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Invisibleyousuck
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its time to put norton to sleep
    #5069563 - 12/16/05 12:14 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)

and get a new, better antivirus program that isnt such a memory hog and intefere with my programs. ive heard their are some pretty tight free programs that are all around better than norton, any advice?


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InvisibleXxshinerxX
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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: yousuck]
    #5069591 - 12/16/05 12:22 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)

I totally agree with putting norton to rest. Between norton and XP they hog a lot of resources. I got a legit copy of norton free so I use that. I have heard a lot of good things about avg antivirus software. They have free trials you can try out too.


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: yousuck]
    #5069794 - 12/16/05 02:07 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)



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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: yousuck]
    #5070037 - 12/16/05 03:47 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)

> ive heard their are some pretty tight free programs that are all around better than norton, any advice?

Unix?


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: Seuss]
    #5071233 - 12/16/05 12:03 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Seuss said:
> ive heard their are some pretty tight free programs that are all around better than norton, any advice?

Unix?




:lol:

yep. or avg if you feel the irrational need to run winblows.


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: yousuck]
    #5071690 - 12/16/05 02:06 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

I've used AVG for a few years now, and I'm very happy with it. Best of all, it's free! :laugh:


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: Vvellum]
    #5071759 - 12/16/05 02:24 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

Is AVG that same thing as Avast?


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: Redstorm]
    #5071826 - 12/16/05 02:37 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

http://www.free-av.com/

Great and free

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InvisibleVvellum
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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: Redstorm]
    #5071976 - 12/16/05 03:15 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

nah, they're different. As for which one is better, I dont remember - havent had to use an antivirus in quite awhile...


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: Vvellum]
    #5072823 - 12/16/05 06:33 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

thanks for the replies, im going with avg, somehow that name seems familiar.

now to figure out how to successfully euthanize norton from my machine....


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: yousuck]
    #5072959 - 12/16/05 07:26 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

AVG Free and Spybot Search and Destroy is probably the best free combination of anti-virus and anti-spy ware software, both don't hog system memory and keep your computer rather clean and quick running as long as you keep them updated (for free).

And if ypu dont already have it, get Firefox. Probably the best browser I've had, out of the two I've ever used (IE and firefox).

Good luck getting rid of Norton, its a virus in of its self.


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: Idiot]
    #5075572 - 12/17/05 03:00 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

norton corporate is the only good version they have ever put out


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: yousuck]
    #5080952 - 12/19/05 06:36 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)

I use the mentioned AVG free edition + Spybot + ad-aware  combo.

AVG got rid of my CWS infection i couldnt even deal with using the help of specialty sites.  Hell even the designated 'CWS cleaner' program couldnt kill it.

Good stuff.

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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: RuNE]
    #5085610 - 12/20/05 11:54 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)

Sygates decent.


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: Idiot]
    #5086329 - 12/20/05 03:40 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Idiot said:
AVG Free and Spybot Search and Destroy is probably the best free combination of anti-virus and anti-spy ware software, both don't hog system memory and keep your computer rather clean and quick running as long as you keep them updated (for free).

And if ypu dont already have it, get Firefox. Probably the best browser I've had, out of the two I've ever used (IE and firefox).

Good luck getting rid of Norton, its a virus in of its self.




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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: WhiteBunny]
    #5099342 - 12/23/05 07:55 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

i use ZoneLabs Zonealarm because I find it to be less intrusive, but I am considering switching to AVG... this is the first time I have heard about it.


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: kotik]
    #5100162 - 12/23/05 11:40 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

I too vouch for the quality of AVG.


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: Idiot]
    #5100596 - 12/24/05 02:17 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Idiot said:
Good luck getting rid of Norton, its a virus in of its self.




Really, it spreads from computer to computer in a virus like fashion?


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Re: its time to put norton to sleep [Re: Anno]
    #5102087 - 12/24/05 02:05 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

For Winblows AVG is good and free. I like Panda AV a lot. I've had all of the major AV's and Panda kicks all of their asses; just don't ask for customer service.


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