Originally posted by Bramond
Takes all sorts dont it, we used to use Mc Afee at work, and for some reason changed to Norton, i am sure theres a good reason.

Then we do use the corporate edition, so its probably all relative to the depth of your needs i suppose. At the end of the day
Mc Afee will do the job.
Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition is TONS better then MCAfee VirusScan ASaP. But, we are talking about the individual home application here, right?

Between the two of them, McAfee seems to cause less performance degradation on my and my boyfriends PC. In addition, the firewall Norton has (Internet Security as I recall they call it) totally sucks. it is a memory and HD hog, and slows your browsing experience to a crawl. What I find works best for home is ZoneAlarm with antivirus. Even if you decide on a different antivirus software, you can download the firewall part of zonealarm for free at www.zonelabs.com

Also, you will need to get a spyware filter. AdAware and Spybot SearchandDestroy are both excellent, and FREE.