Free internet security

[footballubet]

What is the best free internet security out there? My laptop came with a free time trail of Norton, but it's about to expire. I have used AVG and Windows One Care om my PC. What one will give me the best bang for my...'er..for free?

[FerrariTruck]

i dont of any that are free and good, but i'm on my 2nd year of norton..there was a lapse of 2 months where i decided i didnt need it and my computer started getting super slow and doing all kinds of worng things. but then i again I can never not click on a porn link

 

long story short, get norton

[monte70car]

I would stay away from Norton. I have Norton on one computer and when it's date comes to renew lets say it wont. My other computers run Mcafee which is cheaper then Norton and wont slow a system down. I'm sure Allan or Ian will chime in.

[Ian]

We used Norton Enterprise NAV for the last 9 years at work, and are changing to Sophos AV. I have never been a big fan of Symantec / Norton's home products. AVG comes highly rated, and McAfee does as well. My best advise it to not connect directly to the internet providers modem, make sure you have a firewall / router that protects you from outside attacks, and don't click / open links or attachments at random. Oh and Porn sites are not the ones that get you all messed up, they want you to come back

[stangeba]

My Comcast cable comes with free McAfee. I assume Comcast saves money on calls from customers with problems that are virus related not cable related. I get updates from McAfee about 3 or 4 times a week and the once weekly total scan slows down the computer. I know I could stop the scan but I don't. Perhaps other cable companies give away free anti virus software too?

Bruce

[Phil]

Any feelings on Trend Micro-virus?

[Phil]

Check, thanks Allen.