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[mamculuna]

Another scary thing is computer viruses and the alternated, computer protection programs (reminds me of the voter fraud/voter suppression thing--which is really worse?) Because I've come to truly hate Norton, but have to admit that it works, I'm looking for alternatives. Has anyone used Avast?

ETA: Many people like AVG Free. If you use that, are you happy with just the virus protection and without a firewall? I think I have firewalls from Dell, TimeWarner, Google, etc., but also have been relying on Norton.

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[domynoe.livejournal.com]

Nope, but I use AVG Free and love it.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll look at that.

[ann1962]

I can recommend AVG too. I didn't renew my Norton a year or so ago. AVG finds more ickies than Norton ever did.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

Do you use just the virus protection, not the other stuff?

[ann1962]

It is the free one, version 8.0 that has anti virus, anti spyware, email scanner, and resident shield. There is also a Linkscanner, but I disabled that because running it pings every website on Google searches with your IP, even ones I don't click. That is really bothersome to me.

I also check when I remember Ad-Aware and Spybot, but neither has found anything since I downloaded AVG. They used to find stuff when I only ran Norton.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

AVG Free for me, too. I quit McAffee because it was a pain in the butt. AVG Free has been great.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

You're OK with just the free virus protection, and not the costly firewall, etc.??

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

My firewall is the free version of Zone Alarm, and I love that, too -- I have used it over 5 years now, and it has never let me down.

[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

I have AVG, but the paid edition of AVG8. I upgraded from the free AVG. I had Norton ages ago, but when my computer was overhauled a few years ago my computer expert friend loaded AVG instead. It's been excellent. It's not that expensive to upgrade it either.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

I have McAfee because my internet provider pays for it. I don't mind it. I used Norton for awhile a few years ago and just hated it. It caused more problems than it was worth.

I prefer having a firewall.

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

I like Kaspersky. I'm not really wanting to trust separate free programs now, with the amount of malware nowadays that actually tries to steal your money rather than just being a nuisance.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

I use Avast! which has been fine. I also have a router, which provides me a hardware firewall.

[ngakmafaery.livejournal.com]

...I use Avira Antivir Personal for free, and have no clue if that's the same as the AVG Free that is mentioned...*shrug*...does anyone mention a site, or source for it...?