Norton or McAfee.......

[mark227]

I have two free sercurity Cd's.  One is McAfee Internet Sercurity Suite 2008 w/ Site Advisor, the other, Norton Internet Sercurity 2008.  I need to install one of these, if you had a choice, which do you think is the better one. I know many people don't either one, but I know a little more on how to work these two in case something should happen. I know nothing about that free AVG or if they even have a help support line.
                                                                  Thanks.............

[jhay_e03]

what is your computer specs?

[patio]

Free AVG...no support phone but an excellent Free Forum.

 

[mark227]

I have enough space on my computer to hold either one. My new Dell computer came with a 90 day free trial of Norton. My 90 days are almost up, so I was wondering if it was just easier renewing my Norton seeing I already have it installed. I wasn't sure if McAfee was better.

[patio]

You do NOT want to run more than one Anti-Virus program on one machine...
Since you are set on these two select one of them and stick with it.

You will be sacrificing performance for a bloated protection package but at least you were offered choices.

[mark227]

I didn't want to run both Norton and McAfee on my computer, just one. I have Norton installed now that came with my computer for 90 days. My 90 days are almost up. I either need to renew my Norton, or let it expire, and then install McAfee. I didn't know which security is better, Norton or McAfee.

[Broni]

Believe me, leave BOTH of them alone. They will slow your computer down, and possibly cause all kind of other problems.

[dairyman]

Here are the reasons why I don't like Norton:

• Norton loads so many graphics and DLLs into memory, which slows your computer down.
• If you get a virus, worm, trojan whatever it is, you must be logged on as an admin to remove the virus. If the admin is not there, you are on a limited account and there is a password on the admin account that you don't know about, you're screwed -- big time.
• Live Update is a pain in the a##. You have to choose updates, and most of the time, you cannot install them for some reason.
• I've read a lot of posts about Norton causing problems with the internet connection.
• You have to pay a lot of money every year to use this product.
• Virus scan takes too long.

I agree with patio, AVG Free Edition is a great AV product.

[jhay_e03]

i agree with broni, because before, i am running with 2 AV... and thats really slows down my computer. that's why i reformat my computer. 1 AV is enough in your system. try AVG free edition.

[Shynnie]

If i had that choice i will leave both Norton and Macfee and go for AVG free adition its better...

[Broni]

i am running with 2 AV

It's always very bad idea....

[Szpixman]

My friends Lap Top came with a 90 day free install of Norton...now he has had a @#$%load of problems & needed help to remove some trojans & viruses.  He is now very happy with AVG Free.

[pepper]

I had Norton three years ago and I thought all files were removed and gone and now out of the blue I'm having a problem with my emails because Norton is lurking somewhere on my computer and I haven't figured out a way to get rid of it.   I have tried everything.  I highly recommend AVG.

[patio]

I had Norton three years ago and I thought all files were removed and gone and now out of the blue I'm having a problem with my emails because Norton is lurking somewhere on my computer and I haven't figured out a way to get rid of it.   I have tried everything.  I highly recommend AVG.

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