I have 1.5 gigs of ram and 200 gig hard drive with a Pentium(R) 4 processor. The Geek Squad recommended PC Cillan. I had two friends who work with computers recommend Norton. Nobody recommended McAfee. Is there a good web site to compare these products?
2006-09-17 01:40:40 · 11 answers · asked by Tom H 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
hi,
First, don't pay for Anti-Virus software, there are plent of free software available, and the top bunch are much better than the software you have to pay for!
Do not touch Norton or McAfee or PCCillin They are atrocious at finding virues, and in Nortons case it can really slow down your PC.
AOL Active Virus Shield (Yes AOL!) is the best one as it using the engine from Kaspesrky Antivirus 2006 which you would have to pay for.
So I recommend AOL Active Virus Sheild for a free version. You could also try AVG Free at www.avgfree.com which is nice and fast too.
2006-09-17 01:46:44 · answer #1 · answered by nads 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT go with McAfee. I have it and its a memory hog!!! Try AVG its free and its pretty good. I had a problem w/ Norton. I bought the program and every yr renewed on line. At about yr 4 I had a problem and couldnt get my updated virus definitions, called Norton and their only answer was to uninstall and reinstall with original disk. But my original disk version was too old and it didnt work. Tech help was useless (after hours and hours).
2006-09-17 01:53:53 · answer #2 · answered by pepper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. You've had the Geek Squad look at your system.
2. You've had not one, but TWO people in IT try to help.
3. You've got a bunch of replies here.
Odds are, you're still scratching your head. Why? Simple, really. Windows PCs are not designed for the end user. They're designed to create work, and therefore income for the consultants who sell them. Even your friends who work in IT but don't 'sell' computers are pushing Windows on you. Why? Because it creates job security. If they keep everyone buying Windows, there will be plenty of problems in the future for them to fix.
So how do you break this cycle of abuse? Easy: Get a Mac. Things just work on a Mac, and you won't have any problems with viruses or spyware.
2006-09-17 02:57:35 · answer #3 · answered by nospamcwt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recommend the AVG as well. I work for a regional ISP (internet phone support), and we have been seeing increasing problems with Norton & McAffee (especially the full-blown "security packages") being buggy & bloated...
2006-09-17 01:50:55 · answer #4 · answered by gibbs303 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend AVG Free, easy to use, free updates and you can schedule times to update and run a scan
I would NOT recommend Norton ever again
2006-09-17 02:14:54 · answer #5 · answered by heavenlyangeluk1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norton
2006-09-17 01:52:04 · answer #6 · answered by Neil S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I run AVG it is free the updates are free and I've never had a problem with it!!
2006-09-17 01:49:21 · answer #7 · answered by muleyone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for home purpose it is good to use AVG or AVAST.you can use avast from internet.go to following site,rigister for free and download.
www.avast.com
it is very good for home purposes if u have net.if u dont have internet is good to use AVG.
2006-09-17 01:50:12 · answer #8 · answered by kumar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
avg and free just for you!
2006-09-17 02:37:27 · answer #9 · answered by Piffle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zone alarm security suite.....firewall, anti-virus and spyware....it's worked well for me
2006-09-17 01:48:25 · answer #10 · answered by whoa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