(Edited by ProtoformX at 11:22 pm on Nov. 19, 2005)

If you want you can try using either Avast or AVG, from what i have heard those two seem to be great. And they are free.

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There is only one guarantee in life, and that is NOW.

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Unfortunately, I have never used Mcaffe so I cannot give you an accurate description on whether or not it is good.

Personally I don't really trust Norton. I did a scan with Norton and it said that my computer was clean. Later that same very day, I did another scan using some Microsoft product and it detected  threats. After this I have been very skeptical of Norton.

If you want you can try using either Avast or AVG, from what i have heard those two seem to be great. And they are free.

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No offence, but I really hate it when people reel off stories about Norton not finding all these things other programs did. Norton does not pick up on some thing deliberately because they are no real threat. It's all about how programmes are classed. Many applications now just say if it’s on the list it must be bad and removed at once or you will all die. I hate this way of thinking. I much prefer Norton’s way which is to think whether there is any real point bothering the user about a program.

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In that case then, Norton should really look into having it in such a way that it would still alert users if these threats, no matter how low they are. I would honestly rather be bothered by a program finding these things even if they are not that big of a threat, than having a program which does not alert the user of these at all.

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I have to say, as someone who has seen some pretty stupid people in his time dealing with computers; I stand by the way Norton does things. For example, do you actually give a shit if there has been a write fail on a certain sector of your RAM. Not a chance. You just allow the program to deal with it quietly and let you get on with your work. Security should not be the top of your mind when at a computer, it should just deal with things (whether that’s ignore them or delete them etc). People panic far too much about things that really mean nothing, mainly because they don’t understand. I have been running Norton internet security 2004 for a few years now. I let it update when it wants, I let it do most of a full scan once a week (although most times it get about half way) and I run a hardware firewall. That’s all and all my data is fine.

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http://craigk.org/pictures/
Can you work out the code?

(Edited by Rhapsody at 7:49 pm on Mar. 30, 2006)

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[color=indigo]Now see, when it comes to my security especially when using the internet, I am extremely paranoid.

(Edited by Rhapsody at 7:49 pm on Mar. 30, 2006)

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Hence why you should be kept in the dark, just think how much you would worry if you knew what was really going on....

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Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation
http://craigk.org/pictures/
Can you work out the code?