I got norton Anti-Virus free with my computer but found it to be rather useless. So I got AVG and was much happier with it. But I have a friend of mine which THINKS Norton is great. Is there different versions or am I just missing something?IMHO you are missing all the headaches that Norton will give your friend. But then I'm an AVG Free fan But is it any less useful in finding viruses?I think so. In my short experience, AVG tends to find more than other virus scanners. But that may just be me.If your friend thinks Norton is great just agree with him...the "which is best" discussion gets beaten to death from TIME to time.

patio. 8-)i dont like norton CUZ when you final go to get rid of it its like a virus its self you have to get a special program to get rid of it. AVG is not a resource hog like norton is and it like \s to scan in safe mode better than norton


unlovedwarriorIn my experience, Norton's incoming firewall (blocking things from getting on your PC in the first place) is actually very GOOD. However, once a virus gets past the overly-protective firewall, there's no getting rid of it. AVG works much better.

It also works well in tandem with SpyBot, SpywareBlaster, Ad-Aware, A2[/sup, and CCleaner -- all free, though some have more powerful non-free versions. 8-)I dis-agree that any "paid" program is more powerful ! !What I mean is that the paid VERSION of ZoneAlarm is better than the free Zone Alarm, etc., etc.. Quote

However, once a virus gets past the overly-protective firewall, there's no getting rid of it. AVG works much better.