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jodenice
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I have Windows Vista and the Norton Anti Virus program I got when I purchased this PC has ran out. I have uninstalled it and I need to find a replacement.
Can anyone recommend one please?
I'd like to know of any free ones but also licensed ones as well.
Many thanks
Jo
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spiraleye
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Posts: 39
Loc: London
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I checked out the following site before purchasing CA antivirus:
http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
There are other reviews of course.
I had been using Avast! and prior to that AVG, but they both had faults, flagging harmless things up as threats.
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flavius
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Loc: staffordshire england
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hi jodenice i have avg8 free it serves me well and i think this upgrade is better and more user friendly as well as being potent, it auto up dates daily at a time set be you, i use it every time i download any thing by not opening the download but saving it to a "saved file" folder i made in my docs then when the download finishes i click on it, open the "file" from the drop down list i choose "scan with avg" this opens a shell scan, all this takes seconds but saves hours of misery,i also run spybot search & destroy which is free, people say that you should not run two securities together but i have run these two for years with no problems at all one is primarily anti virus and the other a spybot and malware catcher, i wont be changing either, dont forget to make sure that your windows firewall is switched on, sorry for being long winded flavius
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jodenice
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Cool i'm using the 30 day trial from avg and will see how that goes!
Cheers for the replies guys
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heres_johnny
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hi also take a look at **FREE PROTECTION FOR YOUR COMPUTER** most people opt for Avast or AVG.8(free)for antivirus & comodo or zonealarm for firewall but only run one of each
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heavymetalkid
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The best is Avast...no question.
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bricat
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Reg'd: Wed
Posts: 28633
Loc: belfast
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IMHO The best anti virus at the minute is NOD32
you'll have to buy it though,
I use it, it updates about 6-7 times a day which is all done automatically.
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heres_johnny
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just following on from bricat you can also get a 30-day trial 
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Mouse
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Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 6533
Loc: Psst....over here
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Been using NOD32 for about 3 years now and you cannot fault it, the best thing they did this year was release their smart security suite.
I'd really recommend it.
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ourstanley
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Loc: Yorkshire, England
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I'm running ESET Smart Security which is NOD32 with firewall included and I can vouch for it's antivirus capabilities. Second to none plus multiple daily updates. 
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