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Cassini90125 · 01-25-2009, 10:18 PM

I'm currently using AVG Free Edition on my laptop, which works well. The program updates about once per week, give or take, and has caught a few things trying to sneak in. Pretty easy to use. My main system no longer goes online so I uninstalled both Norton and Spy Sweeper with Antivirus. (Interestingly, uninstalling Norton set off a Spy Sweeper alert. No idea why.) Spy Sweeper often found things that didn't belong here, albeit mostly cookies, but wasn't able to get rid of a few things that are probably still present, specifically a Fujif-Gen trojan. To the best of my memory Norton never found anything of any importance and I was happy to uninstall it. As a bonus, uninstalling it cut my Sims game load time in half. My laptop came with McAfee installed but that's long gone. It had a rude habit of trying to perform scans without permission and I was never able to convince it to knock it off so I don't miss it, and at $60.00+ per year I never will. I'd say take a look at AVG; it's free and it works.

01-25-2009, 10:18 PM	#2
Cassini90125 The Postmaster Love gives you courage that's stronger than anything! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Saturn Posts: 6,668	I'm currently using AVG Free Edition on my laptop, which works well. The program updates about once per week, give or take, and has caught a few things trying to sneak in. Pretty easy to use. My main system no longer goes online so I uninstalled both Norton and Spy Sweeper with Antivirus. (Interestingly, uninstalling Norton set off a Spy Sweeper alert. No idea why.) Spy Sweeper often found things that didn't belong here, albeit mostly cookies, but wasn't able to get rid of a few things that are probably still present, specifically a Fujif-Gen trojan. To the best of my memory Norton never found anything of any importance and I was happy to uninstall it. As a bonus, uninstalling it cut my Sims game load time in half. My laptop came with McAfee installed but that's long gone. It had a rude habit of trying to perform scans without permission and I was never able to convince it to knock it off so I don't miss it, and at $60.00+ per year I never will. I'd say take a look at AVG; it's free and it works. __________________ "Frankie! That weird kid is using a flower pot for a cup!" Sailor Moon. Best Anime EVER.