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Comment by mike on July 11, 2009 at 10:18pm

btw ...untangle is opensource and free...they do have a paid version for business too!

Comment by mike on July 11, 2009 at 10:17pm

Hey guys.Theres a better product...will save you time..trust me
A spare pc loaded with untangle gateway will blow all of these out of the water
Its a firewall,spyware scanner,virus scanner,spam blocker,ad blocker and more...
It will catch the viruses and spyware before they even reach your pcs ethernet or wifi card
How it works: your modem connects to the untangle box, your router connects to the untangle box via a second ethernet card..So the spare pc and two ethernet cards...you got yourself a killer solution!

How i know it works...I tested for three months..one pc without antivirus and one with...Neither got any viruses or spyware...Rerely seen advertisements...Neither got slow like a normal internet surfing pc does....

Comment by Billy Dunn on July 11, 2009 at 9:38pm

I followed you advice and tried Vipre. It is just as you said low resources, fast, and really good at both anti-virus and anti-malware. I liked it well enough to get a site license and it was only 49 dollars for 5 commputers. I also like and bought the Sunbelt personal Friewall you wrote about. It work great with Vipre. I like most Sunbelt Software programs.

Comment by Dusan Jan ORAVEC on July 11, 2009 at 9:24am

When in 2008 Norton told me, that I am not on their data base with +- 156 days to go, they signed their own dead warrant. Kaspersky for me!!! Dusan

Comment by Jeremy Newton on July 11, 2009 at 7:33am

I have to agree with Joe. The 09 Antivirus was a lot lighter than previous years. My family computer is an older machine so it really felt the crunch of the resource intensive versions that I had for a few years. I was reluctant to try 09 because of the pain 08 was and I was pleasantly surprised. Hopefully 2010 is ever lighter! My granddaddy of a computer thanks you in advance Norton.

Comment by Joe on July 11, 2009 at 5:07am

I have been using on and off Norton AV for many years. It used to be slow, and a pain to use, and several times I gave up and switched to some other AV, like AVG or such. However, the 2009 version was a huge improvement over past versions. It is now light, and unintrusive, which it never was before. Now, and only now, I could wholeheartedly recommend it without reservations. I assume the 2010 version should become even better, as early reports already suggest.

Comment by Zagorath on July 11, 2009 at 3:42am

I agree totally with Gordon Keenan. I would never go for any of these sorts of antivirus that commonly come pre-installed. My old ICT teacher recommended AVG Free, so that is my main antivirus, although I am currently testing out Avira and Avast, to decide which I think is the best of the common free antiviruses.

Comment by LADYTECH on July 10, 2009 at 12:02pm

I love Norton's. I use it for everything on my PC. I use others even freebies too. Just that no PC is my PC without Norton's. People say it's a source hogger> but I don't care. It's smoooth to use and I've used it for so many years that, let's just say I'm a satisfied user. Yes, i got my free beta download with OEM #. I hear it's even better!!