AVG or Norton anti-virus?

[Poppy Design]

Hello

Does anyone use AVG or Norton 360 anti-virus?

If yes is one better than the other?

Thanks
Joanne

[Online Trader]

AVG all day long for me :)

[OldWelshGuy]

I useed AVG for years, then moved to Avast.

[ozbon]

I'd always say AVG over Norton, I've been using it for years.

In fairness, Norton 360 is better than Norton of old, but I still prefer AVG for ease of use, ease of updates, and not utterly killing the computer while doing a virus scan.

[skyhi2]

AVG for me too.

Not going to get into a slanging match between the two but AVG seems to pick up more bogies than Norton.

Only thing i can mention about AVG is it slows down the puter a bit when its scanning.

Workaround is to set it to scan when your in bed :-)

Skyhi2

[Poppy Design]

Hi

Yes I have been using AVG for the past 3 years - pretty happy with it.
Just bought a new PC and the pushy salesguy insisted on Norton and like a muppet I said ok - add to basket!

Joanne

[Red Eye Media]

Neither. I used to use AVG and got a virus. I went out and bought Norton which found viruses that AVG didn't find. After a year of using Norton, you will find that your PC will start slowing down. Mine did until it was so bad that I moved again.
Have been using Kaspersky for a few years now and I have to say that I won't be moving anywhere else as it is really good. haven't had a problem with anything virus related in years now.

[eventdomain]

AVG is better than Norton.

But Trend Micro is just the best I've ever seen :)

[skyhi2]

Have to agree with eventdomain.

Forgot about Trend Micro.

Housecall online scan is about as good as it gets for an online scanner.

Never used any of there other tools but i suppose they are as good too.

Skyhi2

[Itani]

Norton is rubbish, Use AVG. I used AVG for a pretty long time and its free so thats a big bonus if your short on cash. I use Kasper-sky now tho, 1 of the best right now imo

[adamscomputers07]

AVG - norton uses a lot of resources and can slow things down!

[TheAlbear]

AVG as its free, and just scan at night.

[powerlines2000]

AVG, AVG, AVG. Better protection, less mem use and free.

Norton must be purged, always!

[wykthorr]

By all means go for AVG. Norton is so bloated you'll never get rid of it should you want to.

[crossdaz]

Have been using Kaspersky for a few years now and I have to say that I won't be moving anywhere else as it is really good. haven't had a problem with anything virus related in years now.

I'll second the Kaspersky commendation - worth paying for, used it for 3 years without a hitch.

[Dwebs-Ltd]

AVast Pro for my workstation

AVG Server Edition for our servers (I would prefer AVast but there is a £1,500 difference in price even with discount for the number of licenses we need)

[bdw]

I agree. I would not touch Norton with a bargepole. I won't go into detail but last time I used it it actually broke my computer. When I contacted them I could not get any useful support.

I ended up buying a new PC to cut my losses I have been using Kaspersky ever since without a single problem.

[Tom McClelland]

One of the best ways of speeding up slow PCs is to remove stuff like Norton and replace it with AVG. I've had a good experience with Avast recently. It fixed a PC that I couldn't fix with AVG and seems to be reasonably low-impact.

IMO Norton is so destructive and hard to remove that it should count as a virus in its own right.

[bdw]

IMO Norton is so destructive and hard to remove that it should count as a virus in its own right.

I would happily endorse that!

[RobBellAutus]

AVG for me. It's free for a start, and I have found reliable and trustworthy though a bit annoying on Vista as almost every update requires a restart.

Whether it slows you down depends on your hardware - my older Dell PC is unusable whilst it's running, but my new Sony laptop is seamless.
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Rob
consult.Autus Ltd

[ready2mix]

Hello

Does anyone use AVG or Norton 360 anti-virus?

If yes is one better than the other?

Thanks
Joanne

I have used the free version of avg, the company i used to work for used it on about 50-60 machines it worked fine all them years back, i use AVG at home on three machines and upgraded my parents to this as well from 360 they had issues with there VOIP phone with 360, it works absolutely fine now. Dont like Norton, i think when you price comparison AVG comes out on tops. And i have read reviews AVG stands up pretty good get the security suit.

[SneakSMS]

AVG also has pretty good multi-license deals for when you want the full version on a few more PCs

[british steve]

I used to use Norton, it slowed my computer down to a crawl. Now I use Kaspersky and computer runs 1000 times better and faster. Kaspersky every time.

[mahutchinson]

AVG works fine for me although it did allow a Trojan into my PC recently. Never needed a restart on Windows 7 although it does require manual updating on the free version.

[unitedco]

i personally use AVG hate norton always slow down computers

[Edthenewb]

Try avira anti virus its better than AVG, whatever you do dont "infect" the computer with Norton.

[bestforsextoys]

AVG is brill and you wont be disspointed trust me

Thanks

[adamb]

I vote for AVG because its cost benefit ratio is infinite!