new internet security what would you recommend

[CyberCat]

I have the norton internet security but as someone said, it just hogs too much resources...I'm getting ticked off now.
What would you recommend to replace Norton that uses far less resources but still provide good security? I have a new machine that came with Vista Home and norton, what can i use?

Get zone alarm, its way better than that norton crap.

[Breakspeare]

Get zone alarm, its way better than that norton crap.

ok. I thought zone alarm was just for managing program access to the internet. I need an antivirus replacement for the norton, can that be used? I also hear talk about this free AOL Active virus shield or something like that, but I don't know anybody who actually has it installed that can tell me if it's better and lighter.

[dwightmckie]

kaspersky seems to be working much better than norton! what is your opinion?

[psilos]

Kaspersky is the best right now hands down.

http://reviews.cnet.com/Kaspersky_An...-32004282.html
http://anti-virus-software-review.to...ky-review.html
http://reviews.cnet.com/Kaspersky_In...-31884380.html

[Ropy]

Where does this stand when put up against Norton Internet Security 2007?

[psilos]

Good question, pity they didn't bother to review it with Kaspersky Internet Security 6, but I guess they were waiting on an updated version.

http://reviews.cnet.com/Norton_Inter...tag=prod.txt.1

It got a good rating but they recommended Zone Alarm Internet Security instead.

edit: How ironic, guess which antivirus package is included with Zone Alarm's suite, none other than Kaspersky.

[juiceheadband]

ok. I thought zone alarm was just for managing program access to the internet. I need an antivirus replacement for the norton, can that be used? I also hear talk about this free AOL Active virus shield or something like that, but I don't know anybody who actually has it installed that can tell me if it's better and lighter.

i use it

AOL active virus shield uses kaspersky's anti-virus engine which is the cream of the crop.

once you test it you wont look back...unless you're gonna go buy kaspersky

[jamby]

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Going through these reviews I decided to use Nod32, Zone alarm internet security suite with anti-spyware but this one has no anti-virus, plus I aslo run adaware se and avg anti-spyware they all work very well. Although still there are better protection software than these.

[dwightmckie]

Is panda Software any good?

[MG Kelly]

I have been using AVG which is free for download and you get regular updates. So far it works OK. My problem is getting a free virus scan for my server because it's expired. Ever heard of KasperKey