Our Norton subscription is up in about a month. What is a good anti virus? I don't mind paying....Norton certainly wasn't free. I need a fire wall too.
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
I'm liking BitDefender at the moment.
Posted by Darcy Baker (Member # 8262) on :
Had good luck with Dr. Web AV and Comodo firewall.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
My local computer shop guy uses and recommends Trend Micro Internet Security. It's worked good for me so far. It works for all XP and Vista 32 /64 bit, IE 6 & 7 and Firefox. $47.50 was my price.
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
hey George, I got all that protection from the free AVG. I think the only problem ya gonna have is wiping Norton out of your computer.
Posted by Tim Barrow (Member # 576) on :
avg free is working just fine for me here also,...
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
We really like AVG. It has saved our computers on several occasions.
Posted by Carl Wood (Member # 1223) on :
Avira. . . .think it's the same as AVG
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Another vote for AVG here too!!
It is the only Anti-virus that has been installed on our laptops. On my desktop, I had to remove Norton completely first before installing AVG and if I remember correctly I went to Norton's website and used their own uninstaller to do it completely and correctly.
Posted by bruce ward (Member # 1289) on :
AVG is awesome and free and who needs a firewall? and oh yes good luck getting norton off the computer. norton is worse than aol about taking over every nook and cranny
Posted by Ben Diaz (Member # 7319) on :
I've had bad experiences with both Mcaffee and Norton, but am pleased with AVG.
Posted by Chris OBrien (Member # 5409) on :
I've had great success using Kaspersky. I have a few friends who work for the Geek Squad (for what that's worth) and that is the only one they use on their personal computers.
Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
Been using AVG for 8 years.... been really happy with it. Google 'AVG Free' for the download page. Make sure you are installing the FREE version and not the trial for the paid version.
Also, don't install the AVG toolbar and disable the 'Send Info Home' option. That will keep things working a little faster.
And is it a laptop? Do you take it to a lot of WiFi hotspots? If so, you probably need a software firewall. You could also turn on the Windows Firewall if you like and with the right tweaks get pretty good performance from it...
If it's a desktop computer and you have broadband internet, the router you are using will have a firewall built in... in that case, a software firewall is not necessary most of the time.
Posted by Elaine Beauchemin (Member # 136) on :
Kaspersky got my vote here got it on sale at futureshop/bestbuy for 30.00$ 1 year 3 puters
Posted by Richard Mendrala (Member # 10885) on :
Another Kaspersky. Had it about 4 years now. Don't miss Norton I had on other puter.
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
I've had the AVG for several years and it's just fine.....
Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
Anything but Norton or McAfee.. Or any other "suite" for that matter.
Posted by Dan Antonelli (Member # 86) on :
I've got a good one. Its call a MAC....
Sorry, George- couldn't resist.... Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
I just invested in the same anti-virus system Dan
-grampa dan
Posted by Kevin Gaffney (Member # 4240) on :
Me too, three weeks ago.
Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
the MAC fanboys just had to chuckle.. LOL
Posted by Len Mort (Member # 7030) on :
I have Avast on two computers and AVG on another, all work great.
Posted by Sonny Franks (Member # 588) on :
I used AVG for years, but it is a resource hog. I now have ESET, which came highly recommended from some serious geeks I know......
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Kaspersky here too... I really like it. It was recommended by Best Buy over the other ones they sold. I actually got it to get rid of AVG, which I really didn't like. Personal preference I guess - but so far Kaspersky has worked great and not seemed to affect computer performance.
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