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I agree also with Rick on the Norton issue, but my experience with Neowatch
(which subsequently became McAfee Firewall) and McAfee anti-virus has always
been good in that I have never had a virus infection on any computer in my
possession, and have never been 'hacked'.. this goes for everybody else that
I have ever set up with a computer.. and we all use Outlook Express..
In response to the OP, try a product and see if it works for you.. if you
have problems, try another..
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
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>I entirely agree with Rick about Symantec (Norton) and McAfee. Especially
>if you use Outlook Express.
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> "NoNoBadDog!" <mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com> wrote in message
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>> In rebuttal to your response, my experience has been just the
>> opposite. I have a small network at home (5 computers) and a larger
>> network at work (23 computers), and I have Norton Internet Security
>> 2005 on all of them. It does not take up any system resources, other
>> than when a file is scanned. I would not use anything else. McAfee
>> is a joke...if anyone were to read any of the numerous websites that
>> rate AV products, McAfee is not as good as many others, even some of
>> the "free" Av programs such as AVG.
>> Norton is the #1 selling AV product in the work, both in corporate
>> and home sales. There is a reason for that...it works! It has a
>> clean, simple interface, can be configured to suit the users specific
>> needs, and updates intelligently in the background.
>>
>> If you want the best, and you want peace of mind...get Norton.
>>
>> Bobby
>>
>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:uehuXyFxEHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> You will get as many opinions as there are products available. Here
>>> is mine, and keep in mind that all opinions are worth exactly what
>>> they cost you.....
>>>
>>> Avoid any Symantec (Norton) product like the plague. While they make
>>> fine corporate products, the home user versions tend to be
>>> overbearing system hogs. Same thing goes for Network Associates
>>> (McAfee). What do I use?
>>>
>>> AVG www.grisoft.com (free for home users)
>>> E-trust www.my-etrust.com/microsoft (one year free trial)
>>> Kaspersky www.kaspersky.com (really good, but not cheap)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best of Luck,
>>>
>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>
>>> "Kirsty" <Kirsty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:2F13C3D9-FFC4-4F82-B183-30AC7BD88DB8@microsoft.com...
>>>> can anyone recomend a anti virus protection program as there is so
>>>> many to
>>>> choose, Im not sure which one to choose. Are some better than
>>>> others?
>
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