Norton or ??? witch anti virus to use?

Question

my Norton expires in a few weeks should i renew it or get something better i have windows xp i have zone alarm as my firewall

Answer 1

All of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.

AVG Removes I-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.
http://www.safer-networking.org/

http://superantispyware.com/
SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!
Easily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!
Make sure after you download any of these, that you update them.

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Answer 2

I definitely have had Norton for a protracted time and with a Duocore Processor and not be conscious Norton slowing down in any respect even throughout updates and blockading effective factors all enabled . The Norton decelerate rumor is extinct .

Answer 3

Hi there,

Instead of all these "Mine is better than yours" answers that go on around here, I'll instead answer with the facts.

Looking at current protection ratings, AVG scores a lowly 90% protection against all known viruses, whilst Avast comes in at 92%. This means they are letting through roughly one in every ten viruses - pretty shocking.

Norton and McAfee are slightly better by protecting against 98.3% and circa 97% respectfully of all known viruses. However, Norton and McAfee can be known for being very heavy programs which can tend to slow down certain machines. If you are thinking of moving to McAfee instead of Norton I would definitely recommend you download their free trial to check it does not affect your machine in this way prior to opening your wallet.

If you would be interested in other Security products that are better than all of these, you should try either Prevx1, Kaspersky or F-Secure who all score over a 99% protection rating.

Out of these three my recommendation would be Prevx1, as this is the quickest at protecting against new outbreaks of malware.

Answer 4

Norton and McAfee both will take up a lot of memory and CPU cycles, and aren't any better than some of the free ones out there. GrisoftAVG or Avast are two excellent antiviruses. My personal choice is Avast.

Answer 5

I have Norton and am satisfied. Norton was advertising a $20.00 savings if you signed up through Yahoo and it was also deferred for one month. Google/Yahoo Norton/Yahoo and see what you come up with.

Answer 6

Norton is also good. Or you insatll a standard antivirus soft ware such as AVG , Avast ( free antivirus software and Ad-aware, Ewido ( free spyware removers). You can download free softwares at
http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html

Answer 7

I recommend using Avg, Avast, and Zone Alarm. You should be good with those program. If you need additional downloads in order to protect your pc you can search for them at

http://fixyourcomputer.blogspot.com/

Answer 8

I like Norton. It works for me.

Answer 9

i dont know but zone alarm security suite is very good , i have some problems with norton and bitdefender , your choise

Answer 10

I like McAfee.