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Yes I have. How user friendly is Avast?
Microsoft Essentials vs. Norton's 2010
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New #12
In a lot of cases (and I really hate to say it...) a paid for product is better than a free product
It really shouldn't be this way but....money helps everyone at the end of the day make a better product than one doing it for free
That is the nature of our "modern" world....
That being said I am happy Norton reformed itself with 2009 and now with 2010. I have seen it in action personally and thought it was impressive
...though I won't argue jimbo45's sentiments....for the normal, email and internet browsing, average joe computer...Norton 2010 is pretty excessive
In conclusion....if you pay for the best....you get the best....though sometimes the best is more than you will need
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I'm currently using ESET Smart Security 4. I had Norton Internet Security (OEM 90 day trial from Symantec) and used it for several days, it dramaticly slowed down my boot time and the full system scans lagged my computer (I'm using a quad core o.O), so I switched to MSE, which was pretty decent, but the Full system scam took over 6 hours to complete. Nod32 seems to be the perfect choice for me right now.
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If you consider a free Anti-virus such as MSE, there are other free applications to go with it, if you choose to look.
Neither Avast or AVG will be on my systems. I've just seen far too many infected computers with both of these products ... oh, and (also) Norton/Symantec!
You want a script defender for IE 8? ... How about System Downloads : Script Defender /// AnalogX
BTW ... full system scans will take longer because the more files you have, well it takes longer
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True, but those anti-virus companies ought to do what Symantec does: mark which files need to be scanned and which don't. This saves time and resources.If you consider a free Anti-virus such as MSE, there are other free applications to go with it, if you choose to look.
Neither Avast or AVG will be on my systems. I've just seen far too many infected computers with both of these products ... oh, and (also) Norton/Symantec!
You want a script defender for IE 8? ... How about System Downloads : Script Defender /// AnalogX
BTW ... full system scans will take longer because the more files you have, well it takes longer
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After my initial exitement about MSE, it has cooled off after I caught 1 trojan and 2 Browser highjacker. That has never happened to me in years of Norton usage. I am therefore switching all my systems back to Norton. And in the professional AV tests, MSE does not do that well either. From the latest AV report:
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