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    Imtiaz Murtaza
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    I want some kind of security software in my Laptop running Windows Vista. Please advice me. I heard good comments about Kaspersky. Norton has a reputition of slowing down the system. But in Amazon, i've read some really good comments about latest Norton 2009. Thus, a bit confused. Please give me your suggestions.

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      I want some kind of security software in my Laptop running Windows Vista. Please advice me. I heard good comments about Kaspersky. Norton has a reputition of slowing down the system. But in Amazon, i've read some really good comments about latest Norton 2009. Thus, a bit confused. Please give me your suggestions.

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      Shaun Wilde
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      Grisoft AVG - works for me - no issues.

      I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it. - pTerry
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      • I Imtiaz Murtaza

        I want some kind of security software in my Laptop running Windows Vista. Please advice me. I heard good comments about Kaspersky. Norton has a reputition of slowing down the system. But in Amazon, i've read some really good comments about latest Norton 2009. Thus, a bit confused. Please give me your suggestions.

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        Big Daddy Farang
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        I can't say for Vista specifically, but from my experience with XP Professional, I'd recommend NOD32 from Eset. I've also tried Avast and AVG, they'd be my second and third choices. For everything you'd ever want to know, go here: http://www.av-comparatives.org/[^]

        BDF People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous. -- Moliere

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        • I Imtiaz Murtaza

          I want some kind of security software in my Laptop running Windows Vista. Please advice me. I heard good comments about Kaspersky. Norton has a reputition of slowing down the system. But in Amazon, i've read some really good comments about latest Norton 2009. Thus, a bit confused. Please give me your suggestions.

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          I use AVG, but like most of them it annoys the hell out of me that it tries to do everything under the sun. I just want antivirus but you can't seem to get that these days.


          "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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            I use AVG, but like most of them it annoys the hell out of me that it tries to do everything under the sun. I just want antivirus but you can't seem to get that these days.


            "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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            Big Daddy Farang
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            Hi John, I bought NOD32 earlier this year, as mentioned above. I chose the anti-virus and firewall combination. As I remember it, you can also buy only AV without the firewall, not certain though. Anyway the product I have is very light-weight and unobtrusive. Check them out next time you're in the market....

            BDF People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous. -- Moliere

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            • I Imtiaz Murtaza

              I want some kind of security software in my Laptop running Windows Vista. Please advice me. I heard good comments about Kaspersky. Norton has a reputition of slowing down the system. But in Amazon, i've read some really good comments about latest Norton 2009. Thus, a bit confused. Please give me your suggestions.

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              Single Step Debugger
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              AVG/it’s also free/ or NOD32. Avoid Norton/Symantec – a real crap and McAfee – good and reliable, but you need your computer to do more then just running your anti-virus.

              The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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              • I Imtiaz Murtaza

                I want some kind of security software in my Laptop running Windows Vista. Please advice me. I heard good comments about Kaspersky. Norton has a reputition of slowing down the system. But in Amazon, i've read some really good comments about latest Norton 2009. Thus, a bit confused. Please give me your suggestions.

                Imtiaz

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                Christian Graus
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                Why not just run Vista with 128 MB of RAM and a faulty hard drive ? The end result will be the same.

                Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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                • I Imtiaz Murtaza

                  I want some kind of security software in my Laptop running Windows Vista. Please advice me. I heard good comments about Kaspersky. Norton has a reputition of slowing down the system. But in Amazon, i've read some really good comments about latest Norton 2009. Thus, a bit confused. Please give me your suggestions.

                  Imtiaz

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                  Snowman58
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                  My vote is also for NOD32 - replaced AVG.

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