posted on November 28, 2005 08:48:57 AM
Staples recommended Panda as they said it found viruses that a couple of other popular ones did not find. At this time I have free Avg (Adware) viruscan which I downloaded off the net from www.freegrisoft.com. upon recommendation of a pc guy. When I scanned my pc it found zafi.b severe virus and said I needed to register to have it cleaned for a one time fee of $29.99. I did not know whether
Would anyone recommend one of these or maybe another type please.
posted on November 28, 2005 09:19:24 AM
Personally, I like NORTON AV, although Ralphie prefers TREND MICRO PC-CILLAN -- so, either of those two are GREAT!
I will NEVER, EVER use ANY program from CRAP-AFEE -- total TRASH...
All the others (such as F-SECURE; PANDA; etc) I know little about...
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." —George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005
Mary Landesman writes in the August 2005 PC World Magazine: "We tested new versions of three anti-spyware apps and like them, but an old favorite stands out. I looked at new installments of three anti-spyware applications: a prerelease version of Sunbelt Software's CounterSpy 1.5, plus shipping versions of Webroot's Spy Sweeper 4 and FBM Software's ZeroSpyware 2005.
CounterSpy's DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) technology sounded particularly interesting. While both Spy Sweeper and ZeroSpyware put in a good showing, CounterSpy continues to impress me the most. Add to that its unobtrusive alerts and its $20 price
(including one year of updates and online tech support), and CounterSpy is a clear winner."
posted on November 28, 2005 10:22:40 AM
I'm with Tom. I use Norton as a routine & hotmail uses Trend, so I am pretty safe.
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posted on November 28, 2005 11:57:41 AM
My brother has used Panda and he has had his computer in the shop more time than I can count. Someone told him to quit using them. He gets tons of spyware that adaware and spybot never pick up, I don't know where that comes from.
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posted on November 28, 2005 12:47:46 PM
Tom-did you buy the disc or download it from the internet? I tried downloading it from the internet.The icon "setup" comes on my desktop, I clicked on it,and started do download it,but it wasnt doing anything.Then after a while it just said download "timed out"
I use Mozzila,I dont know if that has something to do with it.
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Yes, downloaded from SYMANTIC site, along with yearly VIRUS DEFs subscriptions -- never a problemo with IE...
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." —George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005
