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    peterchen
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    (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


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      (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


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      Eytukan
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      we are using mcAfee, but would you like to check this one? Rudra-sanrasoft^ this one claims to have found a break through in Anit-virus technology :^)..

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        (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


        Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
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        Vikram A Punathambekar
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        peterchen wrote:

        What are you using, what are you recommending?

        Using (at office) : Trend Micro Used (at home, some time back) : Norton, AVG. Would recommend : Ummm, tricky. :~ Norton did a pretty good job, but it's been 1.5 years since I parted ways with my home PC, and Norton seems to have gained a bad reputation of late. I would definitely recommend AVG, though. It was free for non-commercial use, and I think it still is. Cheers, Vikram.


        "When I read in books about a "base class", I figured this was the class that was at the bottom of the inheritence tree. It's the "base", right? Like the base of a pyramid." - Marc Clifton. i dont mind to be a stupid,better than being a moron - Adnan Siddiqi.

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          (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


          Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
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          realJSOP
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          Nothing. I've never run a/v software, and I will never run a/v software. ------- sig starts "I've heard some drivers saying, 'We're going too fast here...'. If you're not here to race, go the hell home - don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Why don't you tie a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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            (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


            Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
            boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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            Shog9 0
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            I'll second AVG. They make a good commercial product, and also offer a free version for home users. the website

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              (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


              Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
              boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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              Ryan Roberts
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              Nod 32[^]. Doesn't hog your processor or install 3 million things you don't need. Just scans for viruses without getting in your face. Ryan

              O fools, awake! The rites you sacred hold Are but a cheat contrived by men of old, Who lusted after wealth and gained their lust And died in baseness—and their law is dust. al-Ma'arri (973-1057)

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                (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


                Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
                boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                David Crow
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                I use Symantec at work, and McAfee (although it has expired and needs to be updated) at home.


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                  (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


                  Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
                  boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                  Ray Cassick
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                  Avast[^] has been very very very good to me.


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                    (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


                    Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
                    boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                    Arnd H
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                    I am using AntiVir (www.antivir.de[^] (page should also be available in english); free personal personal version: www.free-av.com[^], www.free-av.de (German)[^]. I only use the free personal version, and from my experiences with it, I would recommend AntiVir; it works silently in the background most of the time and doesn't seem to slow down my system. I recently helped update a PC that had Norton AV installed; extracting XP SP2 took about 10 minutes with Norton enabled, and 1-2 minutes with Norton disabled.
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                      (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


                      Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
                      boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                      Joe Woodbury
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                      I use Computer Associates EZ Antivirus on my main home system. I am very happy with it. I've used this product, and it predecessor, for years except one year where I used McAfee and deeply regretted doing so. I use AVG on my second system. It's not bad, though the interface and how you interact with it is among the worse of the lot. Still, it's free and adequate. We use Symantec at my job. If installed correctly, it works fine. If it has a problem installing or you want to remove it, you will be in for a truly nightmarish experience. (I've never once successfuly uninstalled Symantec Anti-Virus; ultimately, I've always had to reformat my computer.) Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                        (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


                        Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
                        boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                        brianwelsch
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                        F-Secure[^] It comes free from my Cable provider with my connection. I've had a few problems early on about not being able to connect for updates, but that hasn't been the case for at least 6+ months now. Haven't had any problems with viruses it did not catch, yet. So either I've been lucky or it's working. BW


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                          (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


                          Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
                          boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                          nujak
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                          I have installed "AVG Free" on many pc's. I have had no complaints. Easy to use I would suggest trying it since its free. If you use it in a commercial setting its something like $20 a year. ~nujak

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                            (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


                            Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
                            boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                            Lost User
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                            peterchen wrote:

                            What are you using

                            Zone Alarm Security Suite and I love it :)

                            peterchen wrote:

                            what are you recommending

                            If for you performance and protection are both beneficial then I would suggest you to install Kaspersky Personal Pro or Eset Nod32 Antivirus, they both offer serious protection and do not slow your PC down much. But if protection is very important to you and performance not, then I would suggest you to install Norton Antivirus or Panda Platinum Antivirus and additionaly install with above mentioned products Panda TruPrevent Personal, in this case believe me the probability that you get harmed by a virus is very low.


