
bitten. Keep Adware and Spybot though.

rm
 
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