Re: ANTI VIRUS????

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Ken i agree Avast is an alternative. Having used both Avast and AVG i still
much prefer AVG.
Currently my system has 3 operating system installed. On partition1 I have
XP Home running AVG, on partition2 I have xp Pro running Avast and on
Partition3 i have Server 2003 running Sophos. As you can see not a single
copy of McAfee or Norton to be seen.
I used to use Norton during the early beta of XP but it caused so much
trouble that i threw it away. Judging by the emails i get and posts in the
newsgroups Norton is still causing problems.
As to McAfee, well the only application i use is stinger

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John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org


"Ken Blake" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23Jt0r3ecFHA.464@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In news:44CAFE37-72DE-4074-A10A-66E8B8847A1F@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> apeke <apeke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
>
>> I am curious to see what is the best Anti Virus software....
>> I am wanting to purchase anti virus software...but am unsure what
>> really works the best to protect my PC...
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated...
>
>
> Any time you ask the question "what is the best xxxx?" (regardless of what
> kind of thing xxxx is), you get opinions, not answers. It doesn't matter
> whether you're asking about anti-virus software, operating systems,
> computer brands, makes of car, or refrigerators. And like most opinions,
> they vary from person to person. So you never get a real answer, and
> probably not even a consensus.
>
> I know that doesn't help you decide what to get, but it's not an easy task
> deciding what to get. I can tell you that most MVPs here advise strongly
> against both Norton and McAfee (but there's little consensus, even among
> them, on what to get instead).
>
> I've been a Norton user for many years, but I expect to be moving away
> from it soon. It's still installed on both my desktops, but I've put AVAST
> on my laptop, and I'll probably do the same with both desktops soon,
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>


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