Hi:

Grisoft AVG and Avast! have paid versions, but offer their 'lite' versions
for no-charge download. They use the same virus signatures usually. I've
read reports that they are as effective as Norton. I'm not knocking Norton,
if it works for you - great, but these others also work well.

Saucy


"JEWboy" <Nojunkmetalblade@nojunkprodigy.net> wrote in message
news:e1Sd8J0#JHA.4560@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> I am sorry Norton either didn't work for you or didn't bother to configure
> its numerous settings properly.
>
> Rememeber you people attacking me for not knowing "how to use" Vista?
>
> Fact is Norton was good to me, it did take a few googles to find solutions
> to its quirky issues - NETWORKING (get disabled when certain Symantec
> services is disabled), other than that, I'd be tearing my hair out in
> January 2009 when it saved me from disaster in Safe Mode.
> I couldn't destroy slowly spreading infection, until I ran NortonAV in
> SafeMode and Lord, it found one of THEE most dangerous viruses in the
> world on my machine.
>
> Free AV tends to be less powerful because people writing it are motivated
> only by good will and maybe semi-government organization, when money gets
> involved, product improves.
> If money were involved in Linux it wouldn't be a "hobby OS".
>
> Your Avast, etc are hobby AV's.[/color]