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Posted by robinj • 1/10/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: nortons, upgrade, virus protection

Our nortons is about to expire and we want to try a different virus protection however there is so many conflicting opinions as to which is the right one we have windows xp

any input as to problems you may have had with certain ones and what works for you and how easy it is would be appreciated

User Comments

1/10/08

mikeny07

Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 I just got. They make the best. I would never switch from them.

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1. 1/10/08
  
  freeatlast
  
  worth the money.
2. 1/11/08
  
  ghostytwofish
  
  Trend Micro is the shiznit.
3. 1/11/08
  
  kopidunia
  
  Ditto. Simply the best. And user-friendly.
4. 1/11/08
  
  drutopia
  
  Trend Micro just lost the contract for some US Agencies, (will not say which ones) but since they were government agencies you know it was a bad decision, I will have to check Trend Micro out now.
1/10/08

techfun

Avast! The home edition is free at www.avast.com

I have the "pro" version (which is no different really except I can control the settings all remotely) on 165 machines around the world for my company. Before we switched from Symantec/Norton to Avast I was dealing with viruses that got past Norton every few months on at least one or two machines.

Since switching to Avast! I have had ZERO virus issues to deal with and many of the older machines that ran slooooooowwwwwwwly with Norton AV suddenly got much faster when it was uninstalled and replaced with Avast.

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1. 1/11/08
  
  ender
  
  thanks, dude! that sounds perfect for my copy of XP running in parallels ... now i don't have to worry about getting norton for a volume i don't use very often.
1/10/08

MyDen

Robin,
Have you tried free versions of anti-virus/anti-spyware like AVG or Spybot? I have found that they work just as well when compared to paid versions. In fact, 90% of my PC needs from computer security, word processing to office productivity tools are met with open-source or freeware. Here is an old article in one of my blogs (abt open-source and free software) on the various options of freeware for protecting your PC :

freebiesandstuff.blogspot.com/2007/07/free-utilities-for-computer-security_...

Hope you find the info useful.

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1/10/08

lamenews

mcafee is good especially when u get it free with msn and u get msn free with verizon

i'm cheap

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1/10/08

dzrbenson

I use AVG which is free, protected me for over 7 years (touch wood)

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1. 1/11/08
  
  GrimlyFiendish
  
  I like it as well. It doesnt seem to be as intrusive as others.
1/11/08

seoxtream

Try Kaspersky Internet Security, It provide great system protection i am using it. You can download trial version for one month here www.kaspersky.com/internet_security_trial

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1/11/08

offendedblogger

Zone Alarm is what I'm using right now. See if you can hack me and I'll tell you if it works!

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1/11/08

bsd13

avast free, clamwin, and avg free. all good, all free

if you want firewall use comodo. it's a free enterprise version.

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