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    Default Internet security and antivirus

    I'm using Norton Internet Security and Norton Antivirus, the auto update does not work, and I generally hate the two products (came with my Dell)...
    and their license is about to expire in about 1 week...

    does anyone have any suggestions as to what I should be using (and why)...?

    Thanks, I do appreciate your thoughts.
    Joe

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    I use McAfee at home, and NAV at work. Never had a problem with McAfee, and would use it at work if all our vendors supported it's use.


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    Trend Micro PC Cillian (probably spelt wrong) is supposed to be good.
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    I have had problems with norton on my dells and removal of norton can be a PITA , after full reloads i now run AVG (free) on all my PCs

    Geoff

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    Avast is quite good.

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    The only way to go is Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition, It does Antivirus and mal-ware. I run it on over 2000 computers and server, Netware\Linux and Windows 2k3 Server but it works just as well on one desktop. It also uses alot less resources then others.

    The fact your live update is not working is not a good thing, could be a virus or maybe your subscription is out of date

    Firewall, no need to run anything other then the default firewall in winXP SP2, Norton Internet Security cause more problems then it can fix...

    If you want more detail on Corporate Edition just PM me

    Give this a try if you think you might be infected
    http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/hom...dex_virus.html

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    LOLs... I've used Norton for years always updated. blahblah blah

    It is absolutely weak in comparison to Panda.

    www.pandasoftware.com

    (You guys are going to freak at all the crap it finds that Norton couldn't.)

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    Norton & Symantec aren't as "top of the line" anymore as they have been until a couple years ago ... especially the personal firewall part of either one is far from reliable ... I've seen test results in magazines that would strongly suggest to use anything but them ...

    I've been running the free Sygate personal firewall, and it's working pretty well and reliable ... anyway, Symantec bought up Sygate (presumably to get rid of the competition), so the .com-site is offline (redirected to symantec), but the german site is still available, including the download of the program ...
    Garry Glendown * '17 Fifty 2SS MT * 99 Firehawk Convertible (for sale)

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    Just to throw another one in the mix. I use NOD32 (www.nod32.com), since changing to NOD32 I have not been infected. It's blindingly fast and very unobtrusive.
    Paul
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    Cool... thanks for all the responses, I'll check each one out.

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