[colecampbell666]

Also, with Norton, you can't run custom scans. It's all or nothing, you can't scan a folder/file, you have to scan the whole PC.

[DREDHAWK]

My Norton can do custom scans  like i said before i have been using Norton for years and haven't had any problem at all.  never had Norton take my computer like it owned it  so i don't now it works for me lets leave at that

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Not true.  Just right click on the file or folder and click scan. 

Now that is my one pet peeve with AVG Free.  It won't do a full scan of a network drive.  One of the reasons I keep Norton around for now.   

[jr2]

Althought I still have it on one computer Norton should be classified as a virus as far as I'm concerned.  It takes over your computer like it owns it and does what it wants when it want even when you specifically shut it off.

QFT

Not true.  Just right click on the file or folder and click scan. 

Now that is my one pet peeve with AVG Free.  It won't do a full scan of a network drive.  One of the reasons I keep Norton around for now.  

AVG Free 8.0?

Anyways, you all should look into The Ultimate Boot CD for Windows.  It's awesome for fixing infected systems and recovery purposes.    Basically, boot a stripped-down version of XP from CD, with free anti-virus, recovery, and system testing utils thrown in - it also has FireFox and some office utils, so it's pretty much good to go for emergencies.  You can even throw it onto the hard disk using the installer script.

[colecampbell666]

Not true.  Just right click on the file or folder and click scan. 

Not with any version from the last 3 years. And AVG will scan a whole drive.

[jdjtcagle]

Where's the "I have a mac so I get no viruses" option?

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[Psyco89]

Where's the "I have a mac so I get no viruses" option?

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Well that's when us cool people who use Mac's just click none because we are...

[Ghostavo]

http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/02/macosxleap.html

[jdjtcagle]

What will I do?!?

[Dark Hunter]

http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/02/macosxleap.html

I remember when that first happened. I believe I read somewhere that the virus writer had written it just to spite those "Macs don't have viruses" people.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Not true.  Just right click on the file or folder and click scan. 

Not with any version from the last 3 years. And AVG will scan a whole drive.

I just did it 3 times last night with AVG free 7.5 both on single files, a zip file which scanned inside the zip and on the directory I extracted to.  All you need to do is right click on the file/directory and it's in the same section with add to archive etc.  There should be a line that says Scan with AVG. 

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Not true.  Just right click on the file or folder and click scan. 

Now that is my one pet peeve with AVG Free.  It won't do a full scan of a network drive.  One of the reasons I keep Norton around for now.   

AVG Free 8.0?

Anyways, you all should look into The Ultimate Boot CD for Windows.  It's awesome for fixing infected systems and recovery purposes.    Basically, boot a stripped-down version of XP from CD, with free anti-virus, recovery, and system testing utils thrown in - it also has FireFox and some office utils, so it's pretty much good to go for emergencies.  You can even throw it onto the hard disk using the installer script.
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So far I only have AVG Free 8.0 on one machine so I'm not sure.  7.5 gives some sort of message about the free version not supporting network drives. 

I have Ultimate Boot CD lying around here somewhere.  Never had a need to use it yet.  If things are bad enough I can't get to the system at all I just toss the drive in an old P2 450 I have lying around for just such an occasion.  If it screws it up I don't really care I have an image of the drive that takes about 10 minutes to restore.  Laptops are the only real pain in the but since I can find my converter to stick a laptop drive in a PC.  Yea I put that where I knew I wouldn't loose it.  If I can't find it I can't loose it.

[colecampbell666]

Not true.  Just right click on the file or folder and click scan. 

Not with any version from the last 3 years. And AVG will scan a whole drive.

I just did it 3 times last night with AVG free 7.5 both on single files, a zip file which scanned inside the zip and on the directory I extracted to.  All you need to do is right click on the file/directory and it's in the same section with add to archive etc.  There should be a line that says Scan with AVG. 

I'm referring to Norton when I say that it won't scan single files/folders/drives.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Well I just did it with NAV 2008.  Same thing selected a file, right clicked, and selected Scan with Norton Antivirus.  1 object scanned.  Screenshot

[tinfoil]

Why is HandyBits on there?

[colecampbell666]

Well I've had NIS '04/'05 and N360 '07.