Just Recieved My Thinkpad! have some questions.

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LDNA · #1 Post by **LDNA** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:06 pm

just got my used t41p today. i had two thinkpads before (770z and T40) but i have been using a powerbook for the past year so i didn't have to worry about virus and spyware. what programs is good for spyware and virius? are there any other must have programs for windows? i just downloaded the ibm software installer and is updating all the drivers.

#2 Post by **Kyocera** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:18 pm

I use MS Spyware Beta now, used to use Adaware which was really good too. Also use AVG freeware AV and use Norton on my T42, when norton expires I'm switching to AVG, I really like it and have not had any problems.

christopher_wolf · #3 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:33 pm

I would get Search&Destroy and update all the definitions; it has done pretty good so far.

Enjoy your new Thinkpad

LDNA · #4 Post by **LDNA** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:38 pm

also the laptop came with norton antivirus 2003, will i be ok using that and just keep updateing the virus definition or do i need to get norton antivirus 2006?

christopher_wolf · #5 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:43 pm

I would stick with updating the virus definitions; there is no real need to jump to the latest version of NAV unless you really want to since it involves some pretty significant changes to be made such as un-installing the previous version of NAV; that isn't exactly trivial depending on how it is done,

#6 Post by **carbon_unit** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:11 pm

LDNA wrote:also the laptop came with norton antivirus 2003, will i be ok using that and just keep updateing the virus definition or do i need to get norton antivirus 2006?

Personally I would get rid of NAV2003 and use AVG or Kaspersky. You will probably enjoy the added speed resulting from removing NAV.
Nortons consumer product is just not that good anymore.

leegaard · #7 Post by **leegaard** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:08 pm

IMHO Norton Antivirus has earned a undeserved good reputation.

Norton antivrus isnt good at finding virus and cannot find spyware at all.

Get AVG instead, or buy a good one (Panda - Trend - Kaspersky)

smugiri · #8 Post by **smugiri** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:20 pm

LDNA wrote:just got my used t41p today. i had two thinkpads before (770z and T40) but i have been using a powerbook for the past year so i didn't have to worry about virus and spyware. what programs is good for spyware and virius? are there any other must have programs for windows? i just downloaded the ibm software installer and is updating all the drivers.

That would be linux, more specifically SuSE 10.0 from Novell or Fedora Core 4 from RedHat. Both are free downloads on the net.

Coming from an Apple background, you will have absolutely no issues with these operating systems.

Just my opinion since I am sure that I will certainly get flamed for this but life's no fun if one's not out lighting fires.

o1001010 · #9 Post by **o1001010** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 1:49 am

whatever you do, do not mix kasparsky and sygate together. don't work well

sb0h · #10 Post by **sb0h** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:38 pm

I would ditch Nortons, it's a resource hog. I use NOD32 and find it very good.

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