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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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Nope, but I use AVG Free and love it.

Thanks! I'll look at that.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

...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...?

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