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I'll second that AVG is an excellent product - good at what it does without the 'bloat' and 'resource hogging' that seems to plauge Norton/Symantec products. Its also free for personal/home use which is a significant bonus
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I'll second that AVG is an excellent product - good at what it does without the 'bloat' and 'resource hogging' that seems to plauge Norton/Symantec products. Its also free for personal/home use which is a significant bonus

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I'll third that, AVG is as good as you can get ...&amp; lite on resources.
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I'll third that, AVG is as good as you can get ...& lite on resources.

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To be fair to Norton, their 360 product is a security suite, so it contains a lot more apps than just an av scanner. &nbsp;Having said that, I can't think of a good reason to use it...<br />
For variety, as well as AVG, there is another highly regarded av program which is free:<br />
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<a href="http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html" rel="ugc">http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html</a><br />
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You can also pay for av software which is lighter and less expensive than Norton:<br />
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<a href="http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html" rel="ugc">http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.eset.com/download/index.php" rel="ugc">http://www.eset.com/download/index.php</a><br />
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Good luck!!!
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To be fair to Norton, their 360 product is a security suite, so it contains a lot more apps than just an av scanner.  Having said that, I can't think of a good reason to use it...
For variety, as well as AVG, there is another highly regarded av program which is free:

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html [http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html]

You can also pay for av software which is lighter and less expensive than Norton:

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html [http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html]
http://www.eset.com/download/index.php [http://www.eset.com/download/index.php]

Good luck!!!

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Sorry. &nbsp;That second link should be:<br />
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<a href="http://www.prevx.com/" rel="ugc">http://www.prevx.com/</a>
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Sorry.  That second link should be:

http://www.prevx.com/ [http://www.prevx.com/]

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Is there an Antivirus software that isn't a resource Hog like Norton? I uninstalled Norton 360 from my Latptop (Vista Premuim) to see if that extends my battery life and doubled my battery life.
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Is there an Antivirus software that isn't a resource Hog like Norton? I uninstalled Norton 360 from my Latptop (Vista Premuim) to see if that extends my battery life and doubled my battery life.

Antivirus Software that isn't a resource Hog

Anti-virus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious layered service providers (LSPs), dialers, fraud tools, adware and spyware. Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity theft (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), botnets and DDoS attacks.

Anti-Virus Apps

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