PC-Cillin Anti Virus

Question

Does anyone have any experience with PC-Cillin Security Package and anti virus as compared to McAfee and Norton. Any problems with PC-Cillin-Norton0 McAfee. Dimension 8250   One Gig Ram   USB  Firewire Windows XP Sherr

gus82570 · Answer

Message Edited by gus82570 on 08-07-200612:15 AM

Sherr · Answer

Why is Avast AV superior to AVG. And do you have any input on how Avast and AVG compare to PC-Cillin. I'm down to evaluating those three. I've already made up my mind to keep away from McAfee, which I now have and Norton. McAfee just renewed my subscription and charged my credit card without contacting me. I cancelled the charge.So that's it for McAfee. And Norton support is terrible.

Sherr

Message Edited by Sherr on 07-11-200607:59 PM

C840 Master · Answer

I've bought and used Norton, Mcafee, PC-Cillin, and AVG Anti-Virus. I would say the best one if PC-Cillin. It automatically updates, doesn't annoy you with pointless messages like Norton and Mcafee, it automatically scans, and it slows down your computer the least compared to the others.

gus82570 · Answer

Message Edited by gus82570 on 08-07-200612:14 AM

rwm32 · Answer

Go with PC-cillin. I've been using it since 1995 at home and have experienced McAffee at work and Norton on my in-laws' PC (guess who has to fix all the problems with it?). PC-cillin is faster and less hassle.  I like the firewall better, too.   Support has improved over the years and is now tolerably efficient -- email works best.   The only downside to PC-cillin is if you're still on V92 dial-up: the updates sometimes run to 3 or 4 MB. Message Edited by rwm32 on 07-12-200610:50 AM

Sherr · Answer

I had already deceided to go with PC-cillin. And from Amazon I will get a $25 rebate since I now have McAfee. My Dell 8250 has ONE Gb of RAM so I don't have to worry about the 3MB you mention. Thanks

Sherr

thyde · Answer

You could also look at the web-page shown below to see comparisons of various spyware/antivirus programs.

http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/?ttreng=1&ttrkey=antivirus+software

T.Hyde

Dimension 4500, 2.53GHz processor, 512Mb DIMM, Windows XP, 20Gb hard disk, 80Gb hard disk, Roxio CD R/RW, Blueyonder Broadband & LAN, Dell Photo All-in-One printer.

Dimension 4100, 1GHz processor, 256Mb SDRAM, Windows ME, 20Gb hard disk, Adaptec CD R/DW, HP Deskjet 840C, Scanjet 3300c, Blueyonder Broadband & LAN

Inspiron 8600, 1.4 Ghz processor, 512Mb SDRAM, Windows XP Home, 40Gb hard disk, Philips CDRW/DVD disk drive, Blueyonder Broadband & LAN

Netgear RP614 v2 router.

gus82570 · Answer

Message Edited by gus82570 on 08-07-200612:13 AM

Sherr · Answer

How long does a V92 four meg download take with a 56K modem. Sherr

Sherr · Answer

I notice that you are using ROXIO. What are your thoughts about Roxio vs Nero. My Sony double layer burner came with an abreviated version of Nero. It's time for me to upgrade. What are your recommendations and why?

Sherr

C840 Master · Answer

Probably a very long time. It takes a couple of minutes on my 768k DSL connection (even though SBC says it's supposed to be 1.5 MB.....)

rwm32 · Answer

@Sherr wrote: How long does a V92 four meg download take with a 56K modem. Sherr Upwards of 15 minutes. (V92 sort of = 56k).

rwm32 · Answer

@Sherr wrote:

I notice that you are using ROXIO. What are your thoughts about Roxio vs Nero. My Sony double layer burner came with an abreviated version of Nero. It's time for me to upgrade. What are your recommendations and why?

Sherr

You'll get a broader range of responses if you start a separate thread.... Suggest you work out exactly what it is you can't do that you want to / need to do with your freebie Nero, then you can post some more specific questions, like 'Can you do X?' or 'How easy is it to Y?'

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