Full report here.
Some bits and bytes...
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Seems like Norton pretty much wins out performance wise...and compound that with the fact that he states it's strengths are detection/prevention...and you got yourself a win-win.
Don't forget there's a free 3month trial of it...
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Norton IS 2009/2010 is probably one of the best suites I've ever used, and I've gone through plenty of different AVs (ZoneAlarm, McAfee, Kaspersky, ESET SS, Avira, MSE). Not only does it have great resource usage and detection rates, but it's also available for $0 after rebate from Fry's Electronics all the time. The last few months, though, I've been using MSE out of convenience.
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I've used Norton personally for as long as I can remember (but recently installed MSE on two friend' laptop' with XP / Vista - just because they weren't willing to get out some money), and I will always stick with Norton I guess... unless they suddenly decide to take the dump, which I think will never happen. Cheers
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Have Norton 2011 and it is very good.
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Well, I can vouch for Avira and Microsoft Security Essentials 1..NOT.
Both these allowed the bogus Security Suite 2010 to partially infect my friend desktop twice..even when not pressing the scan now button.
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usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate
My security run-down (I've NEVER had any problems with this set-up).
Hardware:
Linksys WRT54GS Router w/ Tomato Firmware w/ Firewall Enabled
Software:
Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0
Windows Firewall
Latest Windows Updates <IMPORTANT
My Browser:
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 w/ AdBlockPlus w/ NoScript.
What I feel is most important...
Smart browsing and computing habits. No anti-virus suite will protect you if you are dumb enough to open unknown emails with attachments, click on pop-up ads or visit questionable websites without adequate protection. A little internet smarts will go a long way in keeping you safe. Hence why I don't feel the need for an, in my opinion, excessive and pay for security suite. -
Any decent website with a webadmin would take down a site to fix it if it had that issue. Even more so, any good web host would shut down the site themselves... So that tells a lot what kind of website some people are visiting. -
itt: legitimate, safe websites are never compromised and temporarily made to deliver viruses/malware/etc.
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Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator
Please don't start pointless arguments; I deleted a number of posts from this thread. Stay on-topic; thanks.
CNET: Fall 2010 Security Suite Roundup
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by fonduekid, Dec 27, 2010.