What's the best security for my hp notebook please?

rufydoofyM

Hi
I have just got a hp pavilion dm1 4401sa from John Lewis and I'm unsure whether to stick with Norton which we had on our now dead laptop or if it is worth relying on the McAfee that comes free with Plusnet. Perhaps something else is better for netbook with slower processors.
We found that once installed Norton 360 was impossible to remove from our old laptop and we felt we had no alternative but to keep renewing it. I think it slowed things down a bit and I,M not sure how a small netbook will be affected. Other than that we didn't have any problems with it and liked the identity safe password features.
It was also convenient being able to call them free for help on a couple of occasions when we got a trojan (although shouldn't Norton have protected/prevented this from happenning)

Any suggestions please?

closed

http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/

Laz123

I use Avast on my pc and Microsoft Security Essentials on my laptop. I've never got a virus on either.

rufydoofyM

I don't down load much so is it safe to rely on windows defender or do I need extra protection ?

waddler_8

It's sufficient.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/windows-defender

C_Mababejive

http://www.ubuntu.com/