Quote Originally Posted by Catty1 View Post
I'm with blue. Norton is a resource hog and I don't like it. I don't say anything to clients who like it; for those who have questions or concerns, I go with AVG or Avast free versions.

I use a paid program from Trend Micro. About $50 a year, and MUCH less invasive! (There is a paid AVG as well).

Just mentioning that in case you think paying for one makes it better.

Avast Free (there are links to paid ones in the left margin):http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Trend Micro: http://us.trendmicro.com/us/home/


AVG paid: http://www.avg.com/us-en/home-and-of...?ctype=ps3925e

AVG free: http://free.avg.com/ww-en/homepage

Comparison chart of features in free vs paid AVG: http://free.avg.com/ww-en/download-a...s-free-edition

OK - today was my last day before my Norton 360 expired. Well actually it expired 2 years ago. I purchased it - installed it - didn't like it - so they refunded my money. But - they never disabled it. I waited and waited - never happened. To quote RICHARD - morons!! Anyway - I didn't uninstall and it ran free of charge for 2 years.

So I decided to really get rid of them, uninstalled my one remaining day, and installed the free version of Avast. Question - is the free version really thorough enough? What does the paid version have over the free version, for an "average" user like me?

I use the computer mostly just for basics - PT of course , email, shopping, on line banking and bill pay, digital pics. I never go to sites that I deem as questionable, never open spam email links, never download anything if I have doubts, etc.

So do you think I have enough protection?