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    What is the best Antivirus software?

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Jack_of_Blades, Aug 4, 2009.

  1. Jack_of_Blades

    Jack_of_Blades Notebook Consultant

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    I have used Norton for used and its pretty good but there have been a few times when I have gotten very bad viruses on my comps and they have crashed. I have a buddy that says Bitdefender is one of the best but I have never heard of it. Which one should I get and which one should I stay away from?
     
    Jack_of_Blades, Aug 4, 2009
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  2. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    NAV 2009 (paid), Avira (free).
     
    coolguy, Aug 4, 2009
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  3. Jack_of_Blades

    Jack_of_Blades Notebook Consultant

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    Really? I have had problems with older versions of NAV. Like not detecting viruses and what not. Is the new 2009 all that much better? I was using 2005 I think.
     
    Jack_of_Blades, Aug 4, 2009
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    DarkSilver MSI Afterburner

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    Norton Internet Security 2009 is awesome and marvelous!
    Very low resources and high detection rate.
    But all the older version of Norton were dumbed and known as freaking resources hog.
     
    DarkSilver, Aug 4, 2009
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  5. Jack_of_Blades

    Jack_of_Blades Notebook Consultant

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    Really... wow. I think I should pick it up!
     
    Jack_of_Blades, Aug 4, 2009
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  6. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    or Avast (free and working)

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Aug 6, 2009
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