answers from computer PROS only thnx!?

Question

i got norton protection center...it came with my computer....and when its running....it slows my game down quite a bit ..so ive decided to but a new antivirus or w.e its called software
what do pros recommand???

Answer 1

I use AVG. It is free and works well. Also, ZONE ALARM is a great firewall/protection. Also, I use Spybot: Search and Destroy for ad/apyware.

Answer 2

I've been using plain old Symantec Anti-Virus (also called Norton Anti-Virus for the home market) for over 10 years. It works great. But then again I've never had a virus either. It isn't just important to have ant-virus but also to practice safe computing (i.e. don't read emails from people you don't recognize, use strong passwords, use a web browser other than internet explorer, be careful of what you click on, etc). If you practice safe computing then you can actually get away without using any anti-virus, spyware remover/blockers, personal firewalls, etc.

Answer 3

The following are previous answers to your question which I saved from Yahoo Answers.

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I like Active Virus Shield. A lot. Active Virus Shield is made by Kaspersky which is one of top-rated anti-virus vendors in the world.

In recent tests, the most popular free anti-virus, AVG, was only able to detect about 82% of a very large sample of viruses. On the other hand, Active Virus Shield was able to detect better than 99% in the same test.
Full test chart is here:
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Active Virus Shield has excellent virus detection rates and is extremely light on using your computer resources. (6mb ram)

Active Virus Shield detects and removes spyware, also.

And it updates up to 15 times a DAY with new virus definitions, 7 days a week!

Good stuff, free for everyone from:
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Free Antivrus, spam, etc S/W

I use:
AVG free antivirus
Spyware Blaster, and
Spybot Search and destroy.
3 years now without any infections, all are available for free download at http://www.24ce.com/links.html

Answer 4

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Answer 5

HOnestly I don't run any AV protection at all
Going on 30 years, never had a problem.
Windows 2000 Professional and Ubuntu Linux.

Answer 6

I like http://www.avast.com