My Norton Antivirus 2002 update subscription expired a couple months ago, and, being short on cash, I didn’t renew at that time. When I finally got around to it, I was told that Norton no longer supports that version, and I was invited to upgrade.
After looking on CNet and Amazon for reviews, it seems clear that the major anti-virus programs are riddled with problems in installation, compatibility, and whathaveyou. Every one I looked at got terrible reviews from users.
Can anyone suggest an anti-virus program that is not a load of headaches?
I have heard good things in general about AVG but never used it, Avast is also free and also top notch, even blocks attacks that your firewall normally would (when you turn it off) and very little system resources are used.
I use AVG and Avast, AVG running all the time, Avast when I do security maintenance. No single scanner is going to catch everything, anti-virus programs aren’t great at finding trojans, more is definitely better.
Here are some independent testers of antivirus software
I ditched McAffee for AVG too. I actually wasn’t having problems with McAffee’s online version, but AVG has been fine and it’s free.
My partner and I were looking for some good AV software for one of our smaller servers, and I came across NOD from the company Eset http://www.eset.com/home/home.htm
It was the only AV out of 4 that found and cleaned the virus we had. I found it by Googling the particular virus and stumbled upon some message boards with people who rave about the product.
If AVG ever fails me, I think I might get that one.