I am about fed up with Norton 360. It is effective in that nothing gets thru, but its also inconvenient. It won't even allow me to store passwords. It consumes a LOT of disc space.

Its been on the computer for a few years, and I haven't paid attention to current protection products.
What do you all use?
Do you like it"
What would you buy if you were buying now?

M

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

I use Norton Internet Security and it's invisible. It has never blocked me from saving a password or doing anything I really want to.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

I have AVG Free Edition running on one machine and Microsoft Security Essentials running on another. They both seem to do what they are supposed to do and they are free. I think they all consume a lot of space and can be intrusive- the Microsoft may be less so.

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

i also use microsoft security essentials.a computer guru buddy suggested it.he got me on avg first and then he said he liked the mse better.

Microsoft Security Essentials. It's free and works fine I think (so far).

The only complaint is that it does not keep a log of it's virus zapping activity. Apparently, it just does it. However, there is a tab to see what it has quarantined but it is always empty. Not very comforting.

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

Avast (free) or Kaspersky (pay).

I hope things have changed, but Symantec/Norton software used to be a real PIA to uninstall.

The Corporate version is a nightmare.

Avast free.

Lat year Norton claimed that the issues of speed would be addressed and that they recognized they have been making crap software. I am not sure if the current versions have addressed all the issues.

I find it amusing that the principle idea behind installing such software is to have a better computing experience. Yet that very software often makes it a nightmare. No software should slow, inhibit or block any user action unless required.


Guess that is why I use a Mac. No one this crap is required.

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1991 560 SEL / 185k miles
1992 750il / 17k miles - project car

O you Mac users!!!

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

Aren't we great. You gotta love Macs.

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For the unSaved, this world is the best it will ever get.

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Go for the free MS one. It works pretty well. Big security suites are just unnecessary for pretty much everyone. Save your money and never buy one again.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

I installed it without drama on this computer. On my previous computer I had to allow the rep to take it over to get Norton installed. A friend gave up and installed McAfee instead.
I'm pleased with the performance of 360.

Microsoft Security Essentials.

Microsoft Security Essentials - Free Antivirus for Windows

No problems for quite some time, and its free. Low resource usage, no annoying dialogues.

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