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Old 12-04-2004, 01:27   #31
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Re: Norton Systemworks 2003 - Good or Evil?

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Originally Posted by Defiant
Yea perhaps its because its meant for people who cannot afford a real antivirus package or those who just can't be arsed. The fact is AVG is not as good as the one's that cost. Well apart from Norton thats mostly used by NONE IT bods
AVG has detected stuff that programs like Kaspersky and Mcafee has missed before, but then again I keep them religiously up to date. And with all AV software theres going to be instances where stuff like detections and that overlap.

I wouldnt diss any of the "cheap" or free AV packages, as a website I remember reading, stated that theres nothing much more than prestige in buying a "paid" av package, in terms of functionality.

Business does differ though there I will agree.
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