Genealogy Chat

Nudged just in case it happens to me!!!

Adding to for future reference! Heather

I was originally on Norton which I dumped in favour of AVG. A year or so later things started to play up and I deleted AVG and tried to instal a new AVG. It won't let me because it says it doesn't recognise the language then gives a number which I forget offhand. So currently I am trialling NTL Netguard.

Nudged for Lynda on general.

Nudge for reference. rod

hi all well i uninstalled McAfee and downloaded the free AVG. just had a full system check and guess what?? trojan horse dialer found.....cannot believe it as i only did a check up with McAfee on Wednesday and it didnt find anything....and i knew there was something wrong.... I am just glad I read this thread and decided to do something about it. not only is gr for family research you get other help too..its great. thanks a million Sylvia:-)))

yes its definitely better than Norton .

I use avast anti virus,I reckon its just as good as norton & its free. It scans everything from emails to private messaging to the net .... & its really easy to use. If you wanna look for yourself go to www.avast dot com ,click on the 4 home edition (free) Best of luck!

Both AVG and Avast are free and good, O C. Hope all is well .... :-) Joy

I got McAfee on a free trial with my Dell laptop, and it was okay, but it made my laptop really slow. I got AVG, when I started having problems with McAfee, I couldn't update McAfee and soon got fed up with it. I uninstalled McAfee, got AVG and Zone Alarms Firewall (both free), now I have no probs and computer is no longer slow. My only regret is I wish I'd done it sooner, AVG picked up on stuff McAfee virus scan didn't.

hi all well i have just downloaded the free trial for McAfee and you have all made we worry. My computor has been sluggish and acting daft lately so now after reading about this free agv7 do you think i should remove McAfee and install agv7 instead?? Sylvia

Margaret Its the blind leading the blind here, you understand, but when I installed AVG yesterday, it gave me the option to have automatic updates (which it strongly recommends). OC

I've been using AVG for about 3 years now and swear by it, it updates daily and runs a scan daily! Shaz

Do you use Broadband because if you do depends on the monthly amount you pay but you can down load Norton for Free . If you use Bt its worth checking it out. Gwen

Well, I have uninstalled Norton and all seems to be well...... Saving this thread, though - just in case. OC

I use Avast, thats free as well you just need to register. I used to use AVG but found Avast more easier to configure as you can turn on/off the seperate shields.

AVG is excelent! Also try.... 'go back' Google it. If you do get a nasty....just 'go back' to the day before you got it....SORTED! Gerri

OC has put both on Val but it shouldn't be a problem. Just make sure you get all of Norton Off. If you're worried about having 2 on together and it MIGHT have caused a problem, just remove both and start all over again I ran with 2 last year by mistake and had no probs but you never know

haha, AVG been on for a year at least should I take it off and reinstall later?

dont install AVG till you have uninstalled all of norton first will you ????