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Old May 28th, 2005, 10:51 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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AVG Anti-Virus or Norton Anti-Virus 2005?

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!
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Old May 28th, 2005, 10:58 PM     #2 (permalink)
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free version of AVG? i fyes then i would simple choose Norton Anti-Virus 2005
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Old May 28th, 2005, 11:03 PM     #3 (permalink)
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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.
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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.
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Old May 29th, 2005, 12:13 AM     #5 (permalink)
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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!
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Old May 29th, 2005, 12:36 AM     #6 (permalink)
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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.
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Old May 29th, 2005, 01:12 AM     #7 (permalink)
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I have Norton 2005 installed on my
p4
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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!
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Old May 29th, 2005, 01:23 AM     #8 (permalink)
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yes I would say AVG

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Old May 29th, 2005, 01:29 AM     #9 (permalink)
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I dont use Anti-Virus. But then again, i use to run AVG. Before AVG, i ran Norton. I disliked it.
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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.
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