On 31 Aug 2003 21:32:37 GMT, (CW9371) wrote:

fter I installed it from
AVG's website, it ran through the detection program and found a virus
that the Norton program had completely missed. It scans e-mail also.

Um, u do know that u have to keep things updated and well most people dont
remember to update there norton so dont knock norton. Actually norton pro 2003
is the best ranked virus scanner out there. U do get what u pay for, the free
ones are fine but the updates are slower.....

Personally, I like McAfee better than Norton. It is less intrusive and
in it's default configuration REMOVES files it cannot clean, rather
than the innocuous"quarantine" which can leave an active virus file on
the computer.

All the way around I find Symantec (Norton) to be hard to deal with.
Their support, when required, sucks. They have the attitude that they
don't make mistakes, so if you have a problem it is something YOU are
doing wrong.

Things have changed a lot since Peter Norton is out of the picture.


McAfee and Norton are very similar in price