is my move correct?

[abhi_10_20]

i was fed up with norton 2005 as it slowed down my PC.

i installed AVG anti virus.i want to know if this is as reliable as norton.

also norton maintained its own firewall, disabling the default windows firewall.

but with AVG, its using the windows firewall itself. is this as good as norton's????

[uchiha.sasuke]

regarding anti virus AVG is as reliable as Norton ,even more in my opinion .......but dont use windows firewall instead use zonealarm firewall,,,,its free also.............

[Third Eye]

i was fed up with norton 2005 as it slowed down my PC.

i installed AVG anti virus.i want to know if this is as reliable as norton.

also norton maintained its own firewall, disabling the default windows firewall.

but with AVG, its using the windows firewall itself. is this as good as norton's????

Norton is not reliable but AVG is reliable and use windows firewall.

[abhi_10_20]

err...........
a conflict here.......

zonealarm or windows?????????

[Third Eye]

Use windows firewall.

[uchiha.sasuke]

Zone alarm has more flexibility than windows firewall......u can totally control it,and watch which program r trying to access internet........and many other options........rest u can try and decide urself....

[abhi_10_20]

having different s/w for an antivirus, for a firewall.....

wont this again slow down the pc????????

[Cool G5]

The antivirus is more reliable & light on system than norton.
Firewall---->Comodo firewall or Zone alarm.

[Kiran_tech_mania]

You have done the right thing by removing Norton and replacing it with AVG. Regarding firewall, I suggest Comodo Free Firewall.

[uchiha.sasuke]

no both AVG and Zonealarm r quite light on resources....m using this combo for last 2 years....its working fine for me .......i had worked with it at 256mb ram......

[abhi_10_20]

thanks.........

but still think norton had an upper hand......
with the parental control, antispam, outbreak alert, etc.....

[Pathik]

norton sux...
try avg/avast + zonealarm free/comodo firewall

[uchiha.sasuke]

but still think norton had an upper hand......
with the parental control, antispam, outbreak alert, etc.....

ZoneAlarm also have features of antispam and outbreak alert...........:rolleyes:

[abhi_10_20]

ho..
didnt know.........
will try for sure.......

[The Unknown]

Norton is WORST.
You can use:
Antivirus: Avast, Kasperky, AVG
Firewall: Comodo or Windows. :)
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Norton is not reliable but AVG is reliable and use windows firewall.
I would rep you for saying Norton is not reliable but i can't do that coz. vB gives error. :)

[sauravktr]

Try McAfee antivrus & Windows Firewall

[abhi_10_20]

Phew........
See the stats:

with Norton, system startup time = 8 mins.

with AVG, its 3 mins.........greatttt
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@Sourav,
But i heard McAfee is even worse than Norton

[rajivrocks]

Phew........
See the stats:

with Norton, system startup time = 8 mins.

with AVG, its 3 mins.........greatttt
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@Sourav,
But i heard McAfee is even worse than Norton

why you wanna waste your money(considering you using a legal one) on Norton/McAfee(craps/bloatwares)
when you can get AVG for free...
i'm using AVG and i'm satisfied moreover i feel secure with AVG and Zonealarm firewall, both are free and a must to stay secure on the net...

[abhi_10_20]

i bought a HP branded PC......
norton came with it as a bundled legal package......

i couldnt help using it........

[rajivrocks]

i bought a HP branded PC......
norton came with it as a bundled legal package......

i couldnt help using it........

same here buddy, even i use a HP branded PC:)

[niku_19jan]

Use Comodo Free Firewall.

[s18000rpm]

me too having HP Pavilion (a1210in):D

i uninstalled Norton & am using Kaspersky Internet Security & ZoneAlarm Pro.
boot up time is less than 45seconds (frm login page, overall = near 2mins) (i have only 256MB RAM)

[uchiha.sasuke]

even i have Hp laptop.....but i prefer AVG n Zonealarm

[T159]

well mine duos are nod32 and ashampoo firewall.

AVG is not that all good, instead antivir is best in free antivirus (though the interface may seem bland).

[s18000rpm]

why dont anyone try Active Virus Shield [free] (its powered by Kaspersky AV).

[shantanu]

why you guys use AV , :D:D:D just joking , never inmy life i installed a AV, had in 2002, when i bought a P4 of HCL, that too norton 2001, after that naa, i never installed any AV, yeah beta tested some from kapersky, loved there products, but not using any >>> :D:D:D

[s18000rpm]

so you dont use AV hmmm:D, how about i give you a Link:D

how come your Vista is running (without any problem) without AV:confused:

[shantanu]

coz i am running it, really i never had problems with VISTA, everything runs on it, nero,games,office :D and all other APPs. acrobat 8 etc. everything...

and really i never installed an AV:D which link ??? :D

[s18000rpm]

"Those" links:D, virus/trojan in a "software's disguise" links:D.

btw is it reall a good idea to browse without AV???
good browsing habit is must, but what if you get a direct link (virus as s/w) from trusted party(self forwarding e-mails), & what about Yahoo Messengers...

