Replace NIS 4 avast and sygate?

[ghost2003]

Im using NIS 2k2 (expired subscription) and want to get something better. Should I replace it with avast and sygate? Keeping in mind that removing NIS will remove NAV that comes with it.

[brassman]

I've been using avast and sygate for about the last 6 mo. and have been very impressed with both.

[ghost2003]

Does avast use much resources? As long as its less than NAV its OK.

[brassman]

No! it's not a resource hog at all. When I used McAfee or NAV I sometimes noticed some apps would slow down with AV running in the background. Nothing like that happens with Avast.

[ghost2003]

OK...1 last thing. I already registered and got a code. Is that code for updates and is it true that I need to re-register every 14 months. Also do any of the 2 programs have password protection on the settings. Those are my last questions. Thanks!

[mikeL]

I ran avast for 4 months,on W2K and kept getting memory errors when trying to start some programs, went back to AVG no errors since.

[brassman]

That code is your license number. One you are registered you can update. Yes you do have to reregister every 12 or 14 mo.. Yes you can set a password.

[ghost2003]

Any comments to mikeL's reply? I want to chose the best before I DL cauz to install I need to remove what i have now and i cant get the updates back.

[brassman]

I hadn't heard about memory errors when opening apps. I searched the Avast forum and couldn't find that problem talked about either.

[ghost2003]

On their forum some ppl say that avast changed their email settings and they could not send mail, whats with that?

[Captn]

Originally posted by ghost2003
On their forum some ppl say that avast changed their email settings and they could not send mail, whats with that?

ghost2003, I been using Avast Pro for 10 months now with no issues at all. Its a very good program :)

[ghost2003]

Are DOS scanners for when a virus stops your computer from booting in window?(I know this is probly a stupid question) And would I need one?

[ghost2003]

I already found the answer to the question above. When I install avast! and sygate can I keep NIS on untill I see that they work well or do I need to uninstall it first. I know they will get in eachothers way but only untill I see they work.

[andyms18a]

to keep nis on you must disabble it by going in to msconfig and on the start up tab untick any thing to do with nis all so make a full back up of your computer befor you uninstall any norton programs as it has a habet of screwing up windows it seams to be a vendeta type thing like ok if you dont wont me i will screw your computer up its good for the computer repair center i work for at £35.00 a time to fix a computer that has hade a norton uninstal go wrong have a look at this web site for instructions http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nip.nsf/f4ae7ffd10c663ec852569d200713229/b7338caca94cddb2c1256b5100475df6?OpenDocument

[ghost2003]

I uninstalled it many times without problems. And I can disable it inside the program. What i wanted to know is if I can keep it running untill im sure the other programs work. Becaus im downloading those from places I never downloaded before. And if I have problems with it I want to have NIS with all its updates.

[andyms18a]

runing 2 anti virus progs at the same time is not advised the fire walls may work ok together have never tryed

[ghost2003]

ok, this is my very last question. I finaly have my old pentium connected to the internet. Its a 166MHz pentium with 32MB of RAM. Is that enough to run both, I know they dont use much recources but that doesnt have much to give. If not will it atleast run avast? (the web site doesnt give system requirements)

[andyms18a]

for web surfing and to test the progs it will be fine all so as you have the old pc you can setup a hardware firewall if you connect to the internet by broad band you install linix on the old pc as a server its a good project and will give you lots of networking experiance and when its setup your new computer is hack proof

[ghost2003]

I guess it wasnt my last question, lol. I downloaded avast but it told me I need internet explorer 4.1 atleast. All the old computer has is netscape. microsoft.com only has IE6 on their site and it doesnt go on anything under win98. If I go on the IE site netscape gets a error and shutsdown. Anyone know how I can get IE 4.1? Official site if possible.

[glc]

I wouldn't pollute a perfectly good Win95 box with IE, put AVG on it instead, it's good enough.

If you MUST put IE on, go here:

http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit

The most stable IE for 95 is 5.01 SP2.

[ghost2003]

I made a search and I have IE2. Looks wierd. Can I upgrade that one? Why is IE bad, I have naver had any problems with it. AVG is for non-network only, I know it will work on one but if its not licensed to I wont use it on one.

[andyms18a]

the avg non network just means you cant put it on a server but you can put it on each of your computers with no problam

[glc]

Any IE newer than 3 can destabilize Win95 due to the shell integration. As I said, IE 5.01 SP2 is the *least* trouble.