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Postby bok269 » Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:11 pm

So my Norton Anti-Virus 2006 expires in two weeks, and am wondering whether I should just renew it, upgrade to more protection, or get a different anti-virus.  From what I have heard, Norton eats up a lot of memory, hampering FS performance (a primary concern of mine).  Any thoughts on the matter?
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Re: Antivirus?

Postby ozzy72 » Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:34 pm

Ditch Norton. It is a system hog! If I were you I'd give AVG a go (it is free) :o 8-) I've been using it for nearly 3 years and am more than satisfied with it!
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Re: Antivirus?

Postby MWISimmer » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:17 pm

As Mark said, AVG is free and I've used it since I've been PC savvy (7-ish years) and have never had a problem.
Good luck uninstalling Norton  :o  :P
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Re: Antivirus?

Postby Mushroom_Farmer » Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:25 am

Grisoft now has AVG Anti-Spyware Free Edition and AVG Anti-Rootkit Free available. Looks like a nice little suite.
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Re: Antivirus?

Postby Wii » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:42 pm

After uninstalling your current antivirus, download and run RegCure. I did and I cleaned up my register data and got an extra 5 to 7 FPS on FS9.
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