AVG Anti Virus or Norton Anti Virus 2004

**Peerzy** · 02-12-2005, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by SnnY

Norton will probably find more viruses, but I prefer the AVG gui, and the fact that avg doesn't render your system unbootable(even if it has been uninstalled) if you try to install KAV instead later.

Oh and the protected wastebin is a piece of shite function too, if they still do that.

Yeah its almost like Norton hijacks your system itself. I tried version 7 or something a year or so ago and hated. It AVG looks much better but in tests didnt preform as well.

**peat moss** · 02-12-2005, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by SnnY

Norton will probably find more viruses, but I prefer the AVG gui, and the fact that avg doesn't render your system unbootable(even if it has been uninstalled) if you try to install KAV instead later.

Oh and the protected wastebin is a piece of shite function too, if they still do that.

Ya snny that norton proctected recyled bin sucked . But its not included in NSW 2005 . My setup is NSW 2005 for the tools , and Symantec Corp for the antivirus. So far works fine .

**Arm** · 02-12-2005, 08:31 PM

Screw Norton and AVG, get NOD32.

**vidcc** · 02-12-2005, 08:31 PM

I am not a fan of nortons as it seems to be excessively heavy on resources. I have been testing avg on a spare machine that my daughter uses and it seems to work fine.

**Peerzy** · 02-12-2005, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by vidcc

I am not a fan of nortons as it seems to be excessively heavy on resources. I have been testing avg on a spare machine that my daughter uses and it seems to work fine.

In a test Norton missed 0 virii where as AVG missed a few thousand.

**zapjb** · 02-12-2005, 08:38 PM

Sorry to deviate. But as I surmise, there are 2 questions posed. I will not restate them.
1. Avast! home edition is freeware & imo much better than the 2 mentioned.
2. Yes you must have a pf & xp's built-in is a pos. Sygate personal firewall is freeware & imo the best freeware firewall out there.

**Peerzy** · 02-12-2005, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by zapjb

Sorry to deviate. But as I surmise, there are 2 questions posed. I will not restate them.
1. Avast! home edition is freeware & imo much better than the 2 mentioned.
2. Yes you must have a pf & xp's built-in is a pos. Sygate personal firewall is freeware & imo the best freeware firewall out there.

1) In the latest test Norton came out as one of only four Av's that detected and removed every Virii known of. Avast did not detect them all.
2) He prob has a firewall and clearly isnt asking for one

**Snee** · 02-12-2005, 08:58 PM

"the latest test"? I've seen a lot of tests, in some norton doesn't do as well.

I've seen tests where Norton, KAV, NOD and even avg would catch 100% too.
The best way to judge whether an av is good is to look at a lot of tests, if it generally does well, then it's prolly good.

I'm not sure if I've ever seen avast do exceptionally well, tho'.