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[|DRC| psycheus]

Ok so Norton AV was working fine until I did an update and now it's wanting to Activate and won't even run. A friend of mine suggested Avast (http://www.avast.com) in place of Norton. I decided to say what the hell and try it. So far it's pretty nice and does everything Norton does and it's free. There is also a pro version which is still cheaper then Norton. Has anyeone else tried this software?
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[|DRC| Death]

Yeah I used avast for years. I used to use AVG but then I formatted and just forgot to install it. I came across avast by chance and have used it. It's pretty neat.

P.S. Psy, don't use Norton AV, it's crap. I had about 3 viruses once a couple of years ago, Norton didn't pick one of them up. Then again, AVG picked up all 3.

[|DRC| Wartex]

Norton is shit. Use Kaspersky or DrWeb
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[|DRC| Death]

I'll check those ones out, thanks Wartex.

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I've heard it's bad to use two AV programs. Is that true?

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[|DRC| Wartex]

First of all, you shouldn't have ANY antivirus that's resident because you deliberately gay your performance. So yes, you can have 2 as long as they don't run at the same time.

[|DRC| SLIM]

I'm using ClamWin and have been pretty happy with it. It is free, open source software.