Anti Virus Protection

[mike]

My subscription is coming up again for Norton Anti Virus software. I normally get it for close to zero at Black Friday specials. Even free, I am not very happy with the software, so can anyone recommend other free software that is as good or better then Norton.

[Fay Wrinkle]

I've used AVG Free for years without problems. Others I know swear by Avast.

[duge]

Everytime I've used anything but Norton's it's either ended up wanting to take over my computer, screwing it up or I've ended up with a Virus. Think I'll just stick with Norton's myself.

[DIGGER]

After taking a cue from CptnGimp several years ago I went with Avast and have been very satisfied. Norton and McAfee are way to bloated with BS and are memory hogs.

[rdf]

That's not true. There are many 'free' anti virus programs. I run AVG, switched from Norton a few years back. It's been better than Norton.

http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh

Originally Posted by Darek

If you looking for free antivirus, you have only one option: Avast. It's free, but only for personal use. In my company I use nod32, which I recommend as the best solution. Nod32 is cheap, but it's not free.

[ctoom91]

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ free and highly rated.

[Jess67]

Even if your a Microsoft hater ctoom91 is right. MS Security Essentials is free and rated pretty high by sites that look down on Microsoft.

[scurl]

AVG is really good but recently got a lil memory hungry (why i would never go near Norton). Try http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download if your looking for the best "free" AV SW

[mike]

Thank you all for your suggestions. I decided to give Microsoft Security Essentials a try. My reason for leaving Norton is that I got a bad virus on my machine that the Norton software did not remove. After contacting them through their chat line, they offered to remove the virus for a $100 service charge. I thought their customer service was attrocious.

[TexasWheelz]

I've used AVG for about 10 years now on my personal computer as well as all the computers I've built for people. The only person that's ever had a issue with it was my brother who continues to download free movies and games and crap that are of course loaded with virus's and mal-ware. I pretty much have to wipe his hard drive and re-install windows every 6 months.