Gossamer Forum: General: Chit Chat: Norton AV alternatives?

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Mar 13, 2003, 4:48 PM

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Norton AV alternatives?

My subscription to Norton AV recently expired and I don't really want to pay for another year of updates on an already outdated program that can't be upgraded due to OS restrictions in the setup program in newer NAV versions.

I don't like McAffee VirusScan...

Philip
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Mar 13, 2003, 5:08 PM

Alex

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Mar 13, 2003, 5:08 PM

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I've used PC-cillin

http://www.trendmicro.com/...valuate/overview.htm

(it came free with my motherboard) and it's worked quite well. I like it as it's just a virus scanner and not one of these all in one personal security suites (aka destroy your windows installation).

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Mar 14, 2003, 1:28 AM

Wil

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Mar 14, 2003, 1:28 AM

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We use Sophos AntiVirus here. It's more of an enterprise solution for a networked based installation, or at least that's how it works best IMO. You can also install it standalone on individual workstations.

http://www.sophos.com/

- wil

Mar 14, 2003, 9:20 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:20 AM

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Sigh.... I bought PC-Cillin only to find out it also will not run on .NET Server 2003. They want me to spend $700 on a 25 client license. Isn't there some way to fool a program into thinking it's in a different OS? Compatibility mode doesn't have any effect. That's quite annoying.

Philip
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Mar 14, 2003, 9:30 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:30 AM

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You should have read the "Requirements" page first :)

Mar 14, 2003, 9:31 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:31 AM

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McAfee ? Thats what I use on my Pc. Its quite friendly when running in the background of your PC...unlike Norton, which seems to drain most of the CPU Frown

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:36 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:36 AM

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You and I both know that system requirements don't usually include beta OS's. ARRRG. And you know it's just a dumb registry check or something little like that.

Anyway, my roommate went on the campus' download site and got NAV 8 Corporate Edition for me and it seems to work. Doesn't look as pretty as NAV 2000, but it works.

I may try installing win2k pro on an empty partition and then installing PC-Cillin from there. Once it's installed I don't imagine it will quibble about which one of my 3 os's is running the program.

Philip
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Mar 14, 2003, 9:39 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:39 AM

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Tut tut - an illegal copy? Wink

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Once it's installed I don't imagine it will quibble about which one of my 3 os's is running the program.
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Don't hold your breathe....Partition Magic was majorly anally retentive for me.

Mar 14, 2003, 9:41 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:41 AM

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I've never noticed any slowdowns when running NAV... but then I'm running dual cpu's also so I'm not really suseptible unless I'm already running a power-draining process.

Philip
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Mar 14, 2003, 9:44 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:44 AM

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My 1.2Ghz / 256Mb RAM didn't really like Norton... McAfee was just a lot friendlier. As you say, its probably down to the fact you have a dual processor computer Tongue

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:49 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:49 AM

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Illegal? Not really. He is licensed to install one copy on any computer he wants.

Partition Magic? Who the hell uses that? I have always used the command line during an OS install.

Philip
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Mar 14, 2003, 9:49 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:49 AM

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256MB RAM is a bit on the lowish side - that probably added to the slowness.

Mar 14, 2003, 9:51 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:51 AM

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256MB RAM is a bit on the lowish side - that probably added to the slowness.

Which is why I just upgraded to a new PC, with a 1.7Ghz P4, and 512Mb of RAM Wink

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:51 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:51 AM

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Partition Magic? Who the hell uses that? I have always used the command line during an OS install.

I know a lot of poeple who use it :) ...it is far more flexible than something like fdisk.

Mar 14, 2003, 9:54 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:54 AM

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1.7?....you can get processors over 3ghz now Wink

Mar 14, 2003, 9:57 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 9:57 AM

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Yeah...but they are not very stable, and a 1.7 is good for me. I only use it for me programming, and some graphics stuff. An extra 500Mhz should be fast enough for me, especially seeing as I got it at cost price Smile

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Mar 14, 2003, 10:26 AM

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Mar 14, 2003, 10:26 AM

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Yeah...but they are not very stable
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stable?

Mar 15, 2003, 1:09 AM

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Mar 15, 2003, 1:09 AM

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>>>stable?<<<

i.e. crash, overheat, etc. I would rather gop for a technology that has been around longer. Last time I went for up-to-date technology, it was crap, cos it kept freezing on me Frown

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Mar 15, 2003, 2:16 AM

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Mar 15, 2003, 2:16 AM

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Thats bull....if your pc is properly configured (hardware wise) then it won't overheat. As for crashes, I doubt that would happen either. This is pentium, they won't release a processor that crashes.

Mar 15, 2003, 2:22 AM

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Mar 15, 2003, 2:22 AM

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I'm refering to my old Athelon ;)

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Mar 15, 2003, 5:32 AM

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Crashes are more likely to be OS related than cpu related.

Mar 15, 2003, 5:41 AM

Wil

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Mar 15, 2003, 5:41 AM

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And are more likely to be memory related, i.e. faulty memory modules than CPU.

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Mar 15, 2003, 6:27 AM

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wysardry

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Mar 15, 2003, 6:55 AM

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I use AntiVir which is free, and runs on most Windoze systems and doesn't need a fast CPU or lots of memory.

I used to use it on a 486 with 8Mb, though they have expanded the package a little since then. I've had no problems with it on my PII 300MHz/64Mb laptop.

Mar 15, 2003, 8:36 AM