Anitvirus products

Which antivrus product works best with XP, I have been have problems with
Norton 6. Thanks John

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"John" wrote:

| Which antivrus product works best with XP, I have been have problems with
| Norton 6. Thanks John

I use NOD32. I'm very happy with it.

"John" wrote:

> Which antivrus product works best with XP, I have been have problems with
> Norton 6. Thanks John

I installed OneCare and it works great with Vista.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Windows OneCare
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> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
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> Enjoy all the benefits of genuine Microsoft software:
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> "John" wrote:
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> | Which antivrus product works best with XP, I have been have problems with
> | Norton 6. Thanks John
>

Hello;
Norton is a resource hog; it can severely cripple your desktop environment,
doubling and often quadrupling the amount of time for certain applications
to open.
I would suggest you run Norton's removal tool to make sure you have
completely removed this product:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...&osv=&osv_lvl=
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Most experts participating in 'virus oriented' newsgroups agree
that Windows av application(s) have one of the lowest virus catch
rates in the industry.
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Real-time Anti-Virus Scanning Engines.
Select one (1) only!

Active Virus Shield - Kaspersky Labs, courtesy of AOL - FREE
(http://www.activevirusshield.com/ant...eeav/index.adp)

**Do NOT install the AOL security toolbar, most experts consider it to be
spyware**.

AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic - FREE
(http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html)
AVG - Grisoft
(http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1) - FREE
Avast! - ALWIL Software - FREE
(http://www.avast.com/eng/programs.html)
OR
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/
Free trial version for one full year
OR
http://www.f-secure.com/protectyourpc/
Special Offer for Microsoft Customers: 6 Months
Free Trial Subscription for F-Secure Anti-Virus!
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It is considered imprudent to have two fully installed
anti virus applications installed at the same time.
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Do not run more than one real-time anti-virus scanning engine!
Ensure that the automatic update facility is engaged only for
the real-time scanning engine. Also, if you decide downloading one
of the above av applications disable the e-mail scanning function
during installation as it provides no additional protection.
In fact, most of experts believe that scanning incoming and outgoing
mail causes e-mail file corruption.
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On-Demand Anti-Virus/Spyware Scanning Engines (non-viral malware...)
Select all!

Bit Defender - FREE
http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-1...e-Edition.html

Ewido anti-spyware 4.0.0.172 - FREE
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

a-squared 2.0 - FREE
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

Ad-Aware - FREE
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
http://www.lavasoft.de/ms/index.htm

Spybot S&D - FREE
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
http://www.safer-networking.org/microsoft.en.html

SUPERAntispyware - FREE
http://www.superantispyware.com/index.html
http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html

WindowsDefender (Beta2)...install only if you are computer savvy!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx

The effectiveness of an individual AV scanners can be wide-ranging and
oftentimes a
collection of AV scanners is best. There isn't one software that cleans and
immunizes you
against everything. That's why you need multiple products to do the job i.e.
overlap their
coverage - one may catch what another may miss.

Be sure to keep the on-demand av scanner(s) (manually) updated on a daily
basis)
and perform a full scan weekly with alternate scanning engines.
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For a more 'challenging' infection (viral malware...)

Download Art's KAVDOS.EXE - FREE (Abandon/CareWare)
http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg/
Or
David's MULTI_AV - FREE (Donation/Charity/CareWare)
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm or
MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
Additional Instructions:
http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
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After the software is downloaded and updated, it is suggested scanning
the system in Safe Mode.
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FireWalls
Select one (1) only!

ZoneAlarm - FREE
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...eeDownload.jsp

Comodo - FREE
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Kerio SKPF4 - FREE
http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_home.html

Agnitum Outpost - FREE
http://www.agnitum.com/products/outp...e/download.php

Ashampoo - FREE
http://www.ashampoo-root03.com/webca...ct_2_0050_.htm

Jetico v1 - FREE
http://www.jetico.com/jpfirewall.htm

The Windows XP Firewall monitors inbound traffic only, but is better than
nothing. Use it until you get a firewall which monitors both inbound and
outbound traffic, then turn it off. If you decide downloading ZoneAlarm the
Windows firewall will be turned off automatically. To check: open Windows
Security Center, then click on to Windows Firewall, the radio button Off
(not recommended) should be checked. Then click on to the 2 downward
pointing chevrons beside Firewall ON - the text in the drop down box should
confirm that 'ZoneAlarm Firewall is currently ON'.
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Good luck