[shantanu]

sometime back my PC was infected first time by a brontok worm , i came to know this coz my firewall blocked some : webrontok.exe to access internet, as i run X64 edition, so planning some AV is difficult and till now only AVG business edition has been aproved by M$ to access VISTA's kernel, so no AV would work,, what is did,
i just ran the windows vista health and integrity test bundled with it, it showed me some files as to be edited and asked me for vista DVD and here you go, vista is again virus free, even all reg, enties and all were fixed, isnt it gr8..

[s18000rpm]

nice, but its only for OS, what about your precious files???, if they get infected then what???

[shantanu]

hmmm, i keep all my files(docs,reports, programs and all) in the locker software provided to US by M$,, and its virus free,spy free and itself free.. :D:D

[nishant_nms]

use avast+comodo firewall the best combination

[Kiran_tech_mania]

why you guys use AV , :D:D:D just joking , never inmy life i installed a AV, had in 2002, when i bought a P4 of HCL, that too norton 2001, after that naa, i never installed any AV, yeah beta tested some from kapersky, loved there products, but not using any >>> :D:D:D

Bizaree! One will never come to know that his/her PC is infected till an AntiVirus and AntiSpyware software is installed and scanned. Shantanu, Install a good antivirus and antispyware software and perform a full scan. I bet you that you will be annoyed to see the infections. If not Virus, I am sure you will be having atleast 10's of Spywares.

[tango_cash]

i use norton 2005 and i am satisfied with it. everybody here says norton is bad.
cud u ppl tell me apart from slowing ur p.c (i have lot of ram so no problem with me) has norton caused any other problem???
any case where ur free antiviruses like avg or others detected something which norton did not????

[s18000rpm]

any case where ur free antiviruses like avg or others detected something which avg did not???
:D


happened with me, when the Norton's license expired (provided with HP Pavilion PC), i installed AVG Free & it detected 6-7 virus/trojan.

to try Norton's power, open limewire & download any file, sized @ less than 1MB (its virus/trojan), Norton will not detect anything. (scan with AVG & it'll detect the culprit)

[shantanu]

as per recommendation by Kiran_tech_mania , i installed AVG business solution complete security package, and scanned my system (vista), :D:D:D

as i said before so virus,SPYWARE or anything, (this happens coz As vista comes with defender, so it does not allows anything to pass by.

BUT really a user shoudl have an AV etc. installed, mine is an expection :D:D, but this cant be with everyone, might be my luck till date... :D:D

[shashank4u]

hey yr move is right jsut install zonealarm also and u r done..

[Wannabe_a_techie]

The DVD with this month's issue of Digit has the latest version of AVG (7.5)

[abhi_10_20]

yup, installed AVG 7.5.........
good thing is, every it gets updated when PC starts....

really dunno, if you guys claim AVG is such good, then why is it free of cost?

[Shasanka_Gogoi]

Firstly, loved ur

If u love something....set it free........
if it returns, its yours.......
else it was never meant to be with you......

Use Avast antivirus. I recommend it to all, u r not bound to go by my recommendations but give it a try. Its lite and free and even has a Web shield, network shield, P2P shield, etc, etc , which serve similar to a firewall and are good or u can pair it with ZA like I do!

[Kiran_tech_mania]

as per recommendation by Kiran_tech_mania , i installed AVG business solution complete security package, and scanned my system (vista), :D:D:D

as i said before so virus,SPYWARE or anything, (this happens coz As vista comes with defender, so it does not allows anything to pass by.

BUT really a user shoudl have an AV etc. installed, mine is an expection :D:D, but this cant be with everyone, might be my luck till date... :D:D

Hmmm.....Nothing? I said there might not be virus issue, but spywares?....since u tried that, give one more try. Install "Spybot-Search & Destroy", Update its definitions and perform a full scan....

Let us know what happened. :)

[shantanu]

will spybot run on vista ?? and where can i get it ?? :p

[krates]

Yes It's Good But Keep On Updating It

[abhi_10_20]

ahh..
'AVG' && 'ZoneAlarm' && 'Spybot'
would these three combinedly make my system as slow as Norton was
doing????
i am sure they will......

[Kiran_tech_mania]

will spybot run on vista ?? and where can i get it ?? :p

Spybot "S & D" is compatible with Vista.
Download it from here (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html). One change when installed in Vista is, it requires admin rights.
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ahh..
'AVG' && 'ZoneAlarm' && 'Spybot'
would these three combinedly make my system as slow as Norton was
doing????
i am sure they will......

Nope it will not slow down your PC. Amoung these, only AVG and ZoneAlarm are real-time scanners. Spybot doesn't have real-time scanner. It is to be manually updated and pc should be scanned occasionaly. For real-time scanner option, use Free Windows Defender or AVG Antispyware paid version.

[shantanu]

Nopes Not found any!!!

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4397/nopessc9.jpg

[Kiran_tech_mania]

Nopes Not found any!!!

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4397/nopessc9.jpg

Okay! You are lucky till now. Congrats!

[shantanu]

hehe :D thanks !!! but its a nice software, was taking only 1500 kb of memory

[sumeetindia]

Zone Alarm+ AVG the best suit for security