ankushbhargava

Nov 20 2005, 06:43 PM

I've been using Mcafee for the last couple of years. I've not yet had a virus problem .

McAfee frequently download virus signatures from the net - like every couple of hours! i dunno what it does but it's keeping my PC clean.

haven't used Panda antivirus yet. Is it better than McAfee?

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franklinweb

Nov 21 2005, 02:42 PM

QUOTE(guangdian @ Nov 21 2005, 01:32 AM)

now the options would be : Mcafee,Norton,Karbarsky,Panda and others.
which do you think is the cheapest?and which do you think better useing or got friendly interface.
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on every country,there must be some powerful company in anti-virus.and they are not the Mc or Norton.they just selling the products on their own countries.but the ones got secrurity problem,they might be used by the govenment.

Hmm... I think so more money for the new anti viruses. Maybe government, hackers and anti-viruses companies are working together to get the customer more money from their credit

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seanooi

Nov 25 2005, 06:22 AM

I've been using Norton AntiVirus for the pass few years and I've noticed that with or without Norton installed, viruses still appear in my computer. Then when I changed to McAfee, my computer stayed clean longer than I could even imagined.

But as for panda's anti virus, I heard it's supposed to be quite a good software, but haven't tried it tho.

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xJedix

Dec 19 2005, 11:22 PM

QUOTE(kevlar557 @ Nov 21 2005, 11:48 AM)

I've been using AVG for a few years now. It's free, and it works well. That is all that counts for me.

Thats what I use. AVG is, in my opinion, the best anti-virus out there right now. There are pros and cons to each, but I like avg the best. It has nice features like Heuristic Analysis which scans for viruses that haven't been discovered yet. I have been using this anti-virus for the last couple years and haven't had any problems. I get a couple viruses now and then, and the AVG finds them and deletes em for me

Great product, especially for being free. Curious to know how much better the paid one is for

xJedix

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serenity

Dec 19 2005, 06:33 PM

Oh is that right i think i have to change mine Mcafee also sounds good

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