You can keep your avg,avast and krapsky i'm a norton fanboy *hugs his norton products and talks in a smeagol voice* "my precioussssssss"

OK seriously i'll end up getting rid of NAV as soon as they stop my re-installs from updating when the new subs is nearly due ,i have tried avast and i agree it is a system hog i found it slower than NAV and it inteferred with webpage loading etc where NAV did not,have'nt tried AVG i'll give that a blast on the next re-install mwaaaaaaaa,Krapsky has done quite well in the battle of the AV's apps if any of the comparisons are to go by

I've been using Kaspersky since late last year & am very happy with it's small footprint, frequent updates and high effectiveness. My father used to call me pretty often with with Norton problems. When Norton expired, I migrated him to Kaspersky & he hasn't called with a-v probs since

Got rid of the claws Symantec NAV had on me for a couple of years.

Good move....[I did the same not too long ago].

Now using Bit Defender...

only negative is it keeps losing the tray icon [in Litestep]...not a biggie...

And it BSOD'd a few times till Spybot was uninstalled...that fixed it.

BTW....I found out what to do after actually TALKING [irc] with a real life human....in their online help.  [I bet THAT wouldn't happen with Norton]...

So...it's Bit Defender 9 Standard for me...

Yeah George, that's just it: no AV is perfect 'cuz what is perfect is utopic, and utopic is not real, anyway! Never tried BD9, and Trend Micro was a long time ago. Just like u Island, I was a Norton fan. Used SystemWorks mostly, when it seemed to work. Nowadays it's just a giant system hog. Even Symantec, as far as I know, has separated it from NAV in the pack.

Jafo has a good discussion that goes on and on about Norton problems https://forums.wincustomize.com/?forumid=70&aid=81379#948745 which is very clarifying.

I'm using AVAST (the free home version) & it's not a system hog on my machine

Frankly I was not lucky with it, George. Think it slows down, specially my incoming e-mail. Dunno if you have the same issue. But it's a nice one. Nice UI and all.

Thank you guys. Let's discuss more. That's what this forum is all about!   

Not to beat a dead horse beto666, but I'm using an AMD/CPU & Abit MB - are you using Intel??? Just curious & wondering if the hardware one uses has a profound effect?? Also I've heard alot of good things about NOD32 as PU BX states - haven't tried it though.

Over time I have tried them all. I have happily settled on BitDefender.

I am a systems administrator for a small office and run a home-based PC repair/consulting service. I've worked on myriad machines running a great number of the AV offerings out there. So, I am at least somewhat familiar with how they work, the good and the bad, memory demands, etc. For years I used Norton AV and then Symantec Corp. edition but finally got rid of Norton/Symantec and went to Kaspersky. Norton has become an unruly bloated program and its performance has lagged behind many of the others, sad to say. I now recommend everyone switch to Kaspersky for various reasons, the main one being its undisputed superior security/performance. Kaspersky also has excellent FREE support; both from the company and their online forum.

For a recent news article see here: Why popular antivirus apps 'do not work'

Not any longer since my Sensei is no longer alive. I began the study of Classical Martial Arts back in 1963. And throughout the following years I studied Shoto Kai, Shoto Kan, Hokoru Jujitsu, Aikdo, Tai Kwan Do and finally Korean Hapkido. Finding any place that actually teaches Classical Martial Arts is a difficult quest indeed, at least it was in my experience. Most people IF they do find a dojo that teaches the "old way" wouldn't join or they wouldn't last very long. It is far too strict and grueling for those of Western upbringing.

I thoroughly enjoyed studying Hapkido since it had elements of both Japanese Jujitsu and Aikido. Sorry for going way off topic!!

Sorry for going way off topic!!

Never mind. It's only Rock'n'Roll but I like it!     

the main one being its undisputed superior security/performance

Agree with you. I like the way it works in the backgraound. Not to mention the performance. Way to go, Hapkido.

Hi,

I use windows live onecare because it automatically updates all my microsoft software. I also own microsoft stock. I don;t have any complaints with it.