I double what Chuck says. I used NAV (Norton Anti Virus, later became
Symantec) until it got so bloated and resource hogging that my machine was
almost driven to a stop whenever I was opening a new file. At work we used
McAfee, and had nothing but troubles with it all the time. We use Sophos at
work now, it seems fine, but for some reason it shuts itself off every now
and then, something you don't want to see in an anti virus program, so I
would not recommend it.
Personally I don't trust free programs for keeping my machines virii free.
The program I started using once I gave up on NAV was F-Prot. It has served
me well, is reasonably priced, even for multiple licenses.
http://www.f-prot.com/index.html
J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 18:01
Subject: [OM] Re: OT - anti virus / spyware programs
> Bloat is the reason that I finally got rid of Symantec's Norton
> Anti-Virus. It had gotten so fat that it was taking over the machine,
> couldn't get out of its own way and didn't know how to uninstall itself
> without leaving hundreds of files and registry entries behind... some of
> which continued to try and execute. Symantec published instructions on
> their web site concerning how to remove the stuff the uninstaller didn't
> know about but even the folks writing those instruction didn't know it
> all. After meticulously following (maybe 10?) pages of written detail
> it still didn't get it all. The development process there was clearly
> totally out of control. Not what you want to depend on for anti-virus.
>
> I wouldn't use McAfee either. I was forced to use that at work at two
> different companies and it did us some dirt at both. I can't even
> remember what it was now. I only remember being extremely angry with
> bugs that never should have gotten out the door.
>
> It was someone here a couple years ago that suggested AVG Free. I've
> been using it ever since.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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