Re: [OT] Anti-virus / anti-spyware other essential programs?

[Neil Fuller <neil.fuller@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yup, NOD32 here as well - Flippin' quick and (touching wood) nothing
has
ever got past it - AFAIK!!!

I only mention Symantec in the same sentence as extra long barge poles
. . . . . . . . .

Cheers

Neil

Andy Davies wrote:
>
> I switched to Nod32 when AVG failed to pick up a trojan last year...
>
> On Feb 6, 2008 5:56 PM, Martin Howell <martin.howell@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:martin.howell%40grizelli.com>>
wrote:
> > I'd vote for AVG, been using it for several years now with no
problems.
> > I would also recommend running some anti-spyware stuff as well -
I use
> > Ad-aware and Spybot, because they both seem to catch different
things
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > Ho Yin Ng wrote:
> > > I need to upgrade / reinstall and basically reformat all my
computers
> > > at home. Everything is going t*ts up.
> > >
> > > Main main computer only boots up when it wants to, I can't
get access
> > > to my NAS on others no matter what I do. Bascially it all
needs
> > > resetting!
> > >
> > > Since I am doing this I thought I might as well get all the
essential
> > > programs in on my computers.
> > >
> > > 1. Can someone recommend a good antivirus-spyware program?
Is the AVG
> > > malware any good?
> > >
> > > Anything else people would recommend as must haves? I was
thinking
> > > about getting something like drivermagic to manage all my
drivers and
> > > download updates, and perhaps Norton Ghost so when
everything goes
> > > t*ts up again I can just restore the systems?
> > >
> > > Running Windows XP.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Ho Yin
> > >
>
>