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[Jez]

If it were me, I'd use avast home edition - http://www.avast.com. its free for home users but the developers ask for a contibution if your using it within a comercial environment, the knock on is that the the definitions are bang upto date because the developers are getting paid.

every time I've had a virus come into my machine (broadband connected, lots of internet/email contact) Avast has spotted it. it's an exellent free product.

IMO It may also be worth looking at a couple of other security features while your at it as well.
try winpatrol - http://www.winpatrol.com - it monitors all running apps and notifies you when any program/file usage changes within your system.

also Ad-Aware SE - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ - upon a promt form you it scans (deep system or selected directories) for known spyware and tracking software. It updates automaticaly and has always sorted my machine out.

There are sooooooo many products to choose from out there but so far, the combination i'm running (and have been for 1/2 years) has been as water tight as I think your gonna get.

keep it safe!

[cypezokyli]

since i dont have a clue , i just followed the advice i was given and use currently avast. i dont have a clue how good it is, but for almost three months now i dont seem to have a problem..

[mad-dog]

Norton and nothing but.
Slowing down the system is a function of it working. The files HAVE to be checked somehow.
I find the 2006 to be an awesome product. I could do with out the BackUP but heck it s included.

Once you run all the program updated it seems to pick up in speed.

The Norton Systemworks package is a plus for sure. You get to clean up all windows trash easy. This is what I use in most of my pcs.

Keep in mind that you can set Norton AV to exclude scanning cenrtain directories. That helps in picking speed up.

Just my 2 cents on this subject.

how come all other antivirus software can run without slowing your computer down norton is pants ive been there and got rid

[Leonidas]

I got Norton 2006 on almost 16 pcs in my office.
It does not slow me down. There are some applications that when they are opened the 1st time might slow down but it is normal because norton will scan them 1st before they can do damage. Like word etc.

One thing you can do it to put an exclution so Norton does not scan them. I would not recomment it for all of them but if it is a program that does not get outside influence then it should be ok. Word, Excel Outlook and similar ones can infect your pc if you open a document that has a macro in it that enables the virus.

Remember. One can use other "protection" but a rubber is the safest yet is not the most pleasing one. Get my point?

I rather have a program that will protect me 99% than one that mostly protects me but not all the time.

Keep in mind that Norton 2006 has a spyware and worm protection also unlike just antivirus ones.

Anyway. It is your choice. lol

Remember, NOTHING is free in this world.

[Mikros]

Yes Leo, but if you have safest s/w that ALSO scan all your files without getting all the pc's resources, then what the heck? I used to be a Norton guy just after Dr. Solomon was purchased by Mc Cafee. I had noticed both at home my personal pc and all the pcs at the office, that were slowing down. It took us some time that the problem was the Norton s/w, plus on the other hands it missed a virus once in the office, affecting all the pcs.... eventually I managed to remove it but it took me quite some efforts to manually remove it from the network... Sorry, but we may agree in cars but not in s/w

[Leonidas]

Yes Leo, but if you have safest s/w that ALSO scan all your files without getting all the pc's resources, then what the heck? I used to be a Norton guy just after Dr. Solomon was purchased by Mc Cafee. I had noticed both at home my personal pc and all the pcs at the office, that were slowing down. It took us some time that the problem was the Norton s/w, plus on the other hands it missed a virus once in the office, affecting all the pcs.... eventually I managed to remove it but it took me quite some efforts to manually remove it from the network... Sorry, but we may agree in cars but not in s/w

I am not arguing about it Mikre. Just saying what I have and works for me. I don't have stock in Symantec either LOL.
McAffee is owned by Symantec (Norton) also. I would not use McAffee. That WILL kill the pc.

[cyprusgrump]

I’ve been using and recommending NAV for years (I’ve been in the PC business since before there were PC’s).

More recently I have heeded the advice of many books/magazines/websites/fora and have dumped it in favour of AVG.

I think the last straw was when I downloaded the latest version of NIS from their shop (34Mbytes) and when the Live Update ran it downloaded a further 32Mbytes just to bring it up to date.

Norton does gobble system resources and the virus definition downloads are huge compared to AVG.

[Leonidas]

I’ve been using and recommending NAV for years (I’ve been in the PC business since before there were PC’s).

More recently I have heeded the advice of many books/magazines/websites/fora and have dumped it in favour of AVG.

I think the last straw was when I downloaded the latest version of NIS from their shop (34Mbytes) and when the Live Update ran it downloaded a further 32Mbytes just to bring it up to date.

Norton does gobble system resources and the virus definition downloads are huge compared to AVG.

Okay, then can you please explain to me why my systems ALL 16 are not as slow as you guys are saying?

Do you have basic RAM in yours? I always add RAM. Minimum on XP should be 512 k Then again there is fast RAM and not so fast.

[Nampou re]

Thanks everyone for your advice and replies. The general impression I'm getting is that it all depends on where your priorities lie, speed or saftey.
Mine are saftey with a lot of important data sitting on my hard drive, loosing this info would almost destroy my business (yes I do regularly backup) but a nasty virus can ruin everthing in one click. Norton system works 2006 seems to have everthing, including auto backup, cleaning tools etc, if a slow boot time and sluggish opening of some programs is a problem then I think its a small price to pay for security.

[mad-dog]

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Okay, then can you please explain to me why my systems ALL 16 are not as slow as you guys are saying?
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how can you tell if they are running fast or slow if they all have norton lol