McAfee VirusScan vs. Norton AntiVirus -- which is better?

TRAiNER4

I need to know, because I have 5 McAfee apps, and I want to know. Which is better? McAfee VirusScan or Norton AntiVirus? I recently (today) installed the McAfee firewall, SpamKiller, QuickClean, and Internet Security. Let me know. I'm not installing the VirusScan until then. Thanks.

Josh

McAfee>*

JackTheStripper

Common Knowledge > *

BOD

not downloading shit > *

Josh

No. Thats irrellivant.

BOD

well kind of, but still i had a virus checker but i never used it and havent had a virus for ages, if something is up i run housecall

Josh

I get on average, 3 viruses a month.

BOD

LOL you should lay off kazaa then

nightice

Real men use torrents, dammit. :P

Josh

BOD wrote:

LOL you should lay off kazaa then

I *hate* P2P programs like kazaa and emule.... :mad:

JackTheStripper

eMule = kazaa for real men

Yeah, real men use IRC and Torrents. (and eMule)

Josh

I use torrents, http, and ftp. I have never had to resort to those p2p programs.... :puke:

Q

NOD32 ">" all other AVs.

I know ppl are going to be like "AVs are teh gay0rz!", but IF you need/want an AV, I strongly recommend that.

-Q

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Ka0s

Tomchu wrote:

jcmoor wrote:

I get on average, 3 viruses a month.

LMAO

N00b.

I *never* get viruses. And I use Tomchu's Anti-Virus 1.0 -- yours for only a brain and a half.

I use FishNET AV 2.0, and its worked fine for quite a while.

Q

What was 1.x?

-Q

Ka0s

Back before I got W32/opaserv

Q

Was that Marco!.scr?

-Q

Josh

Tomchu wrote:

jcmoor wrote:

I get on average, 3 viruses a month.

LMAO

N00b.

I *never* get viruses. And I use Tomchu's Anti-Virus 1.0 -- yours for only a brain and a half.

I get most of them in emails, which I can't do much about.....

NTL1991

I know... But I like Norton for some reason...

Yeah, Ill try to log in and i'll get:

-USER TERMINATED- lol

BOD

Q wrote:

Was that Marco!.scr?

-Q

my parents had that, they claimed if i used a virus checker it would mess up the computer (fail)

Ka0s

Q wrote:

Was that Marco!.scr?

-Q

Yep! Obviously, FishNET AV 1.0 had outdated definitions. But these days theyre up to date, since I can actually see whats running (thanks to processes!)

Yoshi

AVG 6.

yeah, you heard me. i'm cheap.

NitricAcid666

ahh virus's , but i like norton , he hasnt left me down yet, but the ladder is less expensive

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BOD

LOL ridgeback being simple minded.......

SurfinShell23

NOD32 > McAfsse or N0tRuN

Firefox > IE

Thunderbird > mail.app though I still admit to using Outlook, I may switch to TB sometime.

Josh

Tomchu wrote:

jcmoor wrote:

Tomchu wrote:

jcmoor wrote:

I get on average, 3 viruses a month.

LMAO

N00b.

I *never* get viruses. And I use Tomchu's Anti-Virus 1.0 -- yours for only a brain and a half.

I get most of them in emails, which I can't do much about.....

WTF are you doing, then? Using Outlook Express?

Or maybe you download all those "document.zip" files, extract them, and run the magical EXE inside? Is that the case?

You can't get a virus just by receiving an email with a virused attachment. You actually have to RUN the attached program. Or just be using OE.

Aaaah no. I get the virusses from email attachements in Outlook 2003. I *DONT* run them. And plus, I get lots of exploits from the crack sites I use...

BTW:
"E-mail viruses -- An e-mail virus moves around in e-mail messages, and usually replicates itself by automatically mailing itself to dozens of people in the victim's e-mail address book."

BOD

dumbass. i dont get *any* exploits and i use cracks sites.

Josh

Heh. Ive gotten at least two...

Some type of XXX Dialer and something else.

BOTH in FireFox.

JackTheStripper

Look whose using IE. LOL