Internet Virus Protection

Me

[gonzo]

Buy the Norton 2002! There's more shit in there than you can shake an Arab at! I'm still learning, and it's auto-update! It'll grab a virus quicker than you can wipe snot off a doorknob!

Possibly too graphic..............FRegards

[NYC GOP Chick]

Norton updates their virus definitions once a week, on Wednesdays, more often, if necessary. You have to keep ahead of the bad guys!

You can go their web site and manually download the updates a few times a week. I check just about every day.

[gitmo]

One other thought. If you get Norton's, buy JUST the antivirus software. They have other software (SystemWorks) that I can't recommend. Butts heads with Windows too much.

I've used Norton System Works for some time. I haven't seen any collisions with Windows. It does a good job on antivirus, and gives me some easy recoveries if something goes wrong using GoBack. Their performance managers do ok as well.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Beware McAfee-- I repeatedly hear people from all over complaining about it-- some sort of incompatibility, I think.

After updating my (former) McAfee AV software and then turning off my computer, I couldn't start it up again without formatting the hard drive. Did something awful to the hard drive, and I wound up having to buy and install a new one.

[Yeti]

LIVE UPDATES of virus definitions

That sounds like something that is just begging to be hacked!

Get Norton to define System.DAT as a virus by some internet trickery.

[kezekiel]

I use Norton (when I'm booted into Windows), and I make sure to get the latest security updates for IE 5.0. Also, keep in mind that many viruses exploit vulnerabilities in IE & Outlook/Outlook Express, so you can avoid many viruses simply by switching to Netscape or Mozilla for your browser, and use their bundled mail readers. I think that IE is a fine browser, but it is too vulnerable for my liking, especially when using Outlook/Outlook Express.

[stands2reason]

I don't know. I have a Mac. :-)

[SpaceBar]

The absolute best way to avoid computer virii is to not use a computer. I'm amused that on a conservative forum with no doubt many pro-abstinance people to avoid unwanted diseases, pregnancy etc., are busy here trying to find out which is the best electronic condom.

[christynsoldier]

go to www.zonealarm.com for best free download!

[Chief]

Peter Norton is a big time liberal and supporter of the Clintoon crime family. I refuse to buy anything from his company.

I use McAfee VirusScan Online - automatic updates.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I am using Norton Utilities for Virus detection and Zonealarm for Protection , am using Cable, got to have it!

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I've had some problems with Zone Alarm also. That firewall works two ways. It took several attempts to get online...ZA wouldn't let me sign on to AOL. And it wouldn't let me post anything of length here at FR. Now I use ZA only when I want to, and close it at other

I use it and don't have any of the problems you are describing. (But don't use AOL)

[The Mayor]

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[Still Using Air]

Another satisfied E-Trust Antivirus user here. I'm on dial-up, and don't usually run a firewall, and I don't have any issues. I found one that I suspected was a new worm once, and the scan came back clean, but I know the things to look at and was still suspicious. I contacted them with the file as per their instructions, and it was a new one, the fix came out that night.
Norton and McAfee are quite bloated these days. E-Trust simply scans my incoming/outgoing data.
I think it's an annual license fee of around $10 ?

[VOA]

Can you say corporate incentive and multi-user discount?

I don't disagree with that angle.
But the tech guys on the radio who recommend it have been on for about four years
and from all I've heard seem to be pretty "straight shooters".

[Jeff Gordon]

Most people contract viruses via email. Using MS Outlook for email is the very best way to insure yourself that you will get a virus. Something like 80% of the viruses are targeted towards Outlook users.

I have used Pegasus since 1995 and have never had a virus infection. Pegasus is great and it is free.

[Texas_Jarhead]

I didn't read the thread but as a IT consultant I would recommend Trend Micro's PcCillin. I've seen instances of Norton failing to do its job even when kept up to date. I run the enterprise version of Trend's PcCillin on all networks I manage. Hundreds of PCs over several years and not one infection. I can't sing their praises too loud. Just my 2 cents.

FReegards

[ex-Texan]

I'm running Zone Alarm on one machine and Tiny Personal Firewall (TPF) on the other. TPF is a Computer Associates program and runs great, is less bothersome than ZA and is also a free download.

[Texas_Jarhead]

Also, these networks handle thousands of e-mails each week with 3-4% of them infected with some worm or virus. PcCillin automatically updates itself at user specified intervals.