McAfee

I've known people who have actually sent McAfee software back, even though they only get partial credit for it.

You might want to look at Kaspersky instead of Norton. Norton works fairly well, but many have found it slows their computer considerably. I use Kaspersky myself, after using Norton for several years.

Or AVG, from free.grisoft.com It's free for personal use.

Norton sucks. My sister uses Norton and has to have her computer cleaned every six months because it's overrun by viruses. I have heard Kaspersky is really good.

I use something provided by my internet provider and it rocks. It is apparently F-Secure. I don't know, all I know is that between it and Spyware Doctor my computer is free of viruses and malware. love it.

Stlight, I use Shaw. they're my cable company, they provide my internet connection. So you cant use their security unless you're a shaw customer but from what i understand F-Secure is available to the public, Shaw just uses it as a free bonus for their customers.

when you install it, the legalese thingie is from F-Secure.

http://www.f-secure.com/

I shut off all internet security from vista, including the firewall. Shaw secure (F-secure) provides the firewall and virus and spyware protection and spydoctor catches the rest which is the occasional cookie and spydoctor will block the occasional website when using uTorrent.

I use AVG and Spybot Search and Destroy. Both are free over the internet, and they work very well.

I have had problems with McAfee.I changed to AVG , so far so good.

I run AVG on four home PCs and five at the office. Works like a charm.

I used to use avg free but now use

AVAST

The reason I changed was that with the introduction af avg8 my computer slowed down quite a lot

I am very happy with avast as my computer is back up to speed

I use ESET Nod32, which is a really effective AntiVirus so far. This is the first time I have experienced a software which hasn't ruined my pc in over a year. (I am using it on my laptop) Like you I also owned a license of McAfee and had the most amount of trouble with it. I also owned Norton at one time, and it was the same. I also had AVG, and had trouble with it eventually. I also had Avast too, and the same thing happened. Sypot Search and Destory ruined my pc too.

These anti virus softwares were used on my desktop pc, which reincarnated about 20 different times within a time span of 8 years. This pc originally was a packard bell, but we re-used all the parts and just got a technician to update the hardrive and import new parts in it over the years. The original computer is actually 13 years old, but that no longer exists since all the parts got replaced with other recycled parts. I did have the packard bell screen for a long while though, and only got a flat LCD screen about 5 or 6 years ago for it.

Overall am happy with this new Anti Virus, and interestingly enough it is also the main Anti Virus Software for the computers where I work.