Re: BEST ANTIVIRUS

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From: Tony Talmage (fakeaddress_at_nodomain.com)
Date: 06/08/04 

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 14:03:36 -0500

I enjoy Avast. Avast does everything I need plus it includes an additional
function called "VRDB", which I believe stands for Virus Repair Database or
something to that effect. It has the ability to restore files corrupted by
viruses, which is neat. Also, this is the only software I've used that
actually finds viruses in emails - I've used NAV2000, AVG, NAV Corporate
7.6, McAfee (don't remember version), etc., and none of them caught any
viruses received via email.

So, my personal recommendation (that is, I use it at home as well as work
and it's caught many many viruses, but I don't think that's considered
professional) would go to Avast. 

-- 
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
URL: http://www.graphiced.com
Phone: (888) 354-6600
"Arvindra" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:19f9501c44d89$9dbddaa0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi ppl I recently installed XP Pro and the system was
> booting enormously fast without any programs installed.
> But as I installed Norton Antivirus 2004 Pro it started
> crawling. Now it boots up sooooo alowly. So I decided
> removing Norton AV and talked to th ppl at Norton they
> said that I could return it to the same shopkeeper. But
> now should I return it or keep it because I have no AV
> software installed currently and would like ur
> PROFESSIONAL opinions on most SAFE and THE FASTEST AV
> software available. By the way what do you MVP's use???
> Should I keep Norton.
>
> Please suggest only 1 GOOD AV software and not Multiple
> good ones coz I'm bad at choosing.

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