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Err, I always runned my computer without an AV software, and its still perfect, with no viruses.

I use AVG, but it's not just having an Anti-Virus program, it's also not going on dodgy and stupid sites, or clicking pop-up adverts. For example: "Omg, you are the millionth visitor, you've won a free iPod! Click here to get it!" is most likely to be "Omg, you are the millionth visitor, you've won a free virus! Click here to start downloading!"

meh..

I have Symantec and Spybot for when I'm running Windows, in case I do some stupid stuff with my Windows.

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Originally posted by Concord Dawn
I have Symantec and Spybot for when I'm running Windows, in case I do some stupid stuff with my Windows.

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Is Symantec better than Norton, if you download a virus will it automatically delete it like Norton does?  I am deciding which one of them are better...

I sue Kaspersky Antivir Pro, and Hitman Pro 2 (its a cool script/tool, it runs &  (if chosen in settings) installs ad-aware, Spybot S&D, Spyware Doctor, CWShreader, Hitman Antispyware, Webroot*,  Trend Micro SysClean*, McAffee VirusScan*. Plus its does a system cleanup and heuristic anylisis)
[* i dont use cuz its shareware]

I would suges AVG Free for free Av though

Hitman Pro Link (German Site)

I use AVG Professional, Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware.

I find AVG the best anti-virus I have ever used. It sits in the background and you wouldn't know it was there. I had Nortons before, and everytime I laoded a game or something, it would stop and judder and do all kinds of weird things as Norton scanned in the background.

I find Spybot and Ad-Aware make a good combo. Mainly because Spybot picks up stuff Ad-Aware misses, and vice versa. Ive used MS Anti-Spyware before, but its somewhat XP-typical "your a dumbass so let me do everything myself" programming got on my nerves, so I got rid of it. Not to mention that it wanted to delete MsgPlus.