Ill keep this simple as possible. I bought a new computer and it had the free norton anitivirus program for 40 days. to renew it 90$. so should i renew it or shall i just get a free AVG antivirus program? is the free ones good or the paid ones better? thanks for your time and also sorry updates for the anitivirus means that specialy for the program or for the whole computer. because i cant see updates just for the antivirus program. thanks
Posted by: shaun at March 27, 2007 12:37 AM
hi Leo I just downloaded a free virus scan from Winantispyware. Do you know if this was a good thing to do or not?
I'm not familiar with that one.
06-Mar-2010
Posted by: kim at June 16, 2007 11:43 AM
If you live near a Fry's Electronics store they have a Norton AntiVirus 3-user copy (works fine for just one computer) for $49.95 with a $30 mail-in rebate, and a $20 upgrade mail-in rebate. Fry's seems to do this every year. I haven't paid more than tax for Norton AntiVirus in 3-4 years. So if you have Norton AntiVirus the 2008 version is free. If not it's only $20 this year and probably free next year.
Posted by: Ken Crook at January 5, 2008 11:00 PM
You mentioned you run your scan at night. Does that mean that computer DOES NOT need to be on for the scan to run? Thanks so much!
It means that I leave my computers running at night. Your computer must be on to run scans.
- Leo 04-Dec-2008
Posted by: Colleen at December 3, 2008 9:51 AM
Hi Leo,
I have a small querry. I have an antivirus on my machine. The Real time scan is always ON. But when i do a manual scan i find some of my files were infected with virus which the Real Time scan didnt find out. Can u suggest me what was the possible problem as to why The Real Time Scan didnt notice about the virus?????????
I have only one Antivirus running on my machine.
It's difficult to say without knowing exactly what anti-virus program you're using. Some "real time" scans only scan what's coming in over your internet connection, for example. If a file arrives some other way, say through windows networking, it might not be caught. Similarly some programs don't real-time scan everything even on the internet - they scan browser activity and email, but might skip peer-to-peer file sharing applications or other apps. As you've seen, a periodic full scan is an important step in addition to real-time.
- Leo 25-Dec-2008
Posted by: Asif Dange at December 25, 2008 1:49 AM
ok! but i think antivirus are also bad. they makes computer slow and eats up the bandwidth of internet connection for updating.
In general the impact is minimal, and far outweighs the risks you might be taking by not using one.
06-Mar-2010
Posted by: www.pshycic.de.tl at April 18, 2009 7:34 PM
@kim: The website virustotal.com scans files with over 30 different antivirus programs. If your program is on the list of software they use, it's certainly legit. Here's the list
A on demand scanner nightly may be the answer for older computers. All these newer real time programs hogs the memory and speed the older computers do not have. May be a good choice if just visit Yahoo, Gmail and other mainline sites. If I did banking or credit cards I would do after the nightly scan only!
Posted by: Jack at March 9, 2010 1:26 PM
I actually don't run a real-time scan since I'm fairly well protected in other ways
would be nice if you could have explained what the other ways were
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Hey leo,
Ill keep this simple as possible. I bought a new computer and it had the free norton anitivirus program for 40 days. to renew it 90$. so should i renew it or shall i just get a free AVG antivirus program? is the free ones good or the paid ones better? thanks for your time and also sorry updates for the anitivirus means that specialy for the program or for the whole computer. because i cant see updates just for the antivirus program. thanks
Posted by: shaun at March 27, 2007 12:37 AMhi Leo I just downloaded a free virus scan from Winantispyware. Do you know if this was a good thing to do or not?
06-Mar-2010
Posted by: kim at June 16, 2007 11:43 AM
If you live near a Fry's Electronics store they have a Norton AntiVirus 3-user copy (works fine for just one computer) for $49.95 with a $30 mail-in rebate, and a $20 upgrade mail-in rebate. Fry's seems to do this every year. I haven't paid more than tax for Norton AntiVirus in 3-4 years. So if you have Norton AntiVirus the 2008 version is free. If not it's only $20 this year and probably free next year.
Posted by: Ken Crook at January 5, 2008 11:00 PMYou mentioned you run your scan at night. Does that mean that computer DOES NOT need to be on for the scan to run? Thanks so much!
04-Dec-2008
Hi Leo,
I have a small querry. I have an antivirus on my machine. The Real time scan is always ON. But when i do a manual scan i find some of my files were infected with virus which the Real Time scan didnt find out. Can u suggest me what was the possible problem as to why The Real Time Scan didnt notice about the virus?????????
I have only one Antivirus running on my machine.
25-Dec-2008
ok! but i think antivirus are also bad. they makes computer slow and eats up the bandwidth of internet connection for updating.
06-Mar-2010
Posted by: www.pshycic.de.tl at April 18, 2009 7:34 PM
@kim: The website virustotal.com scans files with over 30 different antivirus programs. If your program is on the list of software they use, it's certainly legit. Here's the list
http://www.virustotal.com/sobre.html
If its not on the list, the safer choice is not to use it. There are MANY phony antivirus programs.
Posted by: Michael Horowitz at March 6, 2010 2:32 PM@kim
Google is your friend.
http://www.google.ca/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=Winantispyware&meta=&btnG=Google+Search
Posted by: Len at March 8, 2010 8:22 PMA on demand scanner nightly may be the answer for older computers. All these newer real time programs hogs the memory and speed the older computers do not have. May be a good choice if just visit Yahoo, Gmail and other mainline sites. If I did banking or credit cards I would do after the nightly scan only!
Posted by: Jack at March 9, 2010 1:26 PMI actually don't run a real-time scan since I'm fairly well protected in other ways
would be nice if you could have explained what the other ways were
10-Mar-2010
Posted by: robert at March 9, 2010 3:56 PM
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