I can only offer this - AVG would not work on my computer at all.  I
even uninstalled it and downloaded it from a different site and it still
did the same thing.  It would say my computer was free of viruses when I
first booted up, but if I ran a scan immediately after booting, it would
say it found a virus and fixed it.  If I ran it again, it would tell me
the same thing.  (I had no virus.)  I also could not get it to scan my
outgoing mail, and have no idea what it was doing on my incoming mail.
I totally lost faith and uninstalled it and installed Avast.  I had that
for a few months, but finally got a virus it said it could not fix.
That was when I went to Norton.  I may try Avast again when Norton
expires, but I'll never bother with AVG again, even though I know lots
of people who think it's great.  Also, it rated poorly at a site I used
to have before my last reformat.  I'd send a link, but don't have it
anymore.  I did send the link some months ago, however.  Avast and
Norton ranked the highest, by far, at that site.  I originally found the
site just by doing a Google search on rating antivirus programs.
Carol Hanson


My Norton Anti-Virus 2004 subscription expires in 3 days. I just
downloaded the free Anti-Virus from Avast. Does anyone have any
suggestions with respect to my choice.
I have a Dell Dimension 8200 with XP home, 1.8 ghz, 256 RAM, 120 gig of
hard drive space (2 separate 40 gig HD plus an external 40 gig hd using
usb 2.0).

I have a few questions:

1) Avast said something is not scanning since it detected it would
conflict with Norton.

1) Should I have chosen AVG Anti-Virus from grisoft?

2) What will happen to my Norton Anti-Virus when it expires?

3) Should I uninstall Norton Anti-Virus now, later or not at all?

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