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This is what I run but I always recommend that you experiment to see what works best to suit your taste.
-MSE(free) or Avast(free) or Nod32(paid)
-Malwarebytes
-SuperAntiSpyware
-Windows 7 Firewall Control
This is what I run but I always recommend that you experiment to see what works best to suit your taste.
-MSE(free) or Avast(free) or Nod32(paid)
-Malwarebytes
-SuperAntiSpyware
-Windows 7 Firewall Control
MSE and a good router firewall is all I use. Have seldom if ever run into a virus-related problem. Used to load up Norton or McAffee and all they did was bog the system down.
-Max
I just dumped Mcafee, never had a virus. When I got MSE, I made a full scan. Had 6 minor problems plus a Trojan. MSE is solid.
That happens every time someone brings me a dog-slow computer that has McrApafee or Scamantec installed and I replace it with Comodo and Malwarebytes.
At least Dell is now offering a "no security software installed" option on some of their new systems.. IMO the best option they've offered in years.
I Have MSE and Norton 360 there are a Lot of falls with Norton I have found and I will never buy again I am only using it because I paid for it
Take the loss and dump the Norton product off your system. You'll be glad you did.
Personally, I think the A/V market has become just like the market for pharmaceuticals. They create diseases so they can sell pills. For many years I wondered if Symantec, McAffee and others were quietly paying hackers to write code that breaks their products so they could sell more of them. Tell me it ain't so!
-Max
Agreed. Every time I buy a system I always wind up rebuilding it without the crapware that came with the box anyway. I bought this Dell last November and tried using it for awhile with just the factory install. Worked "OK" for awhile but after a month or two I started having driver issues, etc. Reformatted and reloaded it myself leaving out McAffee and the other vendor junk. Installed all my development tools and everything else I use. The box has been solid-as-a-rock since.
By the same token, though ... I can understand that most people don't understand how to do that so they have to sell the systems to be usable "out of the box". They just need to not include all the crapware. However ... putting that stuff on them makes 'em money.
I could probably make a business of "fixing the box" for people. You go buy your system at Best Buy (or Dell or wherever) then come over here and I'll rebuild it so it works.
-Max