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Which antiVirus software is best for locating viruses and killing them. There are so many antiVirus software out there that I am not sure which is better. The software would not be used for a network of PC but just for a standalone.
Thank you in advanced.

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by quahsays

all of them does basically the same thing:
Symantec NAV
McAfee
Trend Micro

I chose Symantec because by buying System Works, you get more than just NAV.

But we did realise that certain definitions of NAV caused the PC to perform slower. Nevertheless, it should be getting better.

by searogue

Hi, Yes, there are a few, but, McAfee is the best in my opinion. I have used them both & McAfee just works better. Also, I deal with customers on a daily basis who use Norton Anti-Virus & trust me, every time they do an update to their prog, theyhave to call tech support to correct their email server info & username cuz it changes it to 127.0.0.1 & their username to their username/their servername every time they update.

I HIGHLY recommend McAfee Virus Scan Deluxe.

Best Regards,

Tony

by zlatin zlatev

No 100% correct answer to this question... :)
However:
Free antivirus software - F-Prot for DOS
Antivirus software for money:
1. Norton AntiVirus (highly recomended)
2. McAffee VirusScan

3. Dr. Salomon HomeGuard (best choise for non professional users - install and forget for the viruses, but... not as good as NAV)
3. AVP Pro (russian antivirus)
3. PC-Cillin (has some heuristic scanning that is in some cases better than the NAV's)

Do not count on only one antivirus program...

Hope this helps,
Zlatin Zlatev

by mancca74

As stated above,
THERE IS NO ONE RIGHT ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM!

But which ever you choose, be careful when you configure it. Most AV programs will let you choose what to scan and when. This will slow your computer down considerably, but better to be safe than sorry. What you want to make sure is that you don't scan floppies on shutdown, this will just freeze your computer. Also you dont need to scan your pagefile either. But scan on reads and writes. All downloads and attachments also important.
Not perhaps what you asked but....

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