Internet Security question????

[Kevin Palmer]

I have done a total restore as well as added 2 gig of RAM to my computer.



I am interested in your thoughts as to a good internet security program.



I can get Macfree for free and have 1 year left of my Norton if I care to download it.



I have no issue with spending some money, so free is not a requirement.



Just curious as to your thoughts....

Thanks in advance...

 

[shawn stonbraker 2]

Use AVG here. Works very well. And yes it is free with the option to buy for more features, but the free version has worked well for me.

 

[Scott Doughtie]

I think either is perfectly fine as long as you have the virus definitions set to be updated weekely. I have used McAfee and Norton with little to no problems in the past on all of my computers.

 

[Mike Roncarati]

Does your ISP offer a program? I have Charter and have been happy with thier security suite. It tends to hog some recources at times, but I like it for the parental features on my kids computers. I think with the service I have, I've got 3 or 4 licenses included. On my PC I pay for Avast. Been really happy with that as you don't even know it's running until it flags something.

 

[TrainTrac]

I've used AVG-Free and was very pleased with it. When I was in the Navy, I was able to use both McAfee and Norton, and they're both good packages. I'm now using McAfee that I get for free through my employer.

 

[Rich Stern]

I've used AVG to fix very serious problems that both Norton and McAfee failed to identify.

 

[TomT]

Trend Micro (PC-cillin) here. Never had a virus since I started using it a few years ago.

 

[Art G]

We used AVG Anti virus full package here along with Instagate firewall. Works great.

 

[Richard L]

AVG is hard to beat for the price (free) for your Anti-virus protection, and you can download Microsoft's Defender to take care of any AdWare/SpyWare, and it is also free.



...Rich

 

[Martin]

I use System Mechanic Professional



Has all sorts of built in pgm's to keep your system running like new, a firewall, virus protection, etc.



I've been using it now for over 6 years.......You can install it on three systems for their one time fee.

 

[Joe Turner]

I hate AVG. it sucks. Picked up two trojans and a worm using that free POS. Now I use PC-cillin which is provided with Bellsouth DSL. It's awesome. No issues in two years so far.

 

[Jacob Dryer]

AVG or NOD32

 

[Alex Marchenko]

I use Kaspersky.



Independent comparison of most popular AV apps

<a href="http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse/report20.pdf" target="_blank">

http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse/report20.pdf</a>

 

[Jacob Dryer]

For those that aren't interested in reading the link.



NOD32 won their highest award.

Norton/Mcafee/Kaspersky under that

and then AVG under those.