Mc Afee VirusScan7 or Norton 2003

flyby2001

flyby2001

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Just wanting your opion I have come across these apps at the Nemesis site.....

Which out of these 3 antivirus software would peps advise me to use....

Mc Afee Virus Scan 7

Norton 2003

PC-cillin 2002 (which is what i'm running at the moment)

I would usally go for the norton app (as it would interface with sysworks) but as i gather the reputation of norton apps around here is not good....and i have never used a McAfee product so i'm a bit unsure to weather they are any good.

The other problem i face is that

both Mc Afee and PC-cillin both have personal firewalls included in there suite of progs.....I run Sygate at the moment...

should i ditch sygate and use the firewalls in with the anti visus or should i keep using sygate and disable the ones that come with the antivirus.

cheers hope all the above makes sense folks

flyby2001 out.........
 
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bangla

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happy birthday flyby mate ! many happy returns !

i use avg for antivirus and am completely satisfied with it. i won't opt for pc-cillin as it failed me on many occasions in the past. if you ask me to choose between good shit & bad shit, naturally i'd go for the good : NORTON - mcafee 7 really sux.

as for the firewalls, i guess poko & svgusta has made good suggestions in their recent thread. firewall that come with mcafee 7 should be very good - but that should not make you use the shitty antivirus. you can choose mcafee desktop firewall for the job. anyway, i am not an expert on firewalls (or anythying) - pls go through their threads.

but, if you are seeing this post on sept 9, log off man. go out & enjoy yr birthday ! cheers !
 
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bangla

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thanks poko, that's a nice site. here is the brief result they posted for June 2002 on Windows XP :


Alwil
Status: PASS
Result history: Alwil
Product name: Alwil AVAST32 3.0.459.3

CAT Quickheal
Status: FAIL
Result history: CAT Quickheal
Product name: CAT Quickheal 6.06

Command Software Systems
Status: PASS
Result history: Command Software Systems
Product name: Command AntiVirus v4.64.3

Computer Associates (InoculateIT/eTrust)
Status: PASS
Result history: Computer Associates (InoculateIT/eTrust)
Product name: CA eTrust Antivirus 6.0.96

Computer Associates (Vet)
Status: PASS
Result history: Computer Associates (Vet)
Product name: CA Vet Anti-Virus 10.4.7.0

DialogueScience
Status: PASS
Result history: DialogueScience
Product name: DialogueScience DrWeb v4.28

Eset
Status: PASS
Result history: Eset
Product name: ESET NOD32 v1.256

F-Secure
Status: PASS
Result history: F-Secure
Product name: F-Secure Anti-Virus v5.40

Frisk
Status: FAIL
Result history: Frisk
Product name: FRISK F-Prot 3.12

GDATA
Status: FAIL
Result history: GDATA
Product name: GDATA AntiVirusKit Professional v11.0.4

GeCAD
Status: PASS
Result history: GeCAD
Product name: GeCAD RAV v8.5.8.0

Grisoft
Status: FAIL
Result history: Grisoft
Product name: Grisoft AVG

Hauri
Status: FAIL
Result history: Hauri
Product name: HAURI ViRobot Expert v4.0 2002-05-07

Kaspersky
Status: FAIL
Result history: Kaspersky
Product name: Kaspersky Anti-Virus 4.0.50

Leprechaun VirusBuster II
Status: FAIL
Result history: Leprechaun VirusBuster II
Product name: Leprechaun VirusBuster II

Network Associates (McAfee)
Status: PASS
Result history: Network Associates (McAfee)
Product name: NAI VirusScan v4.16 4188

Network Associates (McAfee)
Status: PASS
Result history: Network Associates (McAfee)
Product name: McAfee VirusScan v6.02.1019.1

Norman
Status: PASS
Result history: Norman
Product name: Norman Virus Control 5.3

Panda Software
Status: FAIL
Result history: Panda Software
Product name: Panda AntiVirus Platinum v6.25.90

Softwin
Status: FAIL
Result history: Softwin
Product name: SOFTWIN BitDefender Professional 6.4.1

Sophos
Status: PASS
Result history: Sophos
Product name: Sophos Anti-Virus v3.57

Symantec
Status: PASS
Result history: Symantec
Product name: Symantec Norton AntiVirus Corporate 7.61.935

Trend Micro
Status: FAIL
Result history: Trend Micro
Product name: Trend Micro PC-cillin 2000 7.61

VirusBuster
Status: FAIL
Result history: VirusBuster
Product name: VirusBuster VirusBuster v3.009-14

result : my long time friend AVG got uninstalled !
 
LaZorMan

LaZorMan

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Both Norton and McAfee had their era of greatness in the past.
I use F-Secure and IMO this is one of the top solutions.
If you for some reason decide to use Norton then it is the Corp Edition you should get. It´s a real Pro version and can´t be compared to the Home Edition. It´s not only the GUI that is different..they have different engines as well.

Finally I can´t see the need for a firewall in an AV application. Unfortunately other AV programs has added a firewall part. F-Secure is among them. But important is the fact that it´s with the Personal editions, not the real Pro versions.

It´s always best to use standalone solutions from different manufactors if you like the best.
As far as I know there is no manufactor that is best in general. Creating a perfect AV program is no guarantee for a good Firewall etc.

LaZorMan
 
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bangla

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@ poko - NAV as video encoder & plugin for the recycle bin - very funny, very true & very decisive. thanks.

@ lazorman - nicely put good logic. thanks m8.
 
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