[whytheheckme]

*puke* Norton *puke*

Sorry.

I fix people's computers all the time. The biggest problem is usually a Norton conflict (with something or other), weather it be driver conflicts, service conflicts, or whatever. Norton chokes up computer's resources. (sorry for being harsh)

Now onto the good news.

I'm probably going to get run off the track for this the same way I just talked about Norton, but McAfee doesn't seem to do a bad job. I used to pay for it, but now it comes free with my Comcast internet connection. I have never had a virus/trojan that it hasn't caught (the firewall is great), and it fixes most existing problems with its virus scan. The biggest issue is, again, resource hogging.

So what is the solution? AVG is pretty nice. Haven't noticed any major problems with it... but it is free. Perhaps its just me, but pay services seem to feel more inclined to keeping your computer virus-free if they want you to renew your contract. I haven't done FULL testing with AVG (my whole network runs McAfee, not to mention hardware firewalls), but a few of the labs at the university run AVG, and it seems to work just fine.

So, there you go. My opinion. Sorry Symantec (I can't complain about norton utilities though....)

Jacob