Advice Needed !! McAfee or Norton is better for Virus Protection?  

I am sorry , I don't recommend either of these.I am talking of my experience with both of these.At first i used norton and was really frustrated with its daily updates and not protecting my computer fully 100%.Then one of my friend advised me to use Mcafee, which at first i thought would be a better choice but was rather worse than norton. After my usage of these 2 anti-virus, I was able to understand that both slowed my computer rapidly during scanning.You can ask anyone using any of these presently.After formatting my Pc, the salesman installed ESETNOD32 antivirus, of which I haven't heard before.After using that I was fully satisfied. It detected almost every virus and its scanning was superb. Later only I came to know that ESETNOD32 is currently the best Antivirus available in net.

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I have used Norton, but never MdAfee, so I can't really say anything about it, but all I can sis Norton was never very good. I paid for it and it just iddn't protect my computer like it should have. I am now using an antivirus from Microsof, and it a very good antivirus, as it does its jub. I had usee Avast previously, but it seemed to find viruses that weren't there, and I got tired of that, so I decided to change and I am glad that I did, as Microsoft seems to keep my computer from viruses or spyware, and it is free, and free is a good price. If you are interested in jow it owrks, then just go to the Micosoft website and at teh top, where it says security, click on that and a drop down menu will appear, and the software is called Microsft Security Essentials. Just click on that and you can do the tutorials first before you download and install it, to see if if is what you are looking for. Take care, and happy mylotting.

Hi Tallygirl09,

I have never used McAfee so can't comment on that but have used Norton for a few years running in the past and would say as far as doing its' job goes, absolutely excellent. never had any kind of virus slip through or strange goings on while we had it. The only negative point I would say about it is that it eats computer usage, so slows everything down. If it's been working well for you and you haven't noticed it slowing down your cpu, then I'd say you be doing well to renew it.

Fiona.

I am using norton and whenever a serious virus gets into the computer it catches it. It also keeps a good log of where the viruses are coming from so if it's something you have installed, you'll know easily to delete it.

I have never used McAfee but my friend got a virus that crashed her computer and I believe she was using McAfee. However I don't know HOW they got this virus so whether or not it was McAfee's fault I don't know.

Some of my friends speak poorly about both, and recommend Avast! Antivirus which is free.

I have tried both of those anti virus. I really do not like them considering that they are quite heavy on the space and it slows down your computer. I am more comfortable with Avira or with Nod 32. I have avira on my laptop and on my wife's laptop is Nod 32. They are both great and are free. I also do not recommend AVG, since I have a bad experience with it.

I had Norton but that computer has gone on rubbish.
not sure for McAree never did try this.

I'm really sorry if I'm going to be off topic. But I don't use both them. They eat so much RAM that my computer slows down when I use them. And I have 2 GB memory. I think ESET nod is the best because it does not hog the memory. I also like Avira, just the free version is enough to put those malwares at bay. At least avira has manual update function so if I can't get my Internet running I could ask someone else to download it for me. ESET does not offer that.

Many of my friends who used both of them ((Norton and McAfee)found both programs a little too tricky and kept on changing their computer configurations.

So to ensure that I'm always protected I use avira and I make sure that I have a good firewall working.

Hope this helps.

I had used Norton, Mcafee, AVG, Avast, Quick Heal, Windows Care and few other antivirus. but I found Norton is the best among all. you won't find big differences in normal cases but when critical virus attack at that time Norton always protect you from viruses. I suggest you to buy Norton Antivirus.

if you ask to rate me as per security wise :

Symantec (Corporate User) > Norton(Home User) > Quick Heal > Mcafee/Nod32 > Windows Care > ZoneAlarm > Kaspersky > Avast > AVG

You can find lots of comparisons of antivirus on net.
http://anti-virus-softwar...

I still choose Norton Antivirus for PC protection. McAfee uses too much memory, the scanning process is slower than Norton.
Actually, both of them are good for detecting malicious spyware and virus.
So why choose McAfee than Norton? I don't see much point buying McAfee.
You can check at The Best Antivirus 2010, and I'm pretty sure Norton is in higher rank than McAfee.
PS: Try Kaspersky, the ultimate protection for your PC. Best rated almost everywhere.

hi friend,
I am using macfee anti virus software.
It protects from the virus.
Macfee is good to me and well protect from virus.
AM using macfee since from last 2 years.
have a good day.