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Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:48 pm**

I currently have Norton Antivirus 04 & WebRoot Anti-Spyware running on my comp. My Norton Antivirus is about to expire at the end of this month. I was wondering if I should:

1. Upgrade it to this. http://renewalcenter.symantec.com/store ... cription=0
(one on the far right)

2. Just renew what I have.

3. Get something else.

I heard good things about Pandaware

http://www.pandasecurity.com/magazine/

I was wondering what you guys all have, and what you would suggest.
Thanks.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:13 pm**

http://www.shatbox.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=945
^thats where i got my info from..

i used=
NOD32 Anti-Virus
ZoneAlarm [detected stuff my norton didnt detect, while on at the same time]
SpywareBlaster

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:17 pm**

I've been using Panda since October, and i've been pleased with it.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:59 pm**

AVG anti-virus and Adaware SE

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:20 pm**

i would suggest those that actively use spyware cleaning apps to check out microsofts antispyware beta. I use it at work on all of the computers at work that are suffering from spyware.

The other day i did a test on this girls pc. In total i counted 24 infected files on her pc. Adaware found only 18, Spybot found 12 and trend micro's PCillin built in spyware scanner only found a mere 4. Microsoft antispyware found 21.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:35 pm**

Chillaxed04bluSXT wrote:AVG anti-virus and Adaware SE

I don't use Adaware anymore, though. AVG takes care of most those problems. Download HiJackThis, though. Awesome utility for more advanced users.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:17 am**

AVG is a very good program and its FREE! Just remember that Norton and McAfee are not the only two things out there.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:36 pm**

I recommend AVG ... its free.
If you want to pay, get CA's EZ-Antivirus. Its really good, I run it on all the machines at work.

As for Anti-spyware....I run the following on all my machines.... Spybot SD, Spyware Blaster32, Spyware Doctor, Adaware, and Microsoft Antispyware.

My brother's swear by Webroot's Spyware Sweeper (i think that name is right, about $12 at Bestbuy)

Got to www.filehippo.com to get all the downloads for only legit software in one place... beats jumping all over the web, or digging through the crapware on download.com
Filehippo.com has ONLY the good stuff. One stop.

Posted: **Sat Aug 13, 2005 1:33 am**

Thanks for the information.

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Good Anti-Virus/Spyware programs?

Good Anti-Virus/Spyware programs?