Electronics

[gazelle77]

I have had Norton for 10 years on several computers... It is worth the $65.00 a year fee. Never have any issues ever.

[apple1964]

On 8/27/2014 gazelle77 said:

I have had Norton for 10 years on several computers... It is worth the $65.00 a year fee. Never have any issues ever.

Again ITA with you gazelle.

[glb613]

On 8/27/2014 Matty6 said:

Those mentioned above are good for some virus protection not for all virus protection you would still need to get a Norton or MacAfee for full protection. This told to me by a technician.

That's not true.

[Madisson]

On 8/27/2014 Matty6 said:

Those mentioned above are good for some virus protection not for all virus protection you would still need to get a Norton or MacAfee for full protection. This told to me by a technician.

I've never had a virus, and I've used the free AVG since it came out. The only thing I added was the free malwarebytes program, which is anti-adware.

[minwife]

DO NOT GET AVAST! I've had the worst experience with them. First, they charged me twice - took forever to get a refund. Every time I called them, they would do remote access & using their software, would show me everything that was wrong with my computer - on the verge of crashing, registry corrupted, etc. BUT, they could fix it for several hundred dollars! I knew better & told them what I thought of their scam. Got A-V protection elsewhere and uninstalled Avast. All their "techs" are in India.

[harcon]

Thank you all for your suggestions.

I settled on AVG and Malwarebytes and so far so good.

[Campion]

I've been through ALL of the antivirus. I ended up with Norton 360 because it covers tablets and phones and it's easy to install and use. MacAfee has too much "junk" along with it. I liked Trend Micro but the easiest one is Norton and it comes with 3 licenses usually, enough for the entire house. You have to renew it yearly, but it usually goes on sale. The list is $89 or so but usually it is around $40.

[Nuttmeg]

I have used most of these programs. Norton 360 runs quietly in the background, and causes the least amount of trouble.

[Rabid1]

Avast is good but like Norton a bit of a resource hog. Bitdefender or AVG are great and are not resource hogs. Anybody telling you you have to use pay antivirus to get good protection is not a tech I would go to twice. This from a tech with 20 years in IT.

Windows Defender in 8.1 is a mid range service at best, still OK for the average user. Look at it this way, how good is the anti virus built by the people who can't build a secure OS?