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Dear Leo
I know that you have been recommending CA antivirus and you will always be recommending that and it seems to be a really solid package as you say. But what do you think about Norton Antivirus and What do you personally think about Avast free version?

From what I've read, CA has one of the worst detections of all security products, usually hovering around 60 to 65 percent in tests. Moreover, the suite package looks like it was hobbled together at the last minute with little integration.

Side note, the new Norton is spectacular, departing from its stigma as a resource hog. And as for Avast!, highly recommended for its superb detection and blocking malware. Cleaning is a different story, however.

I truly agree with you Chris.. The Norton Antivirus 2009 Products including the internet security suite seems to be really efficient and does not eat up on your systems limited resources and hence does not slow your machine even a bit. Even the installation procedure is really simple and LiveUpdate is a breeze!!!
However avast antivirus is always the one i would prefer because its all free of cost and seems to do the job well - equivalent to paid software for that matter!!! east or west AVAST is the best

I have been using CA solution for 2 years now. No problems. I have the more comprehensive package. I don't understand why Leo is against it. I like it though. Now and then it tells me it saved me from a zillion threats but I can't say anything about its performance regarding cleaning as I never had to clean any of my PCs during the 2 years I have been using it.

I've been running CA on my XP machines and it's worked great. Unfortunately, when my new laptop came, it was loaded with Vist (64 Bit) and CA doesn't have a 64 bit version. I had to switch to Norton. It's been running only a few days, but so far so good.

I've been using BitDefender and I like it a lot, it even stop the virus I don't remember the name exactly xp 2009? from downloading it quarantine right away and protected my computer, it's very well quoted too, one of the best, I recommend it.

What about Avira AntiVir Premium or Avira Premium Security Suite? Please advise....

Rgds/hassan

have installed the trial version of CA AV but seems that my pc is now slow down a little bit and not feeling good with it, don't know why! and checked with some virus files which was detected by kaspersky, bitdefender, avira... but CA does not notice anything.. hmmm what to do now?

rgds/hassan

every since i installed the CA antivirus free trial my computer is so slow what should i do

I personally use Avast, There are plenty of good free anti-virus software that offer the same kind of protection as the boxed software you can buy at the store. Have a look at it Best Free Antivirus Software

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