Removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus

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Jim Thompson

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I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
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"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
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I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
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I dumped Norton a few years ago, tried AVG, now I am using Bitdefender.
Bitdefender seems to use less resources and is among to top of the pack.
Mcafee was my second choice, but I don't like products that stop working
if
you stop paying the subscription. Hopefully bitdefender will still
function.

Cheers
 
Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
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http://www.free-av.com/

http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02
 
Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
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Symantec/norton site.
 
On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:39:26 +0200, Sjouke Burry
<burryNULNULFOUR@PPLLAANNEETT.NNLL> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.
Click to expand...
Does that mean the removal tool doesn't work properly??

What do you use now for anti-virus protection?

...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
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On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:48:39 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:39:26 +0200, Sjouke Burry
burryNULNULFOUR@PPLLAANNEETT.NNLL> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.

Does that mean the removal tool doesn't work properly??
Click to expand...
If things are 'fine' then it usually works well enough. But if
anything is off then it often leaves remnants, which aren't usually a
problem for anything other than Symantec programs. Like removing an
older version of NAV to install a new one: the new install fails.


What do you use now for anti-virus protection?

...Jim Thompson
Click to expand...
 
Sjouke Burry wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.
Click to expand...
I dumped Norton a long time ago, Way to intrusive the way it works.

--
Joe Leikhim K4SAT
"The RFI-EMI-GUY"Š

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

"Follow The Money" ;-P
 
Jim Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:39:26 +0200, Sjouke Burry
burryNULNULFOUR@PPLLAANNEETT.NNLL> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.

Does that mean the removal tool doesn't work properly??

What do you use now for anti-virus protection?

...Jim Thompson
It means that the removal went oke, for 3 friends of friends computers.
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I either install Avg or Avast, with Winpatrol and the runtime part of
Spybot(Teatimer).
Occasional scan with Spybot and Adaware and RootkitRevealer.exe
(Sysinternals MS).
For 2 or 3 dangerous viri, a removal tool(free) from macafee has done
wonders, when I need one, google most of the times knows the tool.
Current score on my comp: One rootkit malware killed by macafee tool
in the last two years,origin and source of contamination unknown.
XP Pro SP3, semi-auto update(I decide when and what.)
 
"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
message news:st6le4p4emi22jp32v9sg5t9edllvk06fr@4ax.com...
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave
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Virus protection progs are really not all that different. The important
factor is their data base of known viruses. Any good program needs to update
frequently.
SEP is Symantec's end point protectection. They bought out a really good
engine.
AVG works fine. I don't care for McAfee.

Tom
 
Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
I use ESET NOD32. Recommended by the IT guy from a friends small (20
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person) software company. Next choice would be Trend Micro.

The IT guy and my friend heavily advise against Norton - uses too many
resources, thus slowing down the system.

www.eset.com
www.trendmicro.com
 
Jim Thompson wrote:

I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.
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LMFAO !

How long did it take you to discover it's a pile of steaming shit ? It's
a VIRUS in its own right.

Graham
 
Martin Riddle wrote:

"Jim Thompson" wrote

I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?
Click to expand...
Something free. Because then they don't feel obliged to put loads of
worthless 'features' in it that hog CPU cycles.


I dumped Norton a few years ago, tried AVG, now I am using Bitdefender.
Bitdefender seems to use less resources and is among to top of the pack.
Mcafee was my second choice, but I don't like products that stop working
if you stop paying the subscription.
Click to expand...
Macafee IMHO is no better than the Norton shit.

Graham
 
Sjouke Burry wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.
Click to expand...
You mean you didn't learn the first time ?

You may need to explain about that to Jim. He seems like a bit of
innocent in these matters.

Graham
 
Jim Thompson wrote:

Sjouke Burry wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.

Does that mean the removal tool doesn't work properly??

What do you use now for anti-virus protection?
Click to expand...
CONDOM ?

Graham
 
flipper wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
Sjouke Burry wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.

Does that mean the removal tool doesn't work properly??

If things are 'fine' then it usually works well enough. But if
anything is off then it often leaves remnants, which aren't usually a
problem for anything other than Symantec programs. Like removing an
older version of NAV to install a new one: the new install fails.
Click to expand...
Ah ! The sweet smell of QUALITY software !

Does anyone remember when Norton Tools was the de rigeur requirement for
anyone serious in IT ?

If only such a thing still existed !

Graham
 
On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:08:56 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Sjouke Burry wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

...Jim Thompson
About 3 times I have used the removal tool from the
Symantec/norton site.

Does that mean the removal tool doesn't work properly??

What do you use now for anti-virus protection?

CONDOM ?

Graham
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Got something on your mind?
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Sjouke Burry wrote:

It means that the removal went oke, for 3 friends of friends computers.
I either install Avg or Avast, with Winpatrol and the runtime part of
Spybot(Teatimer).
Click to expand...
AVG here and still updating fine on V 7.5. I think they realised they
goofed on V 8. I suppose that's not much of a recommendation then !
:-(

But at least the updates still keep coming daily.

Graham
 
Tom Biasi wrote:

Virus protection progs are really not all that different. The important
factor is their data base of known viruses. Any good program needs to update
frequently.
SEP is Symantec's end point protectection. They bought out a really good
engine.
AVG works fine. I don't care for McAfee.
Click to expand...
McAfee is IME as much of a resource hog as Symantec.

AVG here too. Still on 7.5 btw

Graham
 
Paul Urbanus wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm biting the bullet and removing Symantec/Norton Antivirus.

What's the recommended replacement?

I use ESET NOD32. Recommended by the IT guy from a friends small (20
person) software company. Next choice would be Trend Micro.

The IT guy and my friend heavily advise against Norton - uses too many
resources, thus slowing down the system.
Click to expand...
To about a snail's crawl in most cases.

Graham
 
On Oct 7, 6:01 am, "Tom Biasi" <tombi...@optonline.net> wrote:
"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
Virus protection progs are really not all that different. The important
factor is their data base of known viruses. Any good program needs to update
frequently.
SEP is Symantec's end point protectection. They bought out a really good
engine.
Click to expand...
Which engine might that be?

AVG works fine. I don't care for McAfee.
Click to expand...
-Le Chaud Lapin-
 
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