Help with buying anti-virus

• CasperV

  3 Oct 08, 20:52

  I'm interested in getting Norton anti-virus but with so many different versions and some costing a bomb, which one should i get?

  i'm running a windows xp pentium 4, typical home computer

• kenn3th

  3 Oct 08, 20:56

  There are lots of free anti virus available on the market. 

  There is no need spending money to get an anti virus.

  To name a few.

  • Ad-aware Free Edition
  • AVG Anti-virus and Anti-spyware Free Edition
  • Kaspersky Anti-virus
  • Comodo Personal Firewall

• FireIce

  3 Oct 08, 20:57

  embrace open source!

• kenn3th

  3 Oct 08, 20:58

  They work and function the same as anti virus suites. some even better in certain aspects.

• CasperV

  3 Oct 08, 20:58

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  embrace open source!

  
  huh?? what you mean?

• kenn3th

  3 Oct 08, 21:01

  Open source meaning free alternatives.

• CasperV

  3 Oct 08, 21:03

  Originally posted by kenn3th:

  Open source meaning free alternatives.

  
  oh  i thought for a sec there she meant embrace your pc not having any anti-virus... haha

   

  btw, thanks ken, i'll look into the free ones

• kenn3th

  3 Oct 08, 21:03

  yea, i would reccommend avg or avast. Try them first.

• Xcert

  3 Oct 08, 22:43

  Originally posted by CasperV:

  I'm interested in getting Norton anti-virus but with so many different versions and some costing a bomb, which one should i get?

  i'm running a windows xp pentium 4, typical home computer

  the only good thing about norton is its marketing.

• Herzog_Zwei

  4 Oct 08, 11:23

  Karpensky or Nod32.