Posted by Bonnie Frederikson on 10/12/06 9:25pm
Msg #152145
Whose better?
Who's better, McAfee, or Norton?
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Reply by MichiganAl on 10/12/06 9:30pm
Msg #152147
I don't know what the most recent Norton looks like, but my McAfee has virus protection, a firewall, and a spam killer. It does the job very well.
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Reply by Ndwa on 10/12/06 9:34pm
Msg #152148
Both are the same, but I like Norton as it has more products for add ons and compatability. I had McAffee for a year before switch to Norton.
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Reply by Charles_Ca on 10/12/06 9:34pm
Msg #152149
I used to like Norton but the latest versions are very obtrusive/intrusive. I'm currently using Zone Alarm and I like it, its been good. I am not familiar with McAfee.
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Reply by janCA on 10/12/06 9:51pm
Msg #152153
Avast and it's free!
Go to their website and check it out. I had Norton, but my computer guy said Avast is better and it's free.
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Reply by Linda_H/FL on 10/12/06 9:58pm
Msg #152158
I have McAfee and I like it - had Norton where I used to work and it interfered with a lot of the print utilities I was using.
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Reply by Dave_CA on 10/12/06 10:04pm
Msg #152162
ZoneAlarm Security suite
And I used to be in the Internet security business.
This is hands down the best.
PC Magazine also agrees
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Reply by Joy223/MI on 10/12/06 10:20pm
Msg #152165
The company I bought my PC from recommended AVG Virus protection. It's free and works great. It rated higher then Norton or McAfee.
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Reply by MichiganAl on 10/12/06 10:46pm
Msg #152170
And there you have it. Clear as mud.
Now you've got five different products to consider. I will say that before I bought my new computer (which came with a 1 year subscription to McAfee), I used Zone Alarm and AVG. Loved them both and they're always highly recommended by various PC mags. And they're free.
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Reply by CaliNotary on 10/12/06 11:59pm
Msg #152192
Re: And there you have it. Clear as mud.
I'm currently using NOD32, also a free program.
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Reply by PJM/MI on 10/13/06 7:30am
Msg #152221
Re: And there you have it. Clear as mud.
AVG.
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Reply by Gary_CA on 10/13/06 9:56am
Msg #152268
Beware of Norton
Their anti-virus is great stuff. I udes to have the corporate version, or the cheap simple anti-virus.
Reliable, simple, good.
But their damn Norton Internet Security is the most evil piece of software ever written. It's the firewall from hell. I forget who mentioned print problems, but I can guarantold ya that it's NIS that is causing them. It can work if you get it configured just right but its a major PITA Grrrrrrr...... (P.S. If you use a DSL router you already have all the firewall you need anyway)
Somewhere in the middle is their System Works. It's a great big package of all sorts of software gizmos: some good, some bad, some ugly. If you use the "System Doctor" that runs in the background the whole time and gives you the little stop light you really wouln't need a virus... that friggin thing will slow your computer to a crawl all by itself.
You absolutely must have some anti-virus... but the KISS law applies here.
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Reply by MistarellaFL on 10/13/06 10:06am
Msg #152273
Re: Beware of Norton
I chose not to update Internet Security System in 2006, and had so many problems with it trying to get me to update it, I took it all off my computer.
Now, maybe it would've been an easy fix for a techie, but that isn't me.
I re-installed McAfee,without any issues.
JM non-techie O
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