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                              peterchen wrote:

                              What are you using, what are you recommending?

                              Using (at office) : Trend Micro Used (at home, some time back) : Norton, AVG. Would recommend : Ummm, tricky. :~ Norton did a pretty good job, but it's been 1.5 years since I parted ways with my home PC, and Norton seems to have gained a bad reputation of late. I would definitely recommend AVG, though. It was free for non-commercial use, and I think it still is. Cheers, Vikram.


                              "When I read in books about a "base class", I figured this was the class that was at the bottom of the inheritence tree. It's the "base", right? Like the base of a pyramid." - Marc Clifton. i dont mind to be a stupid,better than being a moron - Adnan Siddiqi.

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                              Dan Neely
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                              Vikram Shannon wrote:

                              I would definitely recommend AVG, though. It was free for non-commercial use, and I think it still is.

                              Did they ever get all the issues with ssl accounts worked out in the new version? I was using until the new version of the app refused to work with my gmail account. I switched to avast, also free for personal use, which did and haven't looked back.

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                                I use Computer Associates EZ Antivirus on my main home system. I am very happy with it. I've used this product, and it predecessor, for years except one year where I used McAfee and deeply regretted doing so. I use AVG on my second system. It's not bad, though the interface and how you interact with it is among the worse of the lot. Still, it's free and adequate. We use Symantec at my job. If installed correctly, it works fine. If it has a problem installing or you want to remove it, you will be in for a truly nightmarish experience. (I've never once successfuly uninstalled Symantec Anti-Virus; ultimately, I've always had to reformat my computer.) Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                                Dan Neely
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                                Joe Woodbury wrote:

                                We use Symantec at my job. If installed correctly, it works fine. If it has a problem installing or you want to remove it, you will be in for a truly nightmarish experience. (I've never once successfuly uninstalled Symantec Anti-Virus; ultimately, I've always had to reformat my computer.)

                                I have. Once. My sisters school requires that everyone on their lan use it. Her freshman year my brother went along to setup her network stuff, he ignored the 'uninstall all other AV progs' message and tried installing it overtop of the Norton that came with her laptop. Uninstalling required 3-4hrs of manually deleting every registry key associated with the two programs.

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                                  (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


                                  Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
                                  boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                                  Radoslav Bielik
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                                  I've been using Norton for years now, but am seriously considering NOD these days. My computer in the offices started to crash every two days, and after I've tried everything I did a clean install of WinXP in the end. After one day, the crashes were back, and I found that one of Norton's processes always hangs and causes complete system instability. I tried many of their suggested workarounds but none of them worked. I remember trying to get in touch with their support for a few days with no success, so I didn't even try this time and replaced with a trial version of NOD, eventhough I had about 9 months of Norton subscription remaining. But on the other hand, I never had a single problem with Norton on another 3 PCs, so it may have something to do with a specific hardware configuration. Anyway, NOD has been suggested by some of my friends so I'm considering it for all PCs I manage now. Also, I have installed the free home edition of AVG for my father and it has been reliable so far (almost 2 years). Rado


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                                    Nod 32[^]. Doesn't hog your processor or install 3 million things you don't need. Just scans for viruses without getting in your face. Ryan

                                    O fools, awake! The rites you sacred hold Are but a cheat contrived by men of old, Who lusted after wealth and gained their lust And died in baseness—and their law is dust. al-Ma'arri (973-1057)

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                                    Ryan Roberts wrote:

                                    Nod 32[^].

                                    good choice ;)


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                                      (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


                                      Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
                                      boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                                      Jon Sagara
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                                        (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


                                        Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
                                        boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                                        Jim Crafton
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                                        Nada, Zip, Zilch! It's a waste at least for me at home. Just use a hardware router with a firewall, don't use Outlook, and don't use IE (unless I have to). Also turn off DCOM. ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!

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                                          (commercial is fine) What are you using, what are you recommending? We have some new laptops that need to be equipped.


                                          Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
                                          boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                                          Michael A Barnhart
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                                          I will back the AVG suggestion. I have it (commercial) on 10 machines. When you get several copies the price does drop fairly quickly and you get some free central management. If you choose to do so. Also the virus updates is 2 years not one with thier product. "Simplicity is more complicated than you think. But it’s well worth it” (Ron Jeffries)

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