Suggest an antivirus software

DEP
Member • Mar 4, 2007

Suggest an antivirus software

hi CEans,

i have got a P4 processor with 128MB RAM and 40GB hardisk and am using WINDOWS XP. which antivirus would be best suited for my system. i hve been using AVG but i get this "out of date" message periodically.
what should i do??

will NORTON 2007 be a right choice? does that make the system slow??

regards
DEP

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Kaustubh Katdare

Administrator • Mar 4, 2007

Re: antivirus

DEP
hi CEans,

i have got a P4 processor with 128MB RAM and 40GB hardisk and am using WINDOWS XP. which antivirus would be best suited for my system. i hve been using AVG but i get this "out of date" message periodically.
what should i do??

will NORTON 2007 be a right choice? does that make the system slow??

regards
DEP
128 MB RAM and WinXP ? :sleeping:

Sorry 😀 . Forget Norton 2007. It will just make your system take forever to boot & make it crawl. Moreover, its costly. So far, in my opinion, AVG is the best. Of course, you must keep on updating it regularly.

Other freeware antivirus softwares don't do the job. If you still want to go for Norton or McAfee, first upgrade your RAM to at least 512 MB.

-The Big K-

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no_atkt

Member • Mar 4, 2007

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ok as far as av is concerned .... take my word for it norton is crap .... a full updated norton has not been able to detect threats tht freeware av can ...

avast is currently the best free av solution available ... free of cost ... good on system resources and take my word it can find and also repair infected files

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Kaustubh Katdare

Administrator • Mar 4, 2007

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no_atkt
ok as far as av is concerned .... take my word for it norton is crap .... a full updated norton has not been able to detect threats tht freeware av can ...

avast is currently the best free av solution available ... free of cost ... good on system resources and take my word it can find and also repair infected files
I had a look at AVAST's website and the software has good reviews by users. Can anyone compare the two softwares (AVG & AVAST) ?

-The Big K-

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vibhor_one

Member • Mar 4, 2007

DEP
hi CEans,

i have got a P4 processor with 128MB RAM and 40GB hardisk and am using WINDOWS XP. which antivirus would be best suited for my system. i hve been using AVG but i get this "out of date" message periodically.
what should i do??

will NORTON 2007 be a right choice? does that make the system slow??

regards
DEP

Hi DEP,

I have been using Kaspersky Anti-Virus of atmost a year, being satisfied with the product you must try it. It comes with Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, Anti-Hackers & all sorts of stuffs are available with Security Suite Edition.

Regards,

vibhor_one

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SudhaKar Arjunan

Member • Mar 4, 2007

DEP
hi CEans,

i have got a P4 processor with 128MB RAM and 40GB hardisk and am using WINDOWS XP. which antivirus would be best suited for my system. i hve been using AVG but i get this "out of date" message periodically.
what should i do??

will NORTON 2007 be a right choice? does that make the system slow??

regards
DEP
Hi Buddy just go for Avast it the best and rocking Anti Virus Program which i found in my LIfe time Search...

It will available for as many years for free and daily update with 8 Kind of Protections.
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no_atkt

Member • Mar 5, 2007

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The_Big_K
I had a look at AVAST's website and the software has good reviews by users. Can anyone compare the two softwares (AVG & AVAST) ?

-The Big K-
avg doesnt repair files only detects infected ones ... avast repairs them too

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DEP

Member • Mar 6, 2007

hey guys,

thanks to everyone. After going through iall your suggestions, i finally have decided to switch over to AVAST from AVG. I hope i am doing it right. i will wait for one day for a final approval from everyone of you(all those who have answered to my query) and than i will remove avg and go for AVAST.

thanks again.

DEP

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no_atkt

Member • Mar 6, 2007

arre shift man no problems its better i can assure u of that i made a switch myself .... from an engg to another ... its better

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DEP

Member • Mar 6, 2007

no_atkt
arre shift man no problems its better i can assure u of that i made a switch myself .... from an engg to another ... its better

hey there,
okay then its DONe !!!
bye-2 avg and hello avast !!!

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T`u`L`!`P

Member • Mar 16, 2007

as far as i know.... NOD32 is very handy tool.............
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mahul

Member • Nov 14, 2007

nod 32 is relly saisfying............avast 2 is good but i found spyware that avast didn't detect and nod32 did......get it

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tobination

Member • Mar 13, 2008

Mate,i am little bit confused regarding what type of software you require?It is simply stunning to hear that you have not heard of kaspersky ?Try this out and you will know the difference.

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deeimproptus

Member • Mar 13, 2008

bettter use avast antivirus
it won't slow ur pc and if u got net it will get updated by itself while u r browsing net

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deeimproptus

Member • Mar 13, 2008

norton will slow down ur pc speed

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suyash

Member • Mar 27, 2008

is there any user of Zone Alarm ??
I know its quite pain in the neck... but it performs like a really robust guard for the system !!

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suyash

Member • Mar 27, 2008

hey big K...
can we please start a poll with respect to the best internet security suite/antivirus etc... this has always been a long disputed issue among users !! pardon me if the post is not in the correct place...

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friendster7

Member • Mar 28, 2008

it has been already started u can cast your vote their.

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devil

Member • Mar 29, 2008

ya bro u can prefer both kasper sky or avg but updation is must with this u can manually update kasper.

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just2rock

Member • Mar 31, 2008

Hi DEP,
AVG is a good AV,but since its not helping you out.So I think you should rather shift to Mcafee,which will survive among all;-)

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Ashraf HZ

Member • Apr 2, 2008

Wait a sec, doesn't AVG repair files too? It has a "clean" function!

I've used AVG for quite a long time.. never has let me down. However, I use another free one as an on-demand scanner (AntiVir). Its slower, but has slightly better detection rate.

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soul_hacker

Member • Apr 9, 2008

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The_Big_K
128 MB RAM and WinXP ? :sleeping:

Sorry 😀 . Forget Norton 2007. It will just make your system take forever to boot & make it crawl. Moreover, its costly. So far, in my opinion, AVG is the best. Of course, you must keep on updating it regularly.

Other freeware antivirus softwares don't do the job. If you still want to go for Norton or McAfee, first upgrade your RAM to at least 512 MB.

-The Big K-
😁but i think avg is not as useful as Kaspersky or Quickheal...
I have seen pc with avg bust sometimes they dont detect the viruses even they are updated regulary...

Best is to use i think quick heal or Escan

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soul_hacker

Member • Apr 9, 2008

but i think avg is not as useful as Kaspersky or Quickheal...
I have seen pc with avg bust sometimes they dont detect the viruses even they are updated regulary...

Best is to use i think quick heal or Escan

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yadavundertaker mohit

Member • Oct 19, 2009

i will suggest NOD 32.....it will really be helpful to you

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radogol

Member • Feb 10, 2011

i am using ZenOK #-Link-Snipped-# software and very happy with that i have used AVG and many other but didnt got satisfying result

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martincrow

Member • Feb 13, 2011

Hi,
I am using ESET NOD32 anti-virus,which is quite good, it carries the malware which is quite effective.
The main feature i like most,it does not slow down your PC,it is available for free download try it.

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