I'm getting a new laptop next week, but I don't really know which anti-virus to use. Are there any that are still not compatible with Vista or having problems when installed on Vista? Are any head and shoulders above the rest?
I've always like Norton's. My HP came with a 3 month trial and it worked fine with Vista. I then used McAfree which was also worked well, but I felt like it wasn't protecting me enough. McAfree made my computer run faster compared to Norton's though. But then I got a 4 year subscription of Norton 360 and have been using that ever since. It is a resource hog, but I'm going to keep this for a while. I haven't had any problems with compatibility issues either.
dude, I don't know much about comps, BUT I do have genius friends who have told me the following: Norton and McAfee slow down your computer drastically (i concur), a lot people now are using the windows anti virus, or not even one. Or an anti virus that is free on line, I've seen one in people's sigs on this forum. Talk to a computer genius not working at Best Buy or a retail store, and ask them the best way to go. BUt I do know this, Norton > McAfee.
AVG free is what Im using on mine. has never caused a problem. re: not using a AV product = Stupidity dont be part of the problem....use a damn antivirus.
Avast is super duper. It hardly uses any system resources so you don't even notice its there... but it works great. you can type in this serial: W7223713R0064S1112-3L323NJ3 and you can get the professional version. just DL the trial off the website.
Having an AV product don't mean much in reality. The typical user won't gonna get virus if they go to clean site only & not open unknown file. And AV is just a program, its up to the user to prevent & remove virus/trojan/etc. I recall the last time i got a trojan (3-4 years ago), and everytime i ran norton, it will detect it & say its deleted. But i always research every trojan it find, then I found out that all norton was doing was deleting a "clone" & not the source file that keep on making a new "clone" everytime I restart. I use av like once every 2-3 months with the trial only (update def, then 1 full scan, then uninstall ). 2 tips from me: Always run the full system scan in Safe Mode Always research Virus/trojan/malware detected (since it might be a perfectly clean file) and read up on how to remove it "completely" (even if your av said its removed) and Party Boy I don't think your allow to post serial key here.
