hello,
happy new year
windows xp (home) came with nav which has expired i don't like
norton at all.
it had a firewall also.
1. is norton difficult to uninstall?
2. is avg 7.x (the free version) ok?
3. i use antivir on 2 other systems (a win95b and a win98se) i like it
but wonder whether it is adequate for an xp pc?
4. i use dial-up (i.e. i am not continuously online) -- how important is
a firewall?
if it is VERY important (i imagine it is), is the avg firewall good? or
is the antivir firewall good protection?
(i am not using the system until i have an antiviral etc.)
thank you in advance!

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:12:05 -0500, Tanya
<tjtmdREMVE_THIS@attglobal.netwrote:

>hello,
>happy new year
>windows xp (home) came with nav which has expired i don't like
>norton at all.
>it had a firewall also.
>1. is norton difficult to uninstall?

Yes but Symantec offers help at their web site:


>2. is avg 7.x (the free version) ok?

It has the poorest detection rates.

>3. i use antivir on 2 other systems (a win95b and a win98se) i like it
>but wonder whether it is adequate for an xp pc?

Better than AVG.

>4. i use dial-up (i.e. i am not continuously online) -- how important is
>a firewall?

Extremely important. Activate the XP firewall. See this:


>if it is VERY important (i imagine it is), is the avg firewall good? or
>is the antivir firewall good protection?

They should do the job.

>(i am not using the system until i have an antiviral etc.)

and a firewall!

>thank you in advance!

You're welcome.

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg

Art wrote:

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:12:05 -0500, Tanya
<tjtmdREMVE_THIS@attglobal.netwrote:
>
>hello,
>happy new year
>windows xp (home) came with nav which has expired i don't like
>norton at all.
>it had a firewall also.
>1. is norton difficult to uninstall?
>
Yes but Symantec offers help at their web site:


>
>2. is avg 7.x (the free version) ok?
>
It has the poorest detection rates.
>
>3. i use antivir on 2 other systems (a win95b and a win98se) i like it
>but wonder whether it is adequate for an xp pc?
>
Better than AVG.
>
>4. i use dial-up (i.e. i am not continuously online) -- how important is
>a firewall?
>
Extremely important. Activate the XP firewall. See this:


>
>if it is VERY important (i imagine it is), is the avg firewall good? or
>is the antivir firewall good protection?
>
They should do the job.
>
>(i am not using the system until i have an antiviral etc.)
>
and a firewall!
>
>thank you in advance!
>
You're welcome.

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg

hello Art,
thank you very much for replying and for the links!
do you have any opinion on norton vs. antivir?
thanks again!
sincerely
Tanya

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:42:26 -0500, Tanya
<tjtmdREMVE_THIS@attglobal.netwrote:

>hello Art,
>thank you very much for replying and for the links!
>do you have any opinion on norton vs. antivir?

As a user? No. You might be interested in looking at a detection
comparative:

All I can tell you is that we see many user complaints concerning
NAV. But that's distorted since NAV is so widely used.

I'm a very biased user. So far as I'm concerned, there's only one
AV worth having and that's Kaspersky. Their new version 6 is
still in Beta, but it should be available soon for purchase I would
think. They've taken steps to speed it up considerably, and it
is now far more than just a file scanner with its proactive module
(and other features and modules).

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg

Art wrote:

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:42:26 -0500, Tanya
<tjtmdREMVE_THIS@attglobal.netwrote:
>
>hello Art,
>thank you very much for replying and for the links!
>do you have any opinion on norton vs. antivir?
>
As a user? No. You might be interested in looking at a detection
comparative:

All I can tell you is that we see many user complaints concerning
NAV. But that's distorted since NAV is so widely used.

I'm a very biased user. So far as I'm concerned, there's only one
AV worth having and that's Kaspersky. Their new version 6 is
still in Beta, but it should be available soon for purchase I would
think. They've taken steps to speed it up considerably, and it
is now far more than just a file scanner with its proactive module
(and other features and modules).

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg

hi and thanks again!
nav took care of my first question (how to remove) it removed itself:)
i installed avg7 for now b/c i am going to get kapersky and want an av
while downloading it
i have also heard very good things about kapersky.
i imagine the prior version (?)5 is ok i.e. better than avg or
nothingfor now until vs. 6 is available.

i enabled the xp firewall (i have sp2)
thanks so much again!
sincerely
Tanya