AVG Anti-Virus or Norton Anti-Virus 2005?

Debbie1955 · May 28th, 2005, 10:51 PM

Hi. I installed AVG Anti-Virus on my pc as suggested by my brother-in-law. Prior to AVG, I had Norton Anti-Virus 2005 installed. Does anyone know if one is better than the other? I still have my Norton installed, but it's always AVG that I see updating and running. Is it a problem to have two anti-viruses running on one machine? I was thinking that it would give me even higher security, but now I wonder if it's necessary or if there are any disadvantages to running two separate anti-virus programs on one pc. I would sure appreciate a reply, I don't want to 'confuse' my pc or impact my processing speed. Thanks!

filipino · May 28th, 2005, 10:58 PM

free version of AVG? i fyes then i would simple choose Norton Anti-Virus 2005

JLK03F150 · May 28th, 2005, 11:03 PM

You only want one AV program running on your pc. Two can cause conflicts.

NAV2005 is a great antivirus program, but it is a resource hog. I had a p4 with 386mb of ram. After I installed NAV2005, my pc couldn't do much of anything but sit there and run the av prog. My Norton subscription expires at the end of this year & I've been using AVG since January.

IMO if you don't have a gig of ram & a really fast processor, you don't want NAV2005. Otherwise it's a great program.

excuzzzeme · May 28th, 2005, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JLK03F150

You only want one AV program running on your pc. Two can cause conflicts.................

Agreed. If your paying for Norton youu might as well get your money's worth.

However, I don't feel Norton is all that great. 90% of the computers I clean for virus' had Norton on them. That's been my experience. I have been running AVG free edition for two years as as test and as a recommendation to those that won't/can't afford a good A/V. Over-all, it has been pretty efficient at catching most bugs. It's not perfect but it does seem to be better than Norton. It does alert well when a virus attacks your system as the real-time scanning does work.

Debbie1955 · May 29th, 2005, 12:13 AM

Thanks, all. I wondered about a conflict and the RAM. I think I'll stick with AVG and uninstall Norton. I appreciate all the information and advice. Thanks!

bubbalou32 · May 29th, 2005, 12:36 AM

After using Norton AV for years, I tried AVG. It found 2 trojans that Norton missed. Beyond being a resource hog, I think there are better anti-virus programs out there than Norton.

helpmetweak · May 29th, 2005, 01:12 AM

I have Norton 2005 installed on my
p4
3.0ghz
512mb ram and honestly have discovered not one negative. but of coarse i have about 8 running processes 40,000,000 - 50,000,000 memory usage showing in code-stuff starter all from Norton. which I can only imagine the performance gain my computer would have after uninstalling Norton. i read that it is hard to completely uninstall or to totally delete Norton. do you think going with NOD32 would be a good idea? any recommendations would be great!

Autokad · May 29th, 2005, 01:23 AM

yes I would say AVG

(resouce hog norton)

mystiknitekidz · May 29th, 2005, 01:29 AM

I dont use Anti-Virus. But then again, i use to run AVG. Before AVG, i ran Norton. I disliked it.

sr71000 · May 29th, 2005, 02:49 AM

i've found avg to be more thorough by far. as for helpmetweaks post....the nod32 anti-virus engine is one of the strongest out there. It's supposed to be better than avg, but then again, finding the virus is only half the battle. Personally for usability I recommend avg to EVERYONE. It's free...automatically updates and scans once a day, and seems to be much more thorough than norton! Some day i'd love to build a chart of all the virii I can find out there and check off if norton, avg, and some others find it....something really serious...not jsut a cheep thing like i'd have to do now. lol. Anyways...from my experience....whenever I get an infected computer as a tech...the first thing i ask is what av they're using and then I ask if they mind if I replace it. I love avg

lol.