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[GameMaster]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Eh.....I personally think Norton sucks....

Like Null said, AVG is good. I have McAfee right now, and it's scanned over 9 million files within the last like.....8 or 9 months.

Do you reccommend having AVG run on start-up and having it active during your computer use? Is it going to noticebly 'bog' down my speed?

I already have Microsoft AntiSpyware running.

[KillerGremlin]

If you have one program running already, you should be fine.

Any virus program will tie up system resources, I know McAfee's Virus Scan/Firewall slows down a few things on the net, but I have it set up so it's not that big of a deal. Personally, I'd rather sacrifice a little ram to keep a virus program running, instead of sacrificing 99% of my ram so penis inhancement pop-ups can spawn from nowhere and manipulate my desktop.

You're fine though...with the constant Window's XP updates, the odds of getting a seriously malicious virus that could do serious damage to your OS is pretty slim, and most spyware is easy to deal with - but you really don't need to worry about spyware if you have Firefox, so it's really a win win win situation.

[Hero2]

REFORMAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chances are that even if you run all the scans in the world some spyware somewere is going to leave its mark and **** with your computer.

If you do reformat and install windows XP the sasser worm is still out there. make sure you install some type of AV before going online or when installing XP install SP1or2 before going online.

after reformating choose any of the fine products listed above and you shouldent have any problesm as long as you run the scans and stop looking at porn.....