I need to decide between McAfee, CA -anti-virus software, norton antivirus software? my system has initially come with norton antivirus since the laptop purchased is HP? I need a cost effective one, kindly help me out at the earliest since I need to upgrade within 9 days from now
2006-11-05 16:31:55 · 10 answers · asked by sincere seeker 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Asking everyone here will get you different answers. If you want a paid one, choose one of these:
1) Trend Micro (prefered)
2) Kaspersky 6.0
3) Panda
For a free one, you need to get a combination:
1) AVG Antivirus, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall, Ad-Aware,Spybot
2) Avast!, Zonealarm, Adaware, Spybot
Basically, you need an antivirus,firewall and 2 antispyware. Note, if you get a paid one, you still need Ad-Aware and spybot.
By the way, dont buy CA because you can get a 1 year free trial off of the Microsoft Website. Go to microsoft.com and in their serach type Ca etrust and click on the first one.
Good luck!!
2006-11-05 17:04:59 · answer #1 · answered by jim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are both fairly equal, but having 15+ years experience in the IT industry, I can tell you that they are both only mediocre in today's world. Both of them are needlessly resource-hungry, and can be a nightmare if a portion of the program becomes corrupt.
I heartily recommend trying Panda antivirus, there is a free 30-day trial available at their site : http://www.pandasoftware.com
There are several versions available, and they are similarly priced to the Norton/McAfee products. Although relatively unknown on the consumer market, Panda has a large presence protecting corporate PCs and Notebooks.
Good luck, I hope this is useful to you.
2006-11-05 16:38:11 · answer #2 · answered by mylifeisapea 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
internet protection will contain an antivirus, anti spyware, anti keylogger, firewall, website consultant, and a few registry cleansing, equipment junk cleansing utility. you may get them in touch in unfastened. Make your guy or woman selection from each and each type.
2016-10-21 08:24:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use AVG Anti-Virus. It is free to use and works very well. I haven't had any viruses in the last 3 years. www.grisoft.com
2006-11-05 16:42:16 · answer #4 · answered by jensw23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-05 16:59:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kaspersky internet security suite Anti-Virus 6.0
mMcAfee & nortons are crap
2006-11-05 16:33:43 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give up using Windows, and install Linux on your computer. Linux is immune to all viruses, malware, spyware and adware.
Go to www.distrowatch.com to find out how to get all the popular flavors of Linux...
...then do an image search for Linux screen grabs on Google.
BE COOL - GET LINUX
DC :)
2006-11-06 05:57:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would use NOD32, its one of best out there....
2006-11-05 16:35:42 · answer #8 · answered by Dark Knight 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use trend micro
2006-11-05 16:37:12 · answer #9 · answered by lakshmi r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