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

Gary:

I use NAV 2005 - came with System Works.  I never buy it however.  Seems 
every time I want it, Fry's has it on sale for $60 with 2 $30 rebates.  The 
rebates came in like clockwork, the system went onto and registered for a 
year on ALL of my boxes.

NAV vs. MacAfee is like PC vs. Mac - everybody's got a strong preference - 
but I don't know that there's any real difference any more.

I just have been using NAV for years because it's free.  I've got System 
Works 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2005 on the shelf.  I think their marketing gig 
is that they'll give you the first one cheap and when the time comes to 
renew, the user will rather spend 3 minutes and $39 right at their desk 
rather than going out and getting the latest version for free after the 
rebates.


Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Kjos" <garykjos at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" 
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 6:07 AM
Subject: [dba-Tech] Antivirus Software - Who do we like, who do we not like?


> 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.
>
> -- 
> Gary Kjos
> garykjos at gmail.com
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