Norton Antivirus and Macafee?
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Hi there,\n\nInstead of all these "Mine is better than yours" answers that go on around here, I'll instead answer with the facts.\n\nLooking at current protection ratings, AVG scores a lowly 90% protection against all known viruses, whilst Avast comes in at 92%. This means they are letting through roughly one in every ten viruses - pretty shocking.\n\nNorton and McAfee are slightly better by protecting against 98.3% and circa 97% respectfully of all known viruses. However, Norton and McAfee can be known for being very heavy programs which can tend to slow down certain machines. If you are thinking of installing either of these I would definitely recommend you download their free trial to check it does not affect your machine in this way prior to opening your wallet.\n\nIf you would be interested in other Security products that are better than all of these, you should try either Prevx1, Kaspersky or F-Secure who all score over a 99% protection rating.\n\nOut of these three my recommendation would be Prevx1, as this is the quickest at protecting against new outbreaks of malware.
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Personally, I like Norton System Works, but that is just me from past experiences. McAfee is wonderful but it made my new computer go extremely slow. I Had everything with McAfee, and it took forever to boot up and Norton just runs in the background and didn't make a whole lot of difference when my computer started up but did the same protection as McAfee. So I would say go with Norton System Works, it's about 60.00 but it's worth it, in my opinion. Hoep my advice helped! =) ~R
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Without a doubt! Dump Norton! You can even tell them I said this and so do all my friends!\n\nRemoving Symantec / Norton AntiVirus and LiveUpdate \n\nClick on Start and then Control Panel. \n\nIn the control panel, double-click on Add / Remove Programs. \n\nLook through the list of installed programs for any item that says \neither Symantec, Norton, or LiveUpdate (for example "Symantec \nAntiVirus Corporate Edition" or "Norton AntiVirus 2002"). \n\nBegin looking for Symantec or Norton items. LiveUpdate should be \ndone last. For each Symantec, Norton, or LiveUpdate item, select \nthe item and click Remove or Change / Remove or Add / Remove.\nFollow the instructions, and click Yes or Yes to all when prompted.\n\nNOTE: If you attempt to remove LiveUpdate and receive a warning \nmessage about other Symantec applications being registered with \nLiveUpdate, click Yes to ignore the warning and remove LiveUpdate. \n\nWhen you are done, there should be no items in the list that say \n"Norton,""Symantec," or "LiveUpdate." \n\nClose the Add / Remove Programs window. Close the Control Panels\nwindow. \n\nReboot your computer if it hasn't already automatically rebooted. \n\nIf present, delete the C:&#92;Program Files&#92;Symantec folder. \n\nIf present, delete the C:&#92;Program Files&#92;Norton AntiVirus \n   (or C:&#92;Program Files&#92;Norton) (or C:&#92;Program Files&#92;NavNT) folder. \n\nIf present, delete the  \nC:&#92;Program Files&#92;Common Files&#92;Symantec Shared folder. \n\nRun CCleaner.exe\n\nBetter AntiVirus Options:\n\nFree Anti-virus:\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/1\nhttp://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html\nhttp://www.free-av.com/\nhttp://www.trendmicro.com/hc_intro/default.asp\nhttp://www.superantispyware.com/\n\nOther Anti-virus help:\nhttp://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/\nhttp://www.cert.org/other_sources/viruses.html\n\nFree Online Virus Checks:\nhttp://onlinescan.avast.com/\nhttp://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html\nhttp://housecall.trendmicro.com/\nhttp://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml\nhttp://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html\nhttp://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp\n\nAlso, don't forget about Anti-Spyware:\n\nFree Anti-Spyware:\nhttp://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/ewido-anti-spyware-free/lng/us/tpl/v5\nhttp://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-1\nhttp://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/\n\nFree Firewall:\nhttp://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
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I use avast! on my three computers.  I haven't had the problems I used to have with Norton or McAphee.  The link below indicates that they are good for Vista 64.  The best part is that it is free!
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try webroot it works really good it should be able to take the virus off your computer. some type of virus attacking norton right now.
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Neither - for now, I'm using the Beta version of Windows OneCare, which seems to have virus checking that is comparable to both Norton Antivirus 2005 and McAfee.  Only thing missing is e-mail scanning, which may well be added in future releases.
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Get for sure a anti-virus.  I was with Norton and hated it.  I have a 2 month trial with Macaphee. (If you download "netscape" browser, you can have a free trial too).  Once you got a virus and can't get it out of the system, even with anti-virus, you have to find where it is (usually in keys) and manually delete it.
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I prefer McAfee.  There's little real difference between the virus signatures that they work on -- but I've had performance problems when I've had Norton at work.  I've used McAfee for 10 years and never had a problem or a virus hit me hard.
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I had the same problem w/McAfee Internet Security Suite...I spent several unsuccessful wasted hours with that challenge.  Finally, McAfee technical support admitted that the installation disk I bought had a corrupt spyware file.  Instead of reimbursing me for my troubles---they emailed a 'complete uninstall from registry program' which did not work.  \n\nTo make a long story short, I had to completely reformat my harddrive and completely reinstall my entire system to remove the McAfee Internet Security Suite from my system.  \n\nThat incident left a bad feeling regarding Symantec Norton / McAfee Internet Security Suite.\n\nGood Luck
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http://www.filehippo.com/\nPlease visit the above link. Mcaffe is not available here but u shall be able to get other antivirus softwares like avg, avast and many others. These will also do  the same job as is done by mcaffe.
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Please don't use Norton! McAfee is not brilliant either. Here you have some good and free options:\nhttp://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/download/security.htm
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Let me tell you avg users.. im not lying ...... but Avg was unable to detect my ownmade virus too.. and avg's weak point is it's defense... yes online protection.......\n         only norton and avast were able to detect..... I tried Mccafee too... since norton slows down computer Use Avast! it's Excellent!........
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download macafee from their official website
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I've been in this business for many years, answering this question for over 15 years. Just antivirus software alone will help no-one.\n\nProtecting from spyware and protecting your IP address are needed first, and that means you'd want to purchase a firewall, antispyware, and antivirus software.\n\nBuying an internet security suite combines all three programs and lowers your price.\n\nYou want free? Try Zone Alarm (free version of firewall), Adaware (free spyware software), and Avast (free antivirus software). This is a great free combo.\n\nIf you want to pay for the best Suite, I would purchase Zone Alarm Suite. Thats the best (better than ANY free solution because it cryptically checks files for authenticity, something freebies do not do) and easiest to use, in my opinion. Norton is huge and inneffective. Mcafee misses too much. Zone Alarm is VERY LIGHT on system resources.  Good luck!
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I agree with toomany zoos, you dont need Macafee. If you look up their support network, they will be able to instruct you on how to reinstall it, it you find that you cant reinstall it without paying again then I would not worry as there are much better antivirus programs out there. check out this site, it is unbiased and can give you some idea of some good antivirus programs available\n  http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-vs-paid-av-part2.htm
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Norton does not work.\n\nUse these instead:\n\nComodo Antivirus\nComodo Firewall\nZone Alarm Firewall Anti-Virus / Anti-Trojan\nAVG Antivirus\nXoftSpy\nCounterSpy\nAdAware\n\nUsing this mix, you should be able to find and remove most of what is on your machine.
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I just completely removed Norton from my PC and started using avast its free and its effective go to www.avast.com good luck