virus scans

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

i want some advice on the best anti-virus apps. Ive read a few articles suggesting that the traditional favorites (norton, mcafee) are ridiculously bloated, and some of the less well known programs are just as good, if not better and use less system resources. Just now im using f-prot and previusly used AVG and before that norton.

my experience of norton seems to bear out the opinion that symantec products waste way too much resources.

Clearly however the most important attribute for any virus scan is how well it catches the little menaces, so what i wanna know is just what is the best virus scan when it comes to snaring viruses?

Also which virus scans are everyone using? and what kind of nasty experiences have people had with viruses?

[guido123]

I use this virus scan to: but jou need a good internet connection for it. And im worried about the privacy on this. In principal it would easy be used to brake in to your computer.

[The Hunter]

:shy Krell is right about that it works well. Norton is a hog, but I use it is intigrated with the system works, and the firewall. It wont be as big a pig, if you only set it for your needs. So far it has caught everthing. AVG is ok,except they are slow with updates as I found out the hard way. Like they say when you reformat you have a faster system. Krell I might not worry so much after I get some more experience on comps, but for now a slower machine is better than no machine.

[The Hunter]

:mellow Kind of thought I would geta reply, and I agree with you. This what I call a just for now setup until I get more experience on here. As a beginner I got tired of the reload windows thing.

[The Hunter]

:mellow What a thought, but for now, to get a bit more speed I run no wallpaper, no screensavers, and I shut off that damm automatic virus scan.Almost forgot, I had to shut off automatic update, hell they do that on Wed anyway. It will take a while but this pc will be mine.

[The Hunter]

:mellow Interesting, all I found was one that says ab value not set?

[The Hunter]

:mellow running 98se with 81% free as of now, but if I did a reboot it would be better

[The Hunter]

:mellow I cant be doing too bad as the only 3 that I can shut down are norton related.Cheers my friend.