I think they are both good, but my experience tells me to stick to Norton. McAfee has gotten ver commercial and gimmicky in my view.

@Kernel....

If all you do is back up your system, you would also be backing up any virust/trojan you might have.

If you are not running behind a router, at the very least put in a free firewall ;)

i agree with that :)
anyway:
McAfee VirusScan 7 Pro was installed smoothly in windows 98 (my testing environment).
the DAT definition files weren't downloaded without interruption. unlike in Norton, it began not responding and had to restart the update. and the updating is a pretty much slower process than in NAV too
B)

I used to love McAfee until there was some facts that leaked that they were considering allowing a backdoor for a trojan the US government agencies were developing. Norton when they were asked flat out said NO to the request. The trojan was hence dropped because it would have required that all AV software producers go along, but ever since then Mcafee has given me the willies. :unsure:

Secondly, since moving to Norton, I have not had errors and problems like I had with McAffee 7.

Currently, I use McAfee 6.02 Pro (will go with 7.0) at home and haven't had a single problem with it (using Win 95/98/SE/XP) for over four years.

We use NAV 7.XX CE at work. IMHO, NAV is better for the work environment where you need to manage across a large network but McAfee is better for home use.

I had to find and delete all the registry settings after trying to install NAV at home. I went back to McAfee after the third "fixing" job using NAV.

BTW, I think NAV charges a nominal amount for Virus Definition files after a year where as McAfee is free for the lifetime of the product. Then again, if you have access to the software at work, then you could get the definition files for free.

Actually, TCM, I think there are quite a few risks involved even with firewalls in place. I am sure I heard of "hostile" web pages that can do nasty things with java, there are email trojans and worms and don't forget that firewalls and routers (hardware and software based) have chinks in their armor as well - If a human made it a human can break it ;) :blink:

All we can do really is just raise the bar a little higher and make it harder to compromise a system ;)

My 2 pennies :)

/JD

Hum.......

I'm not really shure if my first post is always true :D

I have try McAfee and I like it :lol:

hanging towards mcafee these days...
norton always seems to give me hard time 'till usable :lol:

good if this thread had a poll of McAfee vs Norton,
other wise it is pretty hard to understand which is more popular, yea, i am still with NAV. downloaded the Professional Edition 2003. pretty good. :)

Norton Hands Down Gets My Vote!!!!!!!!



Last edited by [^BeAsT^] at Oct 17 2002, 08:27 AM