In my opinion, anti-virus programs are very much a personal choice, go with
what you like the look and feel of, and feel comfortable with.
It's no surprise that you've had problems with Norton, that and Mcafee are
ideal examples of good marketing making up for the flaws in the product.
If you don't mind paying a little, my personal choice, and recommedation to
many of my customers is Kaspersk - This is available as a full intenet
security suite, or just a stand alone AV program, and represents pretty good
value for money.
I'm told by a reliable source that the Kaspersky engine is used by the well
known 'MessageLabs' compnay to scan E-mails, and they make their living by
providing virus free E-mails to corporate clients, so it can't be all that
bad!
The advice from another poster that you don't need an AV program if you set
up your user accounts properly is a little flawed - yes it helps, but in my
opinion security needs to applied in layers, the AV is one, and user accounts
is another, the more layers you have the safer you are - never put all your
eggs in one basket!
Hope this helps
Neil
ww.nwarwick.co.uk
"Richard Fangnail" wrote:
> I've had bad experiences with Norton AV and AVP. What do you
> recommend I try now? It doesn't have to be free.
>
> It shouldn't have a firewall - I have Windows Firewall.
>