Got My Money Back

[Paul Henry]

Sorry another off topic, with a vote for AVG, it took ages to clear Norton off my computers and it's not going back.

[Livingston]

AVG Antivirus. Free. Best thing going. They WILL let you give them money for a deluxe version, but I've been running the free version for 6+ years with nary a problem.

Our tech manager swears by AVG also. I've been running it now for 6 months and it really works.

[tyger]

1. dump Norton, ASAP
Norton will bog down your computer and interfere with any number of programs.
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Amen.

[RockyR]

AVG Antivirus. Free. Best thing going. They WILL let you give them money for a deluxe version, but I've been running the free version for 6+ years with nary a problem.

Do you have a link to the AVG free version to download?

[Paul Henry]

here you go
avg

[Dixiecat]

But, Norton in my opinion is the best. Plus my computer doctor recommends it as well as many of my friends who are in the computer business. Not to mention the fact that I just recently renewed for another year, with the Norton 360 that was nearly a hundred dollars for complete protection....spyware, malware and viral protection.

Not to dispute you either, just want to point out that while you protest that Norton is the best, it's flagging Keltoi's website as a security risk. AVG or MSE have not.

[slohairt]

Avast! is another good free anti-virus software.

[RockyR]

here you go
avg

Thanks!

[Lady M]

About AVG, if you're an avid computer gamer, stay away from their free version. Every 30 mins or so AVG will force minimize your game to the desktop. They're aware of the issue but have no plans to change it as the paid version does not have this behavior.

Instead, may I humbly suggest Kaspersky.

[morrison]

I have a PayPal account and it's a good thing. For some it's stodgy, obtuse, but its function to act as escrow for delivery of goods is perfect. Many vendors use it because it affords protection for buyer and seller.

Protection is good, from predation and from viruses

I'm not a gamer but since I was once a windows/PC users I'm well familiar with some -not all of the problems that pop up in windows. The biggest problem for me was cost of ownership. With PC's there's a constant force of monetary flow out of my pocket into the cyberworld. POOF! money gone - popup windows still present and time blown in trying to figure out the bugs and panels the persist when I've already installed the best doctors, protectors, or firewalls. Many hundreds of dollars on virus protection and a half dozen computers later I finally quit. I put my good money on that dreaded "MAC" computer. The brand I swore not to own because I don't know unix, MAC isn't an "Open GL" and its proprietary software means fewer applications are available. Well, since going to MAC I've never experienced a virus attack enough to cause a system failure. There are more and more cross platform applications available. I've only experienced application conflicts that led to a crash. Even at "known to be dangerous" sites I'm unaffected by viruses that try to get in. Mainly because Apple has a free upgrade available to all OS users. That in addition to the fact that viruses typically target C++ platform software and MAC's proprietary unix software is more difficult to hack I'm happier as a camper in my MAC environment.

It aint so bad being a MAC user. Actually, I love it. NOT ONE PENNY spent on virus protection, high risk on line site activity and NO troubles. I still love the PC experience for its programming openness, VB etc.

btw: I've set my advanced firewall protection to "stealth mode." Which I'm told, makes my computer invisible to pings.