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Old 03-27-2008, 05:50 PM   #1
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I have Vista Premium. On my computer with XP I was using AVG for free and it seemed to work great (no viruses, not too slow).

What virus software should I be using, will AVG cut it?

Will McCafee or Norton have any issues with slowing down a quad core with 3 gigs of ram?
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Old 03-27-2008, 05:53 PM   #2
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AVG Free is fine.

Norton and McAfee will slow your machine down terribly.
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Old 03-27-2008, 08:56 PM   #3
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AVG here with a host of anti-spyware software to be extra sure and have never had a problem....touch wood. (can I say "touch wood" on the internet?)
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AVG Free is fine.

Norton and McAfee will slow your machine down terribly.
What the beer guy said.
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Old 03-28-2008, 03:25 PM   #5
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Norton works for me and doesn't slow my machine down.
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Old 03-28-2008, 03:33 PM   #6
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I ditched Norton a few years ago. As soon as I loaded something else, it found a few viruses that, while they hadn't been triggered, had been sitting on my drive for quite a while. We just turfed Symantec at work as well.

There are free products that work as well or better. Symantec (Norton) have lived off their name for a long time.
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Old 03-28-2008, 03:49 PM   #7
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I hate Norton and everything involved with it.

I switched about a year ago to NOD32, it's not bloated like Norton, updates daily and I haven't ever had a problem with it.

http://www.eset.com/

I recommend it, you guys should try it out.
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