[dba-Tech] Antivirus Software - Who do we like, who do we not like?

Gary,

Some while back I abandoned Norton (I think it was about the time their 
live update got infected, thus infecting several thousands of their 
customers).  I abandoned McAfee over price issues and the tendency to 
install stuff I really didn't want.  For the last three years I have 
been using F-Prot (dumb name, I know) by a fellow named Frisk in 
Reykjavick, Iceland (now Frisk International Software).  I buy a 
10-computer license every year, keep it updated by checking regularly 
(can have it set to do that automatically, but - hey, I prefer a stick 
shift to an automatic, too).  I first heard of it while researching how 
to properly disinfect a pc - somebody (could have been on this list) 
mentioned the best site he had ever seen on straightforward instructions 
for just about any infection (um, if I can find that link I'll post it 
later) - I went there, printed out the instructions, learned of F-Prot 
and went looking.  The program is easy to use, has a clean simple 
interface, and works very well - without insisting on running everything 
for me.

There - my 2 cents' worth,

Tina

Gary Kjos wrote:

>Hi all,  I'm looking for opinions here.
>
>Got a message from my Norton Antivirus 2000 this morning that my
>subscription for updates was about to expire and I needed to renew.
>OK, no big deal, let's to it right now..... so I click the Renew Now
>button thing and it comes up and tells me that NAV 2000 has been
>DISCONTINUED and I have to upgrade to 2005 version. I recall hearing
>people indicate that they had issues with NAV 2005 so I backed out and
>did not continue - plus they want $39.95 to upgrade. I know I have
>seen it in stores for less than that.
>
>I've been a faithfull NAV user for many years. I have Norton Internet
>Securiity 2004 on another machine which includes the NAV 2004 - and
>while I have come to HATE the Norton Firewall, the 2004 Antivirus
>hasn't caused me any grief. I don't use that machind for E-Mail
>though. The machine that is expiring is my main e-mail machine and so
>I do need as good of protection as I can get.
>
>The most recent machine I bought - a Notebook from Dell - uses McAfee.
>That's just what it came with. So maybe Dell has changed over from
>Norton to McAffee on their new machines?
>
>So, please post your stories of horror or success with NAV 2005 - or
>other versions or even other companies software because I will need to
>be making a purchase soon and I'm not sure what direction to go.
>
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