i dont use any antivirus ... i sometimes scan my computer with PC cillin online edition... otherwise when i feel that i have a virus then i format my windows

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eTrust ez antivirus and its good software as avg

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I use Norton Internet security. I'm so pleased with it i'd carry on using it and have been doing so over last three computers - I found it uninstalls absolutely fine. I agree it does slow things down a little bit, but that is just because it is scanning everything that comes in and out of your comp, which is necessary to provide a good antivirus. If someone has found it is letting in 100 viruses they must not have installed it properly or turned off their comp whilst doing so...
But norton is very good. If you start to download a virus (say from morpheus or kazzaa for example), it will detect it and automatically delete it even before it has finished downloading and had a chance to run on your system. I found that Macaffee was rubbish in keeping out viruses as i had over 20, not doing anything different.
Seeing as computers can handle the slightly slower startup, maybe adding an extra 3 seconds or so at the most. if you really need the power offline, you can just right click and disable it (I only do this after pressing my wireless button) then the speed it fine.
For antivirus and spyware catchment it is the best piece of software I have used. Updates come often (and can do so itself if you don't want to have to touch the settings or go into the program etc. The downside of other antiiruses and macaffee etc. is that you also have to have a spyware blocker / removal program as well and to remember to set it up and run it regularely as well. Norton keeps these out very well, and I have not had over 1 yet, and that was just one piece of adware that changed homepage, added search bar and this came from a official messenger addon. (grrrr.) Got rid of it easily, by going to their website .
The speed restriction that you get is a sure sign that it is makng sure your system won't be infected and also checking that no spyware is coming in also.
norton internet security is great, and i don't really notice the speed restriction, cos, as I say, i turn it off when playing games or doing something like image editing offline. The best function is that it catches viruses whilst your downloading them, before they have had a chance to run themselves and install into your system. This was the best feature that impressed me when I first found out that it did this for me (when it showed a popup window telling me - and yes, you can choose to never see these windows again or disable alerts if you are not into that sort of thing )
Oh and plus, it is one of few virus / firewall / spyware programs i have found that will actually be able to delete the majority of ones automatically, without you having to find the file yourself and go into msdos to delete it and end processes etc.
All in all, even though it costs a bit, it seems worth it because i have a laptop that still works...

 

 

 

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I used to use Norton, until our desktop (not really used by me, but used by mom) got some sort of virus/trojan things going on and started acting odd. It was then I realized my mom never bought more subscription to it, and it had stoped updating its definitions.

So we bought the upgrades, and it was still having many issues. Seems these viruses killed norton out or something. Anyways, found AVG (free edition) and download n ran it... Wallah, problems fixed, viruses deleted, etc. Computer has been running fine since.

On my laptop I use, Ive been using AVG also, its great. So far (to my knowledge) no viruses or anything on this computer. And I generally can detect when something is up with viruses/trojans on a machine (cause they always act wierd)

Anyways, yep, AVG is great for me...

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Avast Antivirus, its free for private use, and only need free registration, try it, believe me its absolutely GREAT!!

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I am using Panda Titanium 2006. I had been using Norton, but when I reinstalled my windows I tried another antivirus. I think Panda is better than Norton, scans computer deeper, and the firewall its really goog, but sometimes the procces PavPrSrv.exe consume all the computer's memory.

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I use MacAfee Virus Scan. I love it tho its better than Norton. Norton would sometimes block my internet browser and I wouldn't be able to get online. But with MacAfee I have control over what is good for my PC and What is bad.

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Nod32 and Kaspersky are the best

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I use Avast antivirus it is a good and compact, not like Norton.

I dont consider Norton to be a good antivirus because it makes your computer a bunker, it assumes that every second a virus is attacking you, it changes recycle bin, the most annoying thing.

One should know from where virus can come, first by an external storage device which you attach and second by internet, if you have.

So my suggestion is that whenever you put an external device scan it and always use antivirus sheild when going online.

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I am using Bit Defender. It is the best Anti-virus out of them all. With the Internet Security version , I have eveything needed to protect my Computer. And I agree with bhavesh 's logic , Norton Anti-virus is very bad , it seriously slowed down my computer when I tried to use it (Let me tell you something : When my computer infected by viruses , about each 30 minutes , a pop-up advertising window appeared and it is very annoying so I installed Norton Anti-Virus and tried to clear those viruses but failed , why ? Because my computer froze. I was so surprised because if my PC infected by viruses , I still can do a lot of things but when installed one of the most trusted Anti-Virus , I can't even move the mouse) so I think you shouldn't try. I highly recommend all of you to use Bit Defender , with it , you can normalize the infected files while the others products instantly delete them so you should try Bit Defender.

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