Best antivirus

aliEnRIK

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

What do you mean it is 'not good', it works fine for me and always has done, do you mean there may be viruses in my computer that I am not aware of?
I am just trying to fully clarify what you mean by 'not good' ?

I personally wouldnt touch it with a very long bargepole

But if you want to double check (And I sure as hell would)
Download MALWAREBYTES
http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?part=dl-10804572&subj=dl&!!!!!button
UPDATE and QUICK SCAN

If it finds anything then clearly Norton isnt what you hope it is (But its also majorly dependant on how SAFE you use your computer)

aliEnRIK

Marty_J wrote: »

You don't want to go for an antivirus because it actually detects viruses?

I know!

Blackpool_Saver

Deleted_User wrote: »

For a comparison of detection rates take a look at the table here (Select Comparatives on the left, then select Online results for the latest month):

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

You'll see how Norton fares... Surprisingly well. It's a complete and utter resource hog on the other hand and never recemmended or used by IT professionals.

Thanks for that

Blackpool_Saver

aliEnRIK wrote: »

I personally wouldnt touch it with a very long bargepole

But if you want to double check (And I sure as hell would)
Download MALWAREBYTES
http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?part=dl-10804572&subj=dl&!!!!!button
UPDATE and QUICK SCAN

If it finds anything then clearly Norton isnt what you hope it is (But its also majorly dependant on how SAFE you use your computer)

Thanks, I do my best to be a safe user....

Blackpool_Saver

Ok so I have nice chap (IT prof) who visits to help me when I get out of my depth and he knows I like my Norton he reckons the new 2009 one is much less of a system hog, here is the link guys what do you think

http://www.symantec.com/en/uk/norton/internet-security

aliEnRIK

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Thanks, I do my best to be a safe user....

What people faile to realise though is that ANY site can be 'hacked'
The bigger ones in particular as hackers know that theyll be able to infect LOADS of 'unprotected' pcs

So for example, this very site could be hacked and a trojan sent out to every computer that reaches it!

Thats NOT the fault of the user, as the user is being as 'safe' as he/she can.

Ergo, decent protection MUST be used.

aliEnRIK

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Ok so I have nice chap (IT prof) who visits to help me when I get out of my depth and he knows I like my Norton he reckons the new 2009 one is much less of a system hog, here is the link guys what do you think

http://www.symantec.com/en/uk/norton/internet-security

Theyve apparantly taken a good stab at lightening the resources. Im going to wait and see before I judge for sure, but in the past ive had unbelievable amounts of problems with norton on various computers (NOT just resources)

[Deleted User]

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Ok so I have nice chap (IT prof) who visits to help me when I get out of my depth and he knows I like my Norton he reckons the new 2009 one is much less of a system hog, here is the link guys what do you think

http://www.symantec.com/en/uk/norton/internet-security

Take a look at this thread and read it from top to bottom and hopefully you'll appreciate why, on the whole, Norton hasn't been regarded favourably in the past:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1317209

Blackpool_Saver

Ran that malwarebytes thanks Alien, I got a load of video egg stuff off !

aliEnRIK

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Ran that malwarebytes thanks Alien, I got a load of video egg stuff off !

No worries

you might also want to consider SPYBOT (Immunise if you do)

SPYWAREBLASTER (Prevents nasties)

and scanning with either SPYWARE DOCTOR or SUPER ANTI SPYWARE