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Originally Posted by patrickp
As others have said, Norton and McAfee are best avoided.
I use Zone Alarm with anti-virus - not the internet security suite; just firewall and anti-virus. I find it a very effective combination, in particular the anti-virus component is provided by Computer Associates, and, apart from its effectiveness, gives a very minimal hit to system resources.
Best of all, it's cheap - about £20 to buy, including VAT (that's online) and about £13 a year to renew. It's cheaper for multiple purchases, too.
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I used to use McAfee, but found their customer service impenetrable - dropped it, no regrets.
I then tried the Computer Associates 'EZ Antivirus' as a free trial, part of the Microsoft 'security update' CD - as far as I know this was basically the same as the one now available with ZoneAlarm. It is still working on my wife's pc. So I would agree with patrickp.
- especially as I use it myself in the 'Internet Security' package, although that is due to being able to upgrade at a favourable price - $70 is a bit steep for a 'first time' purchase.