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  1. July 23rd, 2009, 09:33 AM #1
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    AV for Win7

    I'm looking for suggestions on a antivirus program for Windows7. Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of which program they feel is the best?

    FYI, I am not a fan of Norton (Symantec) in any stretch of the imagination.....

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  2. July 23rd, 2009, 10:34 AM #2
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    I have used Norton 2009 on an XP system, and it is a completely different product than the 2003-2008 and 360 versions. It does live up to its reviews of having a light footprint, and it is Windows 7 ready according to its specs. I would not recommend previous versions of Norton however - they protected your system by sucking up all the resources so no other software (malware or not) could run effectively.
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  3. July 23rd, 2009, 10:47 AM #3
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    AVG Free is compatