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antivirus - realtime necessary?

J

jj

Flightless Bird
I've recently uninstalled Norton Antivirus as I felt it was slowing down my
system. Insead, I use Malware Bytes, Ad-Aware and Spybot but not in realtime,
only once a week to scan my system. Is this sufficient or should I be using
an antivirus program in realtime to properly protect my system. Which one? I
use the Windows Firewall as I'm running XP SP3 and IE7 (maybe 8).
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jj
 
H

Helroy

Flightless Bird
"jj" <jj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:63477A02-EADC-455A-AE70-847425C56AE2@microsoft.com...
> I've recently uninstalled Norton Antivirus as I felt it was slowing down
> my
> system. Insead, I use Malware Bytes, Ad-Aware and Spybot but not in
> realtime,
> only once a week to scan my system. Is this sufficient or should I be
> using
> an antivirus program in realtime to properly protect my system. Which one?
> I
> use the Windows Firewall as I'm running XP SP3 and IE7 (maybe 8).
> --
> jj

Hi,
Microsoft Security essentials is about all you need and works like a charm.
I find no slowdown when running in real-time.

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

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B

Bruce Hagen

Flightless Bird
"jj" <jj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:63477A02-EADC-455A-AE70-847425C56AE2@microsoft.com...
> I've recently uninstalled Norton Antivirus as I felt it was slowing down
> my
> system. Insead, I use Malware Bytes, Ad-Aware and Spybot but not in
> realtime,
> only once a week to scan my system. Is this sufficient or should I be
> using
> an antivirus program in realtime to properly protect my system. Which
> one? I
> use the Windows Firewall as I'm running XP SP3 and IE7 (maybe 8).
> --
> jj


What Helroy said, plus get this tool to remove all the Norton crap off
your machine.

Download and run the Norton Removal Tool
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA
 
J

Jeff Strickland

Flightless Bird
"jj" <jj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:63477A02-EADC-455A-AE70-847425C56AE2@microsoft.com...
> I've recently uninstalled Norton Antivirus as I felt it was slowing down
> my
> system. Insead, I use Malware Bytes, Ad-Aware and Spybot but not in
> realtime,
> only once a week to scan my system. Is this sufficient or should I be
> using
> an antivirus program in realtime to properly protect my system. Which one?
> I
> use the Windows Firewall as I'm running XP SP3 and IE7 (maybe 8).
> --
> jj


Your need for real-time protection depends entirely on the places you visit
on the Web. If you open Yahoo! News and read the articles, then you probably
don't need real-time protection. But, if you do research that takes you to
pages and places that are unknown, then you should have as much real-time
protection as you can get.

Anit-virus software is like a condom. If you know who you are with you
probably don't need one, but if you go to the bar and bring a girl home, you
should use as many as they put in the box.

You said you uninstalled Norton. My experience is that Norton is a virus all
by itself and it resists removal. Somebody posted a link to a Removal Tool.
I don't know much about it, but you should get it and use it. I had so much
trouble getting rid of Norton on my machines that I had to physically go
into the Registry and delete everything that said NORTON or SYMANTEC. Maybe
the Removal Tool will make it easier to get rid of Norton.
 
A

Anthony Buckland

Flightless Bird
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:hvlatt$4mr$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> "jj" <jj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:63477A02-EADC-455A-AE70-847425C56AE2@microsoft.com...
>> I've recently uninstalled Norton Antivirus as I felt it was slowing down
>> my
>> system. Insead, I use Malware Bytes, Ad-Aware and Spybot but not in
>> realtime,
>> only once a week to scan my system. Is this sufficient or should I be
>> using
>> an antivirus program in realtime to properly protect my system. Which
>> one? I
>> use the Windows Firewall as I'm running XP SP3 and IE7 (maybe 8).
>> --
>> jj
>
>
> Your need for real-time protection depends entirely on the places you
> visit on the Web. If you open Yahoo! News and read the articles, then you
> probably don't need real-time protection. But, if you do research that
> takes you to pages and places that are unknown, then you should have as
> much real-time protection as you can get.
>
> Anit-virus software is like a condom. If you know who you are with you
> probably don't need one, but if you go to the bar and bring a girl home,
> you should use as many as they put in the box.
>
> You said you uninstalled Norton. My experience is that Norton is a virus
> all by itself and it resists removal. Somebody posted a link to a Removal
> Tool. I don't know much about it, but you should get it and use it. I had
> so much trouble getting rid of Norton on my machines that I had to
> physically go into the Registry and delete everything that said NORTON or
> SYMANTEC. Maybe the Removal Tool will make it easier to get rid of Norton.

IMHO, the Removal Tool is the genuine article. I once
used it, and AFAIK I really removed everything. Whether
it still works as well, or for everybody, I don't know.
The other AV empire I once tried to remove, with less
inclusive success, was McAfee, necessitating digging out
things one by one to complete the process. I wouldn't
touch either Norton or McAfee again with a 3m pole, and
now use Zone Alarm. Everybody seems to have their own
experiences and resulting prejudices.

I'd no more compute without active anti-virus than I would
live in a bandit-infested area without a gun, a heavy lock,
thick walls and the means of calling help. Unfortunately,
the whole planet seems to be, from a computing point of
view, such an area.
 
J

Jeff Strickland

Flightless Bird
"Anthony Buckland" <anthonybucklandnospam@telus.net> wrote in message
news:b7udnZWJzZxbroPRnZ2dnUVZ_oidnZ2d@giganews.com...
>
> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:hvlatt$4mr$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>> "jj" <jj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:63477A02-EADC-455A-AE70-847425C56AE2@microsoft.com...
>>> I've recently uninstalled Norton Antivirus as I felt it was slowing down
>>> my
>>> system. Insead, I use Malware Bytes, Ad-Aware and Spybot but not in
>>> realtime,
>>> only once a week to scan my system. Is this sufficient or should I be
>>> using
>>> an antivirus program in realtime to properly protect my system. Which
>>> one? I
>>> use the Windows Firewall as I'm running XP SP3 and IE7 (maybe 8).
>>> --
>>> jj
>>
>>
>> Your need for real-time protection depends entirely on the places you
>> visit on the Web. If you open Yahoo! News and read the articles, then you
>> probably don't need real-time protection. But, if you do research that
>> takes you to pages and places that are unknown, then you should have as
>> much real-time protection as you can get.
>>
>> Anit-virus software is like a condom. If you know who you are with you
>> probably don't need one, but if you go to the bar and bring a girl home,
>> you should use as many as they put in the box.
>>
>> You said you uninstalled Norton. My experience is that Norton is a virus
>> all by itself and it resists removal. Somebody posted a link to a Removal
>> Tool. I don't know much about it, but you should get it and use it. I had
>> so much trouble getting rid of Norton on my machines that I had to
>> physically go into the Registry and delete everything that said NORTON or
>> SYMANTEC. Maybe the Removal Tool will make it easier to get rid of
>> Norton.
>
> IMHO, the Removal Tool is the genuine article. I once
> used it, and AFAIK I really removed everything. Whether
> it still works as well, or for everybody, I don't know.
> The other AV empire I once tried to remove, with less
> inclusive success, was McAfee, necessitating digging out
> things one by one to complete the process. I wouldn't
> touch either Norton or McAfee again with a 3m pole, and
> now use Zone Alarm. Everybody seems to have their own
> experiences and resulting prejudices.
>
> I'd no more compute without active anti-virus than I would
> live in a bandit-infested area without a gun, a heavy lock,
> thick walls and the means of calling help. Unfortunately,
> the whole planet seems to be, from a computing point of
> view, such an area.
>


Having Norton or McAffee protect your from viruses (virii?) is like having
the Bloods protect you from the Crips.
 
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