 Best virus protection?
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For those computer savvy on here, what brand, off the shelf, do you reccomend for an anti virus program? Norton? Other? Ours is running out and we'll need t reload one soon. Thanks in Advance.
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3/4 Throttle
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AVG for me too. No problems with it at all (knock wood).
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Best virus protection?
Only download porn from the pay sites...
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+1 Been using AVG Free for about 9 years now on both windows 98 and XP - no complaints, no viruses, no costs.
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I have used Norton for years,used to be a good program. Stay away from it now , I have had nothing but problems with it and it is a resource hog now too.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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3/4 Throttle
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Linux!!!  (I can say that now I'm officially converted.) Assuming you wanna stay with MS (which begs the question-why?) try this site. I think the 5-star-rated ones are equally effective and it comes down to which interface you prefer. On the various PC's I look after (family & friends), I use Avast!; it's highly rated throughout the industry...and it's free. I used Comodo's Security Suite (firewall and antivirus) on my PC when I was running Windows. With any of them, a good antispyware application (with real-time protection) is extra insurance. Again, plenty of decent free ones from the above site. Also, consider using Firefox with the NoScript extension.
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I prefer trojans.
Abstinence. Yeah, right! 
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Fe Butt
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I prefer trojans.
Abstinence. Yeah, right!
Solo, some day I wanna try with a partner! 
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Rich, I like AVG...
I bought a copy of AVG at Best Buy and it trashed my PC. I reformatted and installed Mcaffee and have been very happy with it. I assume I already had a virus when I installed AVG, but being a paid user I thought I would get some help from AVG....Nothing by phone and nothing by Email.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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I prefer trojans.
Abstinence. Yeah, right!
In this case abstinence works. Just unplug your computer and you'll never get pregn... er, a virus (there's a difference?)...
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I like Avast for free. It's tip topity 
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Adjunct
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I like AVG-Macafee trashed my laptop
Keep your powder dry
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Another vote against McAfee - as I sit here struggling with the wife's VISTA after my beloved XP laptop crashed hard under McAfee. She loaded Norton 360 as a backup to McAfee, but I declined. 
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We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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