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  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I use Avira and can tell you without question that it doesnt use anywhere near the same resources as AVG, and it scans FAR quicker (Having tried both of them recently)

    The fact it doesnt scan emails is not problem either as IF you should open one up it will stop it in its tracks anyways.
    :idea:
  • Old_Sherlock
    Old_Sherlock Posts: 107 Forumite
    aliEnRIK wrote: »

    The fact it doesnt scan emails is not problem either as IF you should open one up it will stop it in its tracks anyways.

    This is true it will still alert you when you open a E-mail with malware attatched , much the same really.

    btw ClamWin is more suited to Linux than Windows ..it does not scan files when they are written to your HD.
    Always follow the path of least resistance.
  • Kudox
    Kudox Posts: 429 Forumite
    Thanks everyone, successfully uninstalled Norton using the symantec tool then installed new softwear, Avast, already everything running much quicker than with Norton, thanks again.
    DMP Support Thread Member 238 :D
    DMP started October 2008
  • Traveller1981
    Traveller1981 Posts: 408 Forumite
    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    I use Avira .

    That's the one I was thinking of, not Antivir! Thanks! :D
  • Traveller1981
    Traveller1981 Posts: 408 Forumite
    Kudox wrote: »
    Thanks everyone, successfully uninstalled Norton using the symantec tool then installed new softwear, Avast, already everything running much quicker than with Norton, thanks again.

    Good choice. I've been using it for years with no problems.
  • Donnie
    Donnie Posts: 9,862 Forumite
    John_Gray wrote: »
    There's one other* free (and Open Source, but less well-known) AntiVirus solution to add to the three in Espresso's post: ClamWin. All four do things slightly different ways, and have slightly different features.

    * anyone know of any more free AV products?

    RISING AntiVirus
  • Reggie_Rebel
    Reggie_Rebel Posts: 5,036 Forumite
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by aliEnRIK viewpost.gif
    I use Avira .

    That's the one I was thinking of, not Antivir! Thanks! :D

    One and the same
    It's taken me years of experience to get this cynical
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