antivirus software
 

When I got my new Fujitsu-Siemens PC it was bundled with a antivirus software called Norman. At first I thought; great, they give me a free antivirus software, but when I realized it took 30s to load it on startup my happy mood disappeared.

So now I'm looking for a new program. I've looked at McAfee AV but a freind of mine says that it doesn't work very good with WinXP. Does any of you have a tip, please share your experince with me.

Thx

This one - link is one of the best on the market - try it out - works great on XP, and dont steal any cpu power

Norton's AntiVirus is probably what you meant.

www.symantec.om

panda is dope too

PC - Cillin sounds good... will check it out


BTW, has anyone been affected by the "Lirva" (or something) virus. The one that can disable virus protection softwares.

try avg, you can free version too.

www.grisoft.com

toodamnfli is right. Panda is as good as they get.

http://www.pandasoftware.com/

It has beat every other AV program out there.

On my Win XP AVP works fine...

I had Norton for a while. Something screwy happened and it pissed me off so I uninstalled it. I have AVG now and I love it.

Okay... but which software will use minumum cpu power??

Is Panda using much?

panda actually uses the fewest resources of all antivirus programs

Downloading a Panda trial for the moment... will check it out

Why you dont want to try AVP ?
I use this software every day and havent any troubles with cpu power...

I would not feel safe downloading a software from a .RU domain

Why would you want to use anything but the #1 rated AV software available? Maybe you should switch.

Where can I find the AV software rating... would be interesting to look at it.

There is an antivirus test in about every computer magazine several times a year. Panda always comes out on top. I had never heard of it before I read one of those tests. Mcafee was pissing me off so I bought panda and never looked back. As soon as I installed Panda, it caught a few minor things that mcafee had let slide.

I wantnt swith to any :) Why ? I have AVP's versions for all my PC s (windows and unix-clones)... How i can use Norton Antivirus on FreeBSD ? And how much i need to pay for it ?

Do you use TheBat ? ritlabs.com is russian firm... Not all russian proggys can give you some problems :)

still dont feel safe - to many bad examples :helpme

Yes, Russia is cheat country :) But this dialog about antivirus software...

Okay... I thought it was like a Official standard AV software rating.

McAfee cought a few bugs that Norman had slipped. I wonder how many Panda or AVP will find=)

Panda is the best hands down..according to me and also PC world magazine

Panda:
"The Lowdown: This virus hunter's new interface is a breeze to use, but Panda stumbles on price, support, and detection skills."

its much much more efficient than Nortons,usues less CMU resources,costs less,and updates daily...who really needs support with an anti-virus program anyways?

and PC World puts NAV almost religiously ahead of everyone else.

Always take reviews from mags/sites that accept ads from the products they're reviewing' with a massive grain of salt.

http://www.f-prot.com/download/index.html :)

which is why I dont use NAV or any of the norton products.. :)

any windows server AV in good price? Norton sucks,it starts from $400 when it comes to win2k/XP server edition......

True, True.

sweet thread, i have been looking for a more efficient av. i have heard good things about panda but was hesitant. i know toodamn knows his shizzy so i'll try it. ;)