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27-07-2006, 8:32 AM
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It seems to me that the Norton Antivirus I have installed is getting so 'bloated' that it is now slowing my computer down quite a bit.
I have heard that AVG anti virus is just as good but doesn't impact as much on computer performance.
I would be interested to know people's experiences.
Thanks.
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27-07-2006, 8:36 AM
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I made the switch to AVG about a year ago. I too was on Norton before hand and the subscription ran out, so I thought would give AVG a try and I am happy with it, although I am not sure that there has been any change in the performance of my system, but for the price (free) that pushes it ahead of Norton for me.
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27-07-2006, 8:49 AM
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We have now changed the office anti-virus system to AVG and it seems to be a much better system.
As an example, when i removed Norton and first installed AVG, it did a scan of my PC and found 2 viruses and 3 trojan horses that Norton was ignoring............. 
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27-07-2006, 8:50 AM
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27-07-2006, 8:55 AM
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another freebie that has worked excellent for me www.avast.com
great stuff AND FREE!!!!
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27-07-2006, 8:56 AM
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Sorry guys but open up task manager
AVG uses less ram, does the same job without the subscription to boot. imo it's just clever marketing that these companies that offer paid for av that paying > free. Not true. I have not had a virus for 2 years 
Of course clever web use is necessary. Downloading an attachment in an email from someone you don't know does not count
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27-07-2006, 9:15 AM
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AVG for me as well, I got fed up of Norton hogging all the resources.
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27-07-2006, 9:17 AM
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AVG for me , never had a problem in all the years I've sued it. Use it with zonealarm firewall and spybot for spyware .
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27-07-2006, 9:40 AM
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Just a couple of things to throw in the pot here... AusCERT have announced that 80% of all malicous software goes undetected by 'top' Anti Virus software.
Also, how do you know you've not had/have now a virus/worm/backdoor/keylogger/etc ?
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27-07-2006, 9:43 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnG AVG for me as well, I got fed up of Norton hogging all the resources. | Ditto.
I asked the same question as the starter of this thread a while back.
Was unhappy with Nortons. Clogging up system, not letting me do certain things.
Removed the whole lot from my system and downloaded AVG. So far so good, no virus, crashes etc etc
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27-07-2006, 9:48 AM
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Another vote for AVG here........... Norton is bloatware pure and simple.
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27-07-2006, 9:49 AM
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Originally Posted by shay0 Also, how do you know you've not had/have now a virus/worm/backdoor/keylogger/etc ? | Well your spyware detector will pick some of that up and your firewall should alert you if anything unauthorised that your antivirus might have missed tries to phone home.
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27-07-2006, 9:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Beobloke We have now changed the office anti-virus system to AVG and it seems to be a much better system.
As an example, when i removed Norton and first installed AVG, it did a scan of my PC and found 2 viruses and 3 trojan horses that Norton was ignoring............. | What's it like in a commercial environment? Is the licensing significently cheaper than norton or Sophos and is it centrally managed?
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27-07-2006, 10:20 AM
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AVG here also made the switch about 18 months ago from Nortons, again it found 2-3 items that NAV didnt pickup on.......ditch NAV and move to AVG
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27-07-2006, 11:19 AM
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AVG, Zone alarm, spybot, spyware blaster, ewido 4 and window defender. No poblems for a couple of years or more.
And at the moment all free. I've even donated to spybot and spyware blaster.
I had nortons and trend, but both didn't pick things up the freebies did when i first run them. And Nortons is just so hungry.
Why people pay for bloatware amazes me. I try and convert everyone i know and once they try the so-titled 'free must be junk' software they don't go back.
A certain big store has a lot to answer for, the number of times people i know have literally been forced to buy overpriced AV and firewalls by being told 'dont trust these free programs' is disgusting.
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