Antivirus Software

[slimmx]

I want to know if let's say I got Norton Antivirus 2003 do I have to upgrade to 2004 in order to be protected or can I keep using 2003 and just continue downloading newest updates.
Also would I be protected from the newest viruses with 2003.
Thanks.

[slimmx]

Sry for posting I just found out the answer on cnet.com

I don't need to update to 2004 simply cause they haven't added many features to 2004 compared to 2003.

[Will Hay]

I removed Norton and installed AVG, much happier now and it was free.
You know you only get twelve months subsciptions with Norton, yes?
Will Hay

[luvvbuzz]

i, like will hay, use avg version 7, so easy to use and update and free. i updated last night cos i read about this new virus which is on the loose now, i will update it again tonight just to make sure i have the updates i need too.

[stiltman]

I like F-Prot myself. I've used it for quit awhile now and it's never failed me. They have a free trial download. I also use McAfee at work, and it's been pretty good too. I try not to install Symantic (Norton) products. I do use ghost, but I just ripped the ghost.exe out of the installer.

[Will Hay]

i, like will hay, use avg version 7, so easy to use and update and free. i updated last night cos i read about this new virus which is on the loose now, i will update it again tonight just to make sure i have the updates i need too.

Version 7?
I only have v6 and I downloaded that last night
Will

[pacmania_2001]

AVG gets my vote.

All the features of Norton without the cost or the troubles.

[808smokey]

Norton Corperate all the way. 8)

[b1tchm4gn3t]

I love AVG and have been using Version 7 for at least a couple of months now.

[Will Hay]

Is v7.0 free?
I know v6.0 is.
Will

[jeex]

i dont understand why people use anti-virus software.. are you really downloading 'questionable' software constantly? such as cracks..

i install norton about once every quarter year to check my system for virii, but nothing has ever come up..

i just keep windows updated and dont download crap that may put my system in jeapoardy..

i do on occasion get spyware on my system, but i run adaware & spybot about once a week to clear it up.

[Will Hay]

i dont understand why people use anti-virus software.. are you really downloading 'questionable' software constantly? such as cracks..

No, not in the slightest.
The viruses I've had (and stopped) come via email, from people I know (friends, you know?) who didn't know they had a virus.
Will Hay

[Hardcoreruss]

i dont understand why people use anti-virus software.. are you really downloading 'questionable' software constantly? such as cracks..

No, not in the slightest.
The viruses I've had (and stopped) come via email, from people I know (friends, you know?) who didn't know they had a virus.
Will Hay

Exactly the same here, I have never had a virus appear on my pc from some random source, always people I know.

[slimmx]

I never had a virus either, but I constantly hear my friends complaining that they get viruses. Just to be on a safer side and make sure I won't get one from one of them.

[808smokey]

i dont understand why people use anti-virus software.. are you really downloading 'questionable' software constantly? such as cracks..

i install norton about once every quarter year to check my system for virii, but nothing has ever come up..

No offense but that's about the dumbest thing I ever heard of. Not running a Virus scanner and being connected to the internet? I'll bet you don't have some sort of a firewall either.

If you're connected to the net 24/7 then a virus scanner and/or firewall are a definite must. Don't you watch the news?? At least once a year some major virus runs rampid through the net crashing computers all over the world. ALL of the virus I've had came from emails or some program I downloaded off Kazaa or morpheus, emule, etc...

20 years ago yeah, I could see your point but not now a'days

[Will Hay]

I had an email in from someone who has my email address via the amateur football website I run.
It started with the words to the effect of ..."the attached file...so has been sent as a binary atatchement".
I seem to remember seeing something about this kind of message on a peice about a new virus, so deleted it straight away (the atatchement was a zip file)

No offense but that's about the dumbest thing I ever heard of. Not running a Virus scanner and being connected to the internet? I'll bet you don't have some sort of a firewall either.

If you're connected to the net 24/7 then a virus scanner and/or firewall are a definite must. Don't you watch the news?? At least once a year some major virus runs rampid through the net crashing computers all over the world. ALL of the virus I've had came from emails or some program I downloaded off Kazaa or morpheus, emule, etc...

20 years ago yeah, I could see your point but not now a'days

Of course you're absolutely right and only echoing everyone else's sentiments, but sometimes with jeex it's like no matter what you say =

A 'banging your head against a brick wall' emoticon would have been better here, eh jeex?

Still, if the lad has never had a virus then =
Will Hay

[Will Hay]

...to be on a safer side and make sure I won't get one from one of them.

This is most likely the most obvious source for one too
Will

[cjb1118]

Sometimes while I'm surfing the internet, a popup will popup( ), and will give me a virus, but norton just automatically deletes it

[jeex]

i dont understand why people use anti-virus software.. are you really downloading 'questionable' software constantly? such as cracks..

i install norton about once every quarter year to check my system for virii, but nothing has ever come up..

No offense but that's about the dumbest thing I ever heard of. Not running a Virus scanner and being connected to the internet? I'll bet you don't have some sort of a firewall either.

If you're connected to the net 24/7 then a virus scanner and/or firewall are a definite must. Don't you watch the news?? At least once a year some major virus runs rampid through the net crashing computers all over the world. ALL of the virus I've had came from emails or some program I downloaded off Kazaa or morpheus, emule, etc...

20 years ago yeah, I could see your point but not now a'days

i am connected to the net 24/7, but i do have a firewall.. still, i refuse to run virus "protection" software all the time..

and yes, i do watch the news.. remember the blaster virus? remember a patch for it was available months before it really hit everyone and became a big deal? a patch was available through the windows update feature..

and its exactly like i said, questionable downloading.. programs off kazaa and those other shitty p2p programs.. i think outlook express is the most vulnerable.. seeing as how alot of it is distributed with ease through outlook.. i stick with hotmail, and i dont download attachment unless i'm sure of what they are.. not some generic bullshit.

[ChrisX]

I got NAV 2002 and I very rarely receive a virus.

The AV is good to have and this especially so now with the MyDoom virus going around. It detected and isolated the virus a few times and then deleted them.

However on receiving the 6th infected message a little while ago and the AV scanner didn't detect the infected zip file in Outlook Express 6. I wonder why, was the zip file got anything to do with it?

Were the infected files hiding in the zip and AV didn't see it?

The preview pane in OE6 is always closed and therefore the message as unopened, I manually deleted it myself.

I’ve just done another computer scan and nothing is found at all. I hope nothing is in there?

This is show that Norton's scanner isn't foolproof and isn't perfect and won't pick up every virus known.

Norton as very popular, it won't 100% protect you.

Symantec can’t protect you on everything and on every part of the computer. The Internet Information Services (IIS) in Win2k is one example as the NAV won’t cover you.

So, don't forget to update your OS from Microsoft every now and then for vulnerabilities in the system for your protection.

It is really up to you to reduce the vulnerabilities in the system and this depends on what you are doing with the computer and what is running and whatever you got is risk to infection.

Don’t run unnecessary vulnerable applications and programs in the system.

So, you can’t always rely all on the AV application. Like Jeex just said, Hotmail is the safest place to receive your messages.

[Cobra]

I use Norton AntiVirus 2003. Some people use Sophos, provided free by the university, but I think Sophos is about as bad as a virus! It slowed my system right down, and missed a couple of viruses floating around the network in freshers' week......

I wouldn't go without virus protection. To do so is pretty reckless, not just to yourself but to others if you spread it. Jeex is right, too - keep Windows updated!

CobraDMX