A good antivirus program

Hey, I've been looking to find a better antivirus program, because the one I currently use, which is Symantec, is quite frankly a piece of crap and even prevents some programs from running. I've been looking at Avast!; my siblings use it on their computers and I used to use it, but I want to know if it's really as good as everybody says it is. I mean, I have Avast! installed, so is it safe to completely turn off Symantec?

MalwareBytes.

Seriously

Its saved my computer like 3 times, even some of my friends' computer.

It's fabulous.

I have always gotten wonderful results with Avast! It's non-intrusive and efficient, and it stops infected incoming connections and disconnects infected media plugged into the computer (flash drives, etc). I recommend it to everyone who makes me fix their computer, and have gotten nothing but complete satisfaction from them, too.

I believe that multiple antivirus programs actually interfere with each other. Only have one running at a time.

Well if I turn Symantec off Windows goes batshit.

isn't symatec norton?

Yes. And yes, that implies all that comes with it.

I've uninstalled it on several computers without incident... could you do that, Gold, or do you feel it's too much of a risk?

If it's causing windows to break, it's worse than what it's trying to prevent.

I dunno, I guess I could try, but I wonder if my Dad would get angry....

Pftt.. damn antivirus programs.. Probably make the viruses in the first place so they dont run outta business. D:


Anyways, I use McAfee. works like a charm!


I think...

Norton Antivirus

Ain't McAffe and Norton and Symantec all the same thing?

Yeah

All shitty antivirus programs.