I like ZoneAlarm. Sorry, I do not check for private messages

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So you recommend AVG Free and the program is completely free and unlimited updates? What about zone alarm? Is that completely free because i just found something on a zone alarm page, i'm doing the zone alarm pre install search of my computer and on the page it has three versions of zone alarm that you can purchase. Also i'm assuming that zone alarm and avg will use less system resources than norton? Thanks. Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe XP2500+ 1GB DDR400 Dual Channel Generic RAM Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 256MB Home made HSF combo WD 36GB Raptor Liteon DVD Burner Winfast Capture Card

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Yes, in my experience with Norton and Symantec they are resource hogs cause they require many things to run in the background. You can download all reccommended programs from: http://www.akapc.com

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Prevention is the best medicine against malicious codes and scumware, and you ensure this, by always maintaining up-to-date definition files for your AV (free or paid). I've been satisfied with KAV so far. Evaluate your rig's gaming ability

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Nod32 and Sygate firewall. Unity is strength.

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hmmm lots of replies and different opinions. I'm downloading AVG Free now and i'll see how that goes when its finished downloading still an 40 mins to go and then i'll download the updates and then i'll try zone alarm. Daniel. Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe XP2500+ 1GB DDR400 Dual Channel Generic RAM Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 256MB Home made HSF combo WD 36GB Raptor Liteon DVD Burner Winfast Capture Card

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In my opinion, and I am no expert, as long as you have one that is good, meaning any of the ones listed above and more, you will be ok as long as you also take precautions. like being VERY careful with file sharing programs, don't go to porn sites, don't download things in emails from people you don't know etc. it also helps to have some good free anti-spyware programs like spyware blaster, spyware S&D and ad-aware... Jen

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symantec antivirus

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Yes it is true Norton Antivirus bogs down the system. THats why i'll stick with Norton 2003 until i can no longer update the thing :P

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Hmm well i use norton anti virus 2003 and whenever the yearly free updates stop i just format my computer and start over. But norton bogs down the system. Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe XP2500+ 1GB DDR400 Dual Channel Generic RAM Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 256MB Home made HSF combo WD 36GB Raptor Liteon DVD Burner Winfast Capture Card

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I use AVG (free), Ad-aware, Spybot and Spyware Blaster. The important thing to remember is that no protection software is perfect, so the other thing I do is go to sites such as Norton, Trend, etc where you can get a free scan, once a month, and check if they find anything that AVG might have missed. Nothing so far! Fingers crossed.

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nod32 is the best in my opionion and very efficient with resources

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http://www.free-av.com/

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Ok, thanks for all the replies. I'm running AVG, Zone alarm and spybot search and destroy at the moment. Seems ok! Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe XP2500+ 1GB DDR400 Dual Channel Generic RAM Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 256MB Home made HSF combo WD 36GB Raptor Liteon DVD Burner Winfast Capture Card

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I also use Microsofts Windows Defender which is also a great anti spyware app. to have, don't be put off by the beta tag on it. It's free as well. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx Unity is strength.

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