Anti-Virus software that sucks, and doesn't

[kakata]

I want to suggest everyone....
forget about Norton you pay for it.
Go to AVG its free and 300x better.

[Stovetopp]

hi from Miami here also Tell me more about AVG

I have a new computer but refuse to "activate" McCaffee They are always interrupting whenever I am doing somethging(playing on line mostly :-))
Thanks

[zebedy]

I want to suggest everyone....
forget about Norton you pay for it.
Go to AVG its free and 300x better.

Im starting to agree with you ,thought id try norton when i got my new pc and for some reason it playes havoc with my printer as well as freezing every now and then ,used AVG on my old pc and it worked well,I might go back to it

[Roanan]

I want to suggest everyone....
forget about Norton you pay for it.
Go to AVG its free and 300x better.

You get what you pay for.

Free=crap

If you have the money to blow at a gambling site, then you have the money to secure your PC properly.

[jas2587]

You get what you pay for.

Free=crap

If you have the money to blow at a gambling site, then you have the money to secure your PC properly.

My daughter paid for Norton an it sucked
we now run AVG on ALL our pc's an no problems

so I get great service an not a penny spent you are so right Kakata

Cindy

[Roanan]

My daughter paid for Norton an it sucked
we now run AVG on ALL our pc's an no problems

so I get great service an not a penny spent you are so right Kakata

Cindy

Okay, I guess I should clarify things a bit here.

First of all, Norton and McAfee are absolute crap.

They are pre-installed on new PC's because their developers have paid the computer companies to do so, knowing that it's the only way they can gain customers because no savvy computer user would ever trust them to secure their PC.

To clarify my 'FREE=CRAP' statement, especially regarding AVG Free.

The anti virus software they provide is first class, I agree.

HOWEVER, the only thing you get free is a virus scanner and cleaner.

It provides no protection against malware, port scan viruses, or any of the truly dangerous things that are out there, and some of them will find you even when you aren't even using the computer.

Plus, it only catches them if they are a well known virus that is attempting to install itself, or for the sneakier ones when you do your daily scan.
If the virus got on your system moments after a scan, it has the whole day to wreak havoc until it gets caught by the scan the next day.

I personally run AVG Pro, the full internet security suite, and nothing gets through, not even spam.

Also recommended is Kaspersky Internet Security. You can get a free 30 day trial from the website.

The two cost about the same, but if money is really tight, go with Kaspersky.
The license is CDN$80/year, but good for 3 computers. So you just split it with two friends.

[maxd]

Just my 2¢ on the subject:

.... forget about Norton ....

I used, and paid for, Norton for years. Back in the day it was the best there was. That day has passed. Now it is flaky bloat-ware that'll do you and your system almost as much harm as good. Look elsewhere for your AV software.

You get what you pay for. Free=crap

Sorry but that's just not true when it comes to software. I was in the biz for 15 years and one of the standard marketing ploys was "charge more 'cause the customers will think they're getting more". Just ain't so! Software has to be judged by what it does, how well it does it, and how it behaves on your computer. Judging by how much it costs doesn't cut it.

As to "free = crap", well, ever heard of "open source" software like Firefox? Some of the best software out there is "open source", and free.

Besides, these days you can pay $50 or more and get crap too so which would you prefer, free crap or expensive crap?

If you're going to say "what about support?" I'd say try getting support (these days) from folks like Symantec (Norton) or scads of other so-called "get what you pay for" software companies. Talk about crap!

[me_and_ed]

You get what you pay for.

Free=crap

If you have the money to blow at a gambling site, then you have the money to secure your PC properly.

I have to disagree, I have been using AVG and recently Avast and never had any virus issues, and I am very literate when it comes to computers, and live in Langley too, thats gotta speak for something.

[GrandMaster]

You get what you pay for.

Free=crap.

You could hardly be more wrong.

Take MS Frontpage and any number of free HTML editors, OpenOffice, nvu, Mozilla. Similarly IIS and Apache.

I could tell you some shocking examples from work. Some smooth talking salesmen sold us a proprietary e-mail system for several million pounds. It just did not work, it collapsed under the load. It was scrapped after 6 months, and replaced by a free, open source system that works reliably.

If you want to pay for software, by all means do, but don't imagine that you get better quality.

[Roanan]

This thread is about anti-virus programs, so my statement regarding free=crap still stands.