Worst Virus Removal Program?

MHJ · **Joined:** Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:15 pm **Posts:** 110

Out of curiousity, what virus removal software was the worst one ever conceived and proved to be a marketplace flop?

josh · **Posted:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:12 pm

i'm not sure personally although if you check the search engines and from my previous experience id say Norton was one of the worst. If the virus's didnt get you norton would soon manage to corrupt or slow your computer down to an unbearable speed.

Although i believe they may have got there act together since then, i have never dared to try it again though.

britjojo · **Joined:** Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:44 am **Posts:** 350

I've used Norton on and off since the '95 version and can honestly say it is the only thing I trust. I think that this is maybe one of those things where the software you have installed on your machine affects how it runs-software clashes and all that.

Norton is safe, and reliable. AVG on the other hands has left me with spyware and viruses.

josh · **Posted:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:37 pm

it really does come down to user preference at the end of the day and taking in the specifications of your computer also helps as if you have a low spec machine you will require a virus scanner that does not take much cpu usage, likewise if you have a state of the art machine then you would proberly be better off with a bigger virus scanner that protects you better.

MHJ · **Joined:** Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:15 pm **Posts:** 110

I have been using Norton since day one. I like it better than MacAfee, but that isn't saying much. I'd say Norton was good, not great

britjojo · **Joined:** Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:44 am **Posts:** 350

McAfee is the biggest rip off out there. There was a big corporate scandal about two years ago because McAfee sold immunity to some of the worst offenders for either viruses of spyware-can't recall which. This caused many of the larger computing firms to stop using it.

Phuture · **Joined:** Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:02 pm **Posts:** 50

I never heard about that. Although right now im defensless so I might just use anything I can find right now.

cesc · **Joined:** Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:36 pm **Posts:** 8

Norton is a waste. I can't tell you which is the worst but the top antivirus programs are BitDefender, Trend Micro and Kaspersky.

davey9105 · **Joined:** Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:01 am **Posts:** 10

i think its windows defender. It always gets an error while removing something, or it doesn't ACTUALLY remove it although it says it does.

streeta · **Joined:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:05 am **Posts:** 11

I can't say for sure, I have personally only used Norton and AVG Free edition. I have not had much problem iwth any of them, they are on two different machines.

Deni · **Joined:** Thu May 08, 2008 12:48 pm **Posts:** 113

I have used Nortron, Avg, Pctool, McAfee..I think the worst of these all is Nortron. I encountered slow speed of my comp after installing Nortron AV. Pctool and AVG are best.

Luky · **Joined:** Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:36 pm **Posts:** 168

Agreed with all of you. The worst one is Norton antivirus. Oh sorry who call it to antivirus ? Its also a virus who loads your system memory and make it more heavy . Mcafee is doing the same but the enterprise edition is quite lite.

venkateshap · **Joined:** Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:54 pm **Posts:** 131

i dont feel anti-virus programs are worst ... but i have a information like i dont know its real or not the NORTON anti-virus programmer they them selves create viruses at the start of the day and find an anti-virus program to neutralize it at the end of the day.. so i feel n that aspect norton is real worst

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