[person]

I'm looking to install one of the big name companies trial antivirus product but want to know the one that uses the least or low resources.

 

[bonk]

Norton is a memory hog......

 

[radspanner]

im not sure how these things are measured,but most folks swear by AVG

 

[person]

im not sure how these things are measured,but most folks swear by AVG

I am looking for a big campany product though.

 

[redoak]

Why?

 

[ceri sheeran]

Take a look at NOD32

http://www.nod32antivirus.com/

hth

Ceri

 

[MMJ]

I am looking for a big campany product though.

AVG is big. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=anti+virus&btnG=Google+Search

 

[TOGG]

Check the ratings of the various products here; http://www.av-comparatives.org/ (the 2006 summary).

I use NOD32 because it is light on resources (essential when you have a 450Mhz CPU and 128 MB of Ram!) and routinely achieves ADVANCED+ in the various tests.

 

[Moby]

Nod32 came out best on resources in a UK mag review I read this year so I third that. Excellent detection rates too.

 

[person]

I was wondering is BitDefender an antivirus program?
Also how do you cope with today's programs with a computer like that? Then again it was only a few years ago I was using a Pentium II 233 or 234Mhz computer with 40mb ram, wasn't connected to the net with it though.

 

[ceri sheeran]

Hi,

From what i read of this

http://antivirus.citationsoft.com/google/welcome_version_10.htm?gclid=CPWdlKq0q4kCFR2AMAodtQ-ENA

Bit Defender is a full Internet Security package with a variety of components. AV & Firewall

Why pay very good free alternatives are available.

hth

Ceri

 

[person]

I was referring to just the antivirus package, for some reason I thought BitDefender products were more additional security orientated rather than traditional style. I have downloaded the free version 8, I assume it's free because it's a bit out of date but I haven't installed it yet. I realize free products can be very useful but I have found that they often don't compare in features or security to paid for products.

 

[MMJ]

Panda isn't that heavy. Personally I would just stick with AVG free.

 

[person]

Ages ago I used the free version you spoke of but I can no longer find it and there updates weren't very regular

 

[MMJ]

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free

they have good updates.

 

[Frank4d]

Norton is a memory hog......

McAfee is worse, especially if your PC has multiple user accounts logged on at once.

 

[MMJ]

I would definitely stay away from mcafee and norton.

 

[Frank4d]

I guess while we are bashing McAfee and Norton, we should say what is wrong with them. The main problem is that they do a very good job at what they are supposed to do... protect against viruses and spyware. So well, they tend to hook themselves into every nook and cranny of the Windows OS, choking the system. Norton also has a nasty habit of reporting that it has found a virus or trojan but cannot delete it (what use is that?).

 

[MMJ]

In one word... bloated

 

[RootbeaR]

I use F-Secure and I love it! No complaints, no reason to change. It has never said it couldn't remove something but then very little gets by it in the first place. I have been recommending AVG to friends who don't wish to fork out cash but I have been noticing that most people who are looking for help with viruses are using this or NOrtON. AVG does not have real time scanning after trial is over. I think I will start recommending Avast to them after I look into it a bit more. I would like to prevent a virus from getting on in the first place rather than having to remove it. Practice safe browsing habits. Don't open email you aren't expecting or from people you don't know. Scan attachments b4 opening even from friends. I use IE7 and Firefox but just came across an add-on for Firefox called NoScript which seems to work excellent. So I will probably just use it except for windows updates which must be used with IE. Firefox also has a rendering engine add-on for use with sites that only want to work with IE making it possible to use Firefox on those sites. My computer came preinstalled with NOrtON and I cannot get over how much faster my computer is now compared to then. Another reason I personally didn't like NOrtON is because I accidentally denied access to web for a program once and had a real problem reversing it. HPs' solution to this was to do a restore as they couldn't figure any other way to reverse it either.