Thinking of switching from Sygate..any suggestions?
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kerio personal firewall is a good solid performer.
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I disagree with the AVG recommendation.  It is good but the advanced heuristics found in their commercial program is not nearly as advanced in their free version.\n\nI would recommend Avast:\n\nhttp://www.avast.com/
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Symantec\nThree links \nArchived Whitepaper - especially look at the older paper from 1997 at the bottom.  Good overview\nWhitepapers (current but more in-depth)\none for security risk (adware/spyware)
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AVG Is Good When compared to other free. Its Scanning Is 99% foolproof, but is rather slow.
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Do you mean Symatec's Home (Norton) products, which are crap, or are you referring to the actual "Symantec" branded Corporate products?\n\nAVG craps all over Norton range, but Symantec corporate leaves AVG in the dust - it's also lighter on your system than even AVG
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As two other people have pointed out, AVG is great and free.\n\nJust stay away from Symantec --it slows down your computer tremendously.
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Norten's is a very big cpu hog. If you want a really good anti-virus try avg free 7.5 it is great. I use comodo free firewall it also is a very good product.\n\nDump norten's it isn't as good as it used to be, trust me I know and made the switch.\n\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/\n\nhttp://www.comodo.com
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My personal favorite is Zonelabs ZoneAlarm Pro.. but just get the firewall pro.. they have different versions that come with antivirus and antispyware programs... but just the Firewall is all you really want from them.
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Norton.\nMcAfee.\nAVG.\n\n\n\n\n--- LeeeN
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There is no one program handle all your requirements that is free, no free then symantec internet security, quite comprehensive but you have to learn it quite well to get full protection,\nfree program:\nFirewall vs hacker and intrusion from program or human:  http://smb.sygate.com/\npop-ups and cookies: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/central.html\nSpam: most free or pay software need day to day manual update on your side, I see no good one\nHope this helps
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dont wry...format r sys again..and never use NAV again..it sucks mate\nuse mcaffee or avg....but NAV sucks
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Take your pick,\nAVG Free, http://free.grisoft.com/\nAvast, http://www.avast.com/\nAnti-Vir, http://www.free-av.com/\n\nIt's your choice but my personal preference is AVG.  Also, questions like this have been asked a million times now.
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These are my opinions for each individually,\n\nAV - Avast (free and good) http://www.avast.com\n\nFirewall - \nZoneAlarm (free and good) http://www.zonealarm.com\nor Sygate ($$) http://www.sygate.com\n\nSpyware/Adware - Ad-aware (free and good)http://www.adaware.com\n\nFor an all-in-one\nNorton Internet Security http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=is&pvid=nis2006
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Try Ivisit.  It looks really versatile.
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Other than these links, its best to contact the vendors (SYmantec, etc) and ask them for comparisons between brands.
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Forget Kapersky - no better that the two you mentioned, and seeing as a couple of new viruses are USING Kapersky to knock of the completion, especially avoid!\n\nWhy AVG - both because it is free and because it is one of the few to be able to run properly on Vista (you may be surprised how many of us are actually using Vista already).\n\nPersonally my first choice has always been Symantec Corporate. Being a corporate version means it is both smaller/lighter by way of the footprint it leaves on your system (not a resource hog at all), but also tends to provide better coverage than basically ALL the AV's marketed for home usage - and yes home users can still purchase it from Symatecs website... cheaper than the Norton products too :)
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I'd go with Norton Ghost (Symantec) or DriveImage XML (Runtime Software)...