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It is absolutely necessary to have an anti virus in your computer system. But it is not all all necessary that one should have only mcafee and nortan anti virus only in his system. One can go for any other good anti virus. There a re a lot of anti virus available like avast, e trust or kaspersky anti virus. Jack sulivan

what is better? Norton or McAfee? This is a purely personal opinion as both programs are excellent in doing their job of protecting your computer. Norton ou McAfee is therefore purely depending on the usage of the interface and some people will choose Mcafee whilst others will prefer Norton. Which is better can not really be answered on technical merit Dutch Ginsberg

most of the users who use the antivirus softwares in their pcs terms the norton the best antivirus software. they give the second number for the avg. but i personally used the both software and i dont recommend the Norton because when you install norton in your system then your system becomes occupied by it and the speed of your pc is slow then., Jason Gagnon

You can use McAfee / Kaspersky or Bit Defender. You must try all to find out which one suits you. You can Download from http://sofgro.web.officelive.com :-)

Norton anti virus uninstall guidelines! http://forums.techguy.org/security/566663-norton-anti-virus-uninstall-guidelines.html Download and run the Norton Removal Tool http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039 Use the Norton Removal Tool to remove a failed installation or a damaged Norton product. ========================== In addition to a firewall you must have full time (active) virus protection and full time spyware protection. Use the following instead of Norton. All the following programs are free. --------------------------------------------- Windows XP Firewall uses the least resources ---------------------------------------------------------- Full Time (Active) Virus Protection If you do not have active virus protection, install only one. All are excellent. Try AVG first; If you do not like it uninstall and try another one. AVG Antivirus 7.5 Free Edition http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5 http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10669237.html?tag=lst-0-1 or Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html or AOL Active Virus Shield http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp --------------------------------------------------------- Full Time (Active) Spyware Protection Windows Defender http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx --------------------------------------------------------- Install the following five programs and run weekly or at least monthly. You need all five. They will greatly increase your protection. They are not a substitute for full time spyware and virus protection. Ad-Aware SE Personal (update + full scan) http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php Spybot Search & Destroy (update + immunize + scan) Do not enable Tea Timer and SDHelper After installation: update + scan + immunize http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html SpywareBlaster: Update then open and click “enable all protection”. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html SUPERAntiSpyware free version: (update + scan) http://www.superantispyware.com/ CCleaner: Do not install toolbar option Removes tracking cookies, unneeded files, history In options. Set to run when computer starts. Place cookies you want to keep in save list http://www.ccleaner.com/ ======================== Reviews of Purchased Active (full time) Virus Protection NOD32 is said to use the least system resources. http://reviews.cnet.com User Rating out of 10 Avast Antivirus 4.7 Home Edition....8.6 AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 Professional..... 9.1 BitDefender Antivirus 10 ...............5.2 CA Internet Security Suite 2007.......2.5 Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 ....................5.8 McAfee VirusScan 8.0...................... 5.0 NOD32 2.5...................................... 9.1 Norton Internet Security 2007.......... 3.8 Norton 360 ----------- 5.8 Sophos Anti-Virus 3.7...................... 8.6 Windows Live OneCare ..................8.0 http://reviews.cnet.com/Avast_Antivirus_4_7_Home_Edition/4505-3667_7-32425819.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/AVG_Anti_Virus_7_5_Professional_Single_Edition/4505-3681_7-32153594.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/BitDefender_Antivirus_10/4505-3667_7-32136371.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/Kaspersky_Anti_Virus_6/4505-3667_7-32004282.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/CA_Internet_Security_Suite_2007/4505-3667_7-32205024.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/McAfee_VirusScan_8_0/4505-3681_7-30519807.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/Norton_Internet_Security_2007/4852-3667_7-32069538.html?tag=uoavrg http://reviews.cnet.com/Sophos_Anti_Virus_3_7/4505-3513_7-21274729.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/NOD32_2_5/4852-3513_7-32103849.html?tag=uoavrg http://reviews.cnet.com/Windows_Live_OneCare_v_1_5_complete_package/4505-3667_7-32204636.html?tag=prod.txt.4 http://reviews.cnet.com/Norton_360/4505-3667_7-32330411.html?tag=prod.txt.1

Kaspersky all the way. 1. much less intrusive than Norton. You tell it to always disinfect quietly, it will never ever ever bother you, unlike Norton. 2. Norton will always detect keygens & stuff as threats even if they're not (one of the reason its threat database is bulkier, because it doesn't just detect system threats but threats to the "big companies" bank accounts). 3. Kaspersky processes occupy much less system resources that Norton. 4. Heuristic detection way better than all of the other antiviruses combined. That means it will accurately detect viruses that aren't known yet like stuff that just appeared and wasn't yet analyzed by virus labs. 5. The Internet security package from Norton is outrageously overpriced. It has nothing really useful over Kaspersky to justify the extra bucks. 6. The Firewall in the Internet Security package from Kaspersky is brilliant. I dare to say it comes close to the Linux firewalls. In two clicks you can make sure you computer is under lockdown. My antivirus preferences: 1. Kaspersky 2. BitDefender 3. NOD32 (the new version, the old one is decent, but not good enough) 4. Norton & McAffee

i got rid of norton 5 years ago and been using avg its free and works well and doesnt slow your pc down plus you get regular updates so save your money. you will find it at www. filehippo.com good luck hope this helps

Norton, easilly!

According to the AV comparisons below is a list of the best FREE anti-virus programs..... Avira anti-virus.....98.7 % detection rate Avast anti-virus....97.6 % detection rate AVG ant-virus ....85% detection rate Microsoft security essentials did not even qualify for the top 5 performers....it has alot of False Positives.... Norton is a System Hog...if you want a slow PC..get Norton..... Along with the Anti-virus product you choose...back it up with these free programs at CNet.com...you'll be glad you did. Malwarebytes anti-malware Super anti-spyware

You can use free or paid av's.. But, NO one av will provide 100% protection, Use free or paid of these also. http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php http://download.cnet.com/SuperAntiSpyware-Free-Edition/3000-8022_4-10523889.html ~

Avast is better because it lets your computer works fast. I have Norton on my laptop but I uninstalled it because it lets your computer freeze sometimes when you scan your computer using that software. Try AVAST andi f you want to get it free,search AVAST KEY or SERIAL in youtube.There's alot of codes there so that you can get it free.