Do You Use Anti-Virus?

[nwg]

I don't use Nortons/Symantec anymore. It is bloated software that slows the computer down and puts crap everywhere such as liveupdate (which does not get removed when software in uninstalled).

I use Adaware, Spybot, Avast AV, CCleaner, Tracker Eraser Pro and Regcleaner. I check for updates every day and if one is found. I will do a scan.

[Gary D]

@nwg

At symantecs site, there is a tool you can download to remove all traces of the bloatware. When my system crashed, I phoned them (and got through) and they linked me to it. As it turned out, I had to scrub my drive and start all over again. Here is the link to the tools information:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039?Open&src=&docid=2004093015165236&nsf=tsgeninfo.nsf&view=docid&dtype=&prod=&ver=&osv=&osv_lvl

[Chewy]

as bad as roxio zap or nero clean tool

conflicts with windows update and norton's wmi?

[ed klein]

All four are seperate software programs and work well together.

Virus protection------AVG (updates and average of two times per day)
Firewall protection----Zonealarm
Ad protection--------Ad-Aware SE
Registry cleaner------JV16 power tools

Very few virus have come, but contained them in the virus vault and erased them.

[MikeyBK]

I have AVG, Zone alarm, Ad-Aware also, and use CC Cleaner, all free, on one of my PCs and Norton on another PC. They've both been doing a great job for me>

[soup]

System Suite, SpyBlaster, SpyBot, Ad-Aware, TrojanHunter, Windows Defender beta2, HijackThis & AutoRuns. Also used windows live a couple of times.

[LT. Columbo]

norton 2005, ad-aware SE personal. nothing else. both pc's. i tossed spybot a long time ago. i hate that software.

[Dan]

I have AVG, Zone alarm, Ad-Aware also, and use CC Cleaner, all free, on one of my PCs and Norton on another PC. They've both been doing a great job for me>

Using the same apps as you and I am more pleased then all the "all in one" programs I bought in the past.