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I'm willing to shop around if there's a better product out there. (And I suspect there is)

Ditch Norton's & get Microsoft Security Essentials.

looks promising. 2nd opinion?

Norton is absolute ****, use anything else.

I haven't ran an anti-virus program in years. =X

*hacks SiliconC's computer*

It would probably be easier to find a backdoor in norton then a default windows install.

Try something else.

Not really, XPSP0 connected to the 'net will be hacked within literally seconds.

peddle your drug elsewh- oh wait, they aren't linux links...

lol..

Ok so should I use Microsoft's free program? Or is it worth it to pay for something like kaspersky?

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
Beta: https://connect.microsoft.com/site981 (I do not think it is invite only but you need a Windows Live ID definitely.)

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doesn't read threads. :p

MSE is awesome. Doesn't bog down thing and catches about everything.

I haven't run antivirus in years either. Never had a problem as far as I can tell, computer always fast and no funny business. Reformat/reinstall every 1-2 years. Somebody care to convince me to do otherwise?

Yknow a hoover sucks pretty well, so if it were to suck worse then surely it would be pretty good?

I've been using AVG for years.... is that no longer cool?

Also, I forgot.
http://www.avast.com/en-ca/index

I did, but there was no link provided!

[Edit: Wait how did I miss that. -_-]

I'm Tibby and I know nothing and shouldn't speak about things I don't know.

Symantec revamped the entire Norton consumer product line with Norton 2008 and above. The product isn't the best when looked at on AV Comparatives but it certainly isn't the worst either. In fact, it was the overall winner if you look at the summary report for 2009.

That said, I'd second the notion that you can get just as good as or better AV performance for free out of MS Security Essentials.

I do know, I have personal experience with the utter ****pile that is anything Norton related. you don't want my input then don't read my posts, don't come up with some lame ass insult.

You have personal experience with older products that no longer have relevance to the discussion at hand, and as such should cause you not to opine.

The link I provided clearly shows that you're wrong, and are speaking ONLY from personal experience and bias.

Be careful Yecti, Tibby knows all the backdoors to Windows so he will be out to get you.

I lol'd.

Norton reminds me more of adware than adware does.

I have Norton AntiVirus too, but its the corporate edition. I have a business class laptop so it came with it. Honestly, I can't really say its good or bad because I don't do stupid things on the internet and avoided anything suspicious. The only time I've got infected with something was when I was sharing a USB jump drive with people from my class. It doesn't pester me with notifications, and it doesn't bog down my CPU hardly at all.

The thing that tend to flare up and take 40% of my CPU usage is MsMpEng.exe, which is from Microsoft for its Windows Defender Antispyware. I have to go in and end the process to actually use my laptop. Unfortunately, the reasons why it does this is unclear (internet results give mixed answers), and maybe this happens because it conflicts with something.

That may be nice and all, but I personally wouldn't touch Norton with a ten foot pole either. Revamped or not.

Trend micro used to be a great product, I think the original company must have been bought out or something because now their housecall feels more like a gimmick to buy their AV software then a helpful virus extraction tool.

I haven't had much success lately with a decent AV program, the new avast is a giant improvement from the older versions, but your coverage is completely squashed (moreso then other AV trial periods) after 30 days, after which you must pay, which I'm not really going to do just yet.

I will give MSE a shot.

ENUMERATING BADNESS WILL ALWAYS FAIL.

I personally like Symantec Endpoint Protection. It is what our Army systems run, seems to catch everything, and is free to us on AKO. I would guess you have a similar option.

For those that often say they don't run AV software and don't have any problem I would say that that used to be me. But the regularity with which service members may share data via flash media make that ideology naive. I once inserted a thumb drive into an infected computer and every portable app .exe file on the stick was instantly infected. Fortunately I basically just had to restore the .exes and lost little to no data.

hmm yeah we have NKO which is basically the same thing, but for the Navy. I imagine we have the same option to get that software.. But I already went with the Microsoft thing, so that's that I guess. If I decide later I don't like it though, I might try and find Symantec Endpoint Protection.