[CGUYS] kaspersky?? is it safe - is it better than Norton

2008-05-02 Thread Michael Drabick
I need to renew a couple of computers AV software currently on Norton AV. After reading CNET's review of Norton ( it is a pig, 300MB in size and monopolizes 258MB of memory) I was thinking of switching to Kaspersky. Any thoughts would be appreciated. McAfee is not on my list because it is a

Re: [CGUYS] kaspersky?? is it safe - is it better than Norton

2008-05-02 Thread Ellen Harris
Have you looked at AVG? Equally good to McAfee and Norton, Equally foreign, but many more positive testimonies. www.grisoft.com (Not a sales pitch, only a longtime satisfied customer on about ten network installations) Michael Drabick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to renew

Re: [CGUYS] kaspersky?? is it safe - is it better than Norton

2008-05-02 Thread Michael Drabick
Thanks Ellen, I have tried AVG and find the user interface to be cumbersome. But you are right AVG is good and does not seem to hog resources. A plus - they are a German company. Mike Ellen Harris wrote: Have you looked at AVG? Equally good to McAfee and Norton, Equally foreign, but

Re: [CGUYS] kaspersky?? is it safe - is it better than Norton

2008-05-02 Thread Tony B
I currently use Kaspersky. Relatively unobtrusive. A 10 seat business license is about $380/3 years. I *did* have trouble with the malware components on my test machine (too obtrusive), so have selected the install option 'anti virus only' when deploying. I can't address the question if they

Re: [CGUYS] kaspersky?? is it safe - is it better than Norton

2008-05-02 Thread Robert Dana
As a small business and home PC consultant (until earlier this year), I installed Kaspersky for many, many clients, and for the most part was pleased with it. Certainly didn't see any signs of mob activity! And it was quite effective at cleaning up infected machines. It is a vast improvement