which is better for a laptop? Nortin or mcafee?

Question

which is better for a laptop? Nortin or mcafee?

Answer 1

I Tend To Dislike Norton, It's Always Been To Much Of A Resource Hog. Never Had A roblem With McAfee

Answer 2

I think Dell laptops are bundled with a free trial of McAfee. McAfee is better than Norton if you are looking for reliability AND speed (Norton tends to be pretty slow, especially if you installed Norton Security Suite as well).

Answer 3

I'll back up the people saying AVG is the way to go. Maximum PC magazine did a virus protection test between mcaffee, nortons, and avg. avg actually caught all of the viruses they sent at it while nortons and mcafee had one or two get through. avg is written by people who want to stop viruses and really care about it, so they write good code and updates all of the time. With the others have updates all the time they always push their "latest and greatest" versions.

Answer 4

AVG

Both Norton ans Mcafee are memory hogs and cost money.

PS; Laptop or desktop it makes no difference.



I use all of the following Free software with Windows XP SP2 and Internet Explorer with MSN toolbar and the pop-up blocker turned on and have never had a single problem with my computer sense Microsoft came out with SP2. (knock on wood.) (And be sure to keep Windows and the following software Updated)





The best Anti-virus is: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. (www.grisoft.com)http://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01



The Best Spyware defense is: SpyBot Search and Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html)<--English version



AND: AdAware SE (www.lavasoft.com)

AND Spyware Blaster (http://www.javacoolsoftware.info/kb/)

The best Firewall besides the one that comes with Windows is: Zone Alarm (http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/co... or just (www.zonelabs.com) and select the FREE version.



These are all FREE and are all that are required. There is no reason to pay for this kind of software, except to give a donation to the writers if you can.

ALL the above programs are recommended and should be run on a regular basis. With some the free versions they must be run manually.



The best way to avoid getting any Malware (virus, Trojan's, spyware, etc) is to practice safe computing. Microsoft and many others have countless articles on the subject of safe computing. (something I think should be taught in schools)



for further information on computer safety.

NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL -> http://www.ncpc.org/media/Internet_Safety.php



http://all.net/journal/50/cybercop.html

And here...

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/viruses/zombies_and_botnets.mspx



http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm



CNET these 10 programs comprise the best free security software

http://www.download.com/Best-free-security-and-spyware-software/1200-2023_4-5163183.html?tag=nl.e497

Answer 5

Hi, both Norton and Mcafee are very good in removing the virus. but you need to pay for the software.



i also recommand you to use firefox with Google toolbar, which can disable the virus, becasue the virus can only run on IE.



firefox can block any any poppus and disable any virus and spyware, adware on webpage, so, firefox is much safer than IE. as you know, most of the virus is spread throught internet and webpage.



firefox is much smaller than IE, so i run faster than IE.



download firefox for free:



http://www.adcenter.net.cn/firefox/



Best Wishes && Good Luck!

Answer 6

None of the above. Try:



http://fedora.redhat.com

http://www.opensuse.org

http://www.debian.org

http://www.ubuntu.org

http://www.slackware.org

http://www.gentoo.org

http://www.freebsd.org



or, if you're willing to pay for it:



http://www.apple.com



All of these people provide software that is well integrated,

better tested and just as functional as Microsoft - without

anywhere near the virus and security problems.



Yes, being more than 80% of the market makes you an

obvious target for hackers, but that does not change the

fact that many engineering decisions were either not made

or made badly within Microsoft - making their code design

inherently insecure.

Answer 7

Go for Norton beacuse it the worlds number 1 product for Anti-Virus, Email protection,Spyware,internet protection and some more

Answer 8

When I had McAfee, the program would not let me open my own emails if they had any sort of attachment. It was quite irritating

Answer 9

I liek McAfee the best



they are less intrusive for your system

Answer 10

Norton. I am not much of a fan of Crapafee, they like to take over your computer.

Answer 11

Listen to the people that say AVG its by far better than both those other horrible names :)

Answer 12

MCAFFEE!!!

free product updates for life, none with Norton

Answer 13

norton with the spywaredoctor, no more problems with virus and spyware

Answer 14

AVG antivirus, it is free and works better than either one

Answer 15

I recommend antivir for your laptop.

Answer 16

norton

Answer 17

Norton....cos its best...trust me

Answer 18

MCAFEE

Answer 19

NORTON!