McAfee or Norton? Which one is better?
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doctor_g




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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Jun 2004 23:15    Post subject: McAfee or Norton? Which one is better?
guys at the moment i am using mcafe internet security 6 and it is working fine. however when i download somthing my computer time to time slows down and everything stsrts to move slowly (it takes 10 sec to open a folder at that time!!!Crying or Very sad) i think that is my virus scaner which is cheking for every singe thing that is coming in to pc. do you think if i use norton that problem will be solved? or there is an other problem with my pc?


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Hitman02
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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Jun 2004 23:48    Post subject:
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Mandeep




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 00:36    Post subject:
stick with McAfee
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Flark




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 00:52    Post subject:
I'm using McAfee because Norton laggs my computer so bad.
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Dox




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 07:48    Post subject:
Get faster unit and use both, can never be too carefull in this world.


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Crusher




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 11:04    Post subject:
Kaspersky
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WaveRunner




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 11:17    Post subject:
i use the NIS 2004 pro...<< includes the Norton Ativirus 2004 pro.
best imo!


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razor1394
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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 13:22    Post subject:
I will never use Norton again because I only get problems with the application itself and it's very heavy on resources. Don't know about McAfee. I do know that Nod32 antivirus and Panda are the top ones but not so mainstream right now. I use nod32 because it's swedish Smile and it't very easy on resources. It also finds many things that the concurrents doesn't find.
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DeepRed




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 15:17    Post subject:
hmm, useless kind of "poll" i think ; isn't it just about having the latest virus definitions? Rolling Eyes & if you lagg having an antivirus daemon enabled i suggest you downgrade your app Razz
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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 15:29    Post subject:
updating definitions should be done manually, and often. all updates should be done manually.


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skidrow
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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 16:02    Post subject:
Flark wrote:
I'm using McAfee because Norton laggs my computer so bad.


i have the otherway around.

so i stick with norton


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Avenger_




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 16:42    Post subject:
I'm using Norton right now and are very happy with that.
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Flark




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 16:57    Post subject:
The most annoying thing with norton is when you play a game online, like a match of whatever.. and that "One button checkup" stats, so you close it down.. and then 10 min later the Antivirus stats, and im to lazy to set it not to start :>
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HYPERSONiC




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 18:09    Post subject:
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McAfee or Norton? Which one is better?



neither ... try NOD32
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doctor_g




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 20:07    Post subject:
Dox wrote:
Get faster unit and use both, can never be too carefull in this world.
well mr dox iam not mean to be rude but i am sure that you never ever used norton or mcafee before. becuse if you have mcafee you can not install norton and if you have norton you can not install mcafee!!!!


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Raz0r.dk




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Jun 2004 23:49    Post subject:
Crusher wrote:
Kaspersky
word... ownz both McAfee & Norton Very Happy
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morxxx




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PostPosted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 01:31    Post subject:
norton is bullshit
mca ist much better


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whoKnows
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PostPosted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 11:34    Post subject:
You should check out McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.0. It is faster than McAfee's consumer scanner.
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Undeahtkiller




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PostPosted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 15:27    Post subject: Symantec Anti Virus 9.0
At home I’m using Symantec (not Norton) Anti Virus 9.0 Client and Server and a NAT FW. This is the fastest and best configuration for me.

At work we are using Mc Afee Virus Scan 7.1 Enterprise Edition on Clients.

But personally i prefer Symantec AV.
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Undeahtkiller




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PostPosted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 15:29    Post subject:
And about the Norton AV... better don't use this! Many people i know(including myself) had and still have problems with the Norton AV / IS!
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jaguar1




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PostPosted: Mon, 7th Jun 2004 02:42    Post subject:
I have used 3 AV scanners: Norton, McAfee, and Panda.

Norton AV 2004 (or the ones used in systemworks) is definately a resource hog as already mentioned by the others. The scanning isnt fast either. The liveupdate for virus defintions tends to slow down my computer A LOT.

McAfee is a bit less of a resource hog and scans the computer a bit faster. Also the update process doesnt slow down the computer as much.

Panda Titantium 2004: I just installed this one on my other machine and it definately doesnt take up a lot of resources (on the 266) for scanning or updating. Its not as big a company as mcafee and norton but I am starting to like them already

Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 9: I use this on my current machine and its MUCH better than Norton AV. Doesnt take up as much resource for scanning and updating compared to Norton and it runs really well. It doesnt have the fancy look that Norton AV has but I dont care.
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Mad Skillz




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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jun 2004 06:23    Post subject:
I have never had any problems with Norton
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JeanLuc_
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jun 2004 10:02    Post subject:
HYPERSONiC wrote:
Quote:
McAfee or Norton? Which one is better?



neither ... try NOD32


Agree... It takes less memory and is faster. Haven´t had any problems or viruses for that matter since i bought NOD32. Smile

/JeanLuc


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LeopardO
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PostPosted: Wed, 9th Jun 2004 13:08    Post subject:
anynody has ANY idea how to disable those annoying pop ups in NIS2004:
everytime he pops up : RULES SET, im checking file.mat... well guess what, i DONT CARE!


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Genoa-1893




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PostPosted: Mon, 21st Jun 2004 11:04    Post subject:
mcafee!!!pur avendo un amd athlon xp 3000,norton e' pesante Confused
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arw




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PostPosted: Mon, 21st Jun 2004 12:49    Post subject:
Genoa-1893 wrote:
mcafee!!!pur avendo un amd athlon xp 3000,norton e' pesante Confused


What language is that..?...try talking in English m8.
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Twi^




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PostPosted: Mon, 21st Jun 2004 14:00    Post subject:
I don't use either .. but if I had to pick one, i'd go with McAafee.


The more things change, The more they stay the same.
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RubberChicken




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PostPosted: Mon, 21st Jun 2004 20:03    Post subject:
arw wrote:
Genoa-1893 wrote:
mcafee!!!pur avendo un amd athlon xp 3000,norton e' pesante Confused


What language is that..?...try talking in English m8.


French...stupid language,impossible to understand.

I use 'panda', i think it's very good, any one else tried it?
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Genoa-1893




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PostPosted: Mon, 21st Jun 2004 20:18    Post subject:
sorry!!!no french!!!! italy language Wink
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Zeo
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PostPosted: Sat, 26th Jun 2004 22:32    Post subject:
I got tired of trying them both, because the take a lot of resources..
kaspersky and NOD32 are better..
but i don't use one at all anymore...I just scan online everynow and then, or scan a specific file after i download it,if i am suspecious of it.

I am not afraid of getting a virus , because i have Datakeeper making daily images of my hd..and i don't want to have an antivirus running 24/7 because i might get one.
In ny case disable realtime scanning and it should make ur pc work muuuuch faster, and only scan files when u get them.
or try online scanning at http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan


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