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FearKiller	May 31 2009, 09:48 AM
www.fearkiller.net Posts: 1,209 Group: Members Member #1,769 Joined: May 21, 2003 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3	Tim May 30 2009, 05:27 AM Anti-virus programs are slow and take up a lot of resources, Norton seems to be the worst. Even though I am on Windows, I don't actually have a firewall or anti-virus program. Not worth the performance hit I would get by having one. Suicidal? Maybe, but I don't download crap, or open attachments, so I am not too worried. I hope you're browsing around under a standard user account and not one with admin rights. My opinion on Norton is that it's antivirus is ok, but it's security suite that comes with the firewall and all that other stuff is terrible. I wouldn't install Norton on any computer with low resources as well for reasons already stated and there are many free alternatives such as Avira and Avast. My security setup involves Avast Antivirus backed up by the protective host files provided by Spybot's immunize feature and Spywareblaster. My router also catches some viruses before they even hit the computers and openDNS helps with protection from adware and phishing attacks.


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