What's the best anti-virus ---- norton or mcafee? any other suggestions?

Question

already run norton but my computer doesn't run smoothly,

Answer 1

what's the best anti-virus ---- norton or mcafee? any other suggestions?

To buy>

Kaspersky Internet Security

Bitdefender

NOD32

Trend Micro Internet Security pro

Spyware Doctor Internet Security

F-Secure Internet Security

G-DATA

Avast paid version

Avira paid version

Filseclab Anti Virus

Stay away from free AVG Anti Virus.

Answer 2

Ok yo listen up Norton is rubbish dotn ever use it . nevber rusn smoothly , very hard on your ram, does not protect or detect

now mcafee is exellent it have a protection of about 3 firewill its secruity center is stong and can protect alot it is number 6 in top 10 it also have some good tune up center on it with remove lots of gb of your hard disk you dont need did it on like 6 of my diffrent friends pc belive me but the thing is mcafee is very slow it laggs your computer unless you have a high spec computer with  3.0 ghz and 2gb ram or 2.6ghz and 1gb of ram

BUT I ADIVE IS KASPERSKY INTERNET SECRUITY V8 2009 GO TO ITS MAIN WEBSITE AND DOWNLAOD ITS TRIAL VERSION BUT DONT WORRY IT IS ITS FULL VERSION AND IN THE INSTALL PROCCESS OF IT IT WILLA SK YOU TO BE ON TRIAL VERSION OR PUT A CD KEY OR BUY ONE CLICK TRIAL OR YOU CAN PUT IN CD KEY I CAN LEND YOU A KEY SERIAL GOT LOADS OF THEM AND THEN IT WILL ACTIVATE WITHOUT GOING ON INTERNET AND ONCE ITS INSTALL RUN A QUICK SCAN AND UPDATE IT FOR DEFINATION. KASPERSKY IS NUMBER 3 ON THE TOP 10 SECRUITY IT IS RWALLY GOOD PROTECTIONA ND THE BEST

Answer 3

i have norton who have been brilliant but.got a trojan and they had to put me in touch with symantec to get shut of a trojan high risk virus.but a free one such as spybot s&d may of got shut of it??anyway the symantyec effort cost £70.00. was i ripped off who do you believe....

Answer 4

They are owned by the same company, Symantic. Choose one that works best for you if one is not provided by your ISP.

Answer 5

AVG is it scans your computer and deletes all the virus on your computer but it can be a bit annoying some times because it come up all the time you load up your computer and norton is better than macfee.

hope this helped you

Answer 6

Try a free one such as Avast or AVG

Answer 7

http://anti-virus-software-review.topten...

Answer 8

Norton has so many issues - I've had it for free on 2 different PC's and uninstalled it because it was causing me so many problems. I couldn't even switch my PC off one time.

Loads of free ones:

AVG is good, or AntiVir, or some people say SuperAntispyware.

I also use spybot s&d for nasty little trojans and spyware.

Google for them and make sure you get the free versions. Some sites try to take you to a trial version which costs money.

Answer 9

Try AGV  its free

Answer 10

I've been using Norton quite a while now, and I'd say that it's not because of Norton that your computer doesn't run smoothly. Mine runs fine. I've used both Norton and McAfee. I'm more impressed by far with Norton, as it will warn you not to mess with certain e-mails, that some are known phishing sites. Also won't let you reattach pics that come with a forward if they have viruses in them. Get someone to look at your PC, and see what the real problem is.

Answer 11

everyone on here will tell you there one is the best even if the world knows it's not...

i use avast 4.8 pro myself

but there are many other good ones out there norton and Mc afee is not among them,

try them out first,

by downloading the free trials and you will find one that works well for you...

many people i know use zone alarm internet security suite that looks quite good,

i know zone alarms firewall is probably the best in the world..

Answer 12

they both stink to be honest, avira antivir, which is free, is better than both by far

Answer 13

I think Norton is slowing your PC!! its a very big program and can really slow down PCs with low system specs, and I  personally and many knowledgeable users don't have good things to say about either of those program as this article explains as well as detailing the  most popular Anti Virus programs.

I think you will find this to be the best answer chosen 8 times!!:)

http://pcsecuritycentral.blogspot.com

Answer 14

Best free ones = Grisoft AVG or AntiVir, both available for download online.

Awesome commercial ones = Kaspersky Anti-virus or better still the all in one package.

I don't think most people would argue otherwise.

Answer 15

MY SECURITY

FREE avast ! anti virus 4.x Home Edition

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht...

Spyware Blaster anti spyware

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownlo...

Spybot anti spyware

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/downl...

Firefox 3.0.1 web browser

http://www.getfirefox.com

Firefox Security Extensions: Firefox Options Security

Content: check block pop ups.should pop ups get through [ and they will ],get the url and enter that in the load images section and choose block

Privacy: Cookies: put that same url into accept cookies and choose block

Dr Web link checker.This plugin allows you to check any file you are about to download, any page you are about to visit with online version of Dr.Web anti-virus! New menu item "Scan with Dr.Web" will appear on hyperlink context menu.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...

Finjan Link Checker.alerts you when any malicious content in a webpage that proactively alerts when you encounter a potential malicious content hiding behind links of search results, ads and other selected web pages.Finjan Secure Browsing then displays a safety rating next to each link it has scanned.in searches[ google,yahoo,ect ] there will be green [ safe ],yellow [ caution ] and RED [ DANGER ] icons on each link

PAY ATTENTION HERE TO THOSE RED [ DANGER ] ICONS !

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...

Blocksite website Blocker.automatically blocks websites of your choice. Additionally, this extension will disable all hyperlinks to these websites, by just displaying the link text without the clicking functionality.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...

Suggested Internet Options Security Settings:control panel,internet options:Advanced tab:

all unsafe/unsigned ActiveX disabled

unsafe authenticode disabled

Script disabled

File Prompting disabled

Access Across Domains disabled

Scripting Internet Explorer disabled

No Addressbar or status bar disabled

Launch Unsafe Applications/Files disable

Software Permissions high safety

Allow Statusbar update By Script disabled

Allow Websites Prompt for Info Using Scripts disabled

Privacy Tab: advanced,override

allow 1st party cookies

3rd party [ spy/malware/tracking ] cookies BLOCKED

I.E.:

tools,options,content,content adviser,enable,approved sites

enter addresses and choose NEVER

XP: Disable Net Messenger.start,all programs,administrative tools,services.all services are listed in alphabetical order

Alerter: right click,select properties,select disable

Messenger [ NOT related to instant messenger or MSN messenger ]

right click,select properties,from drop down menu,select disable

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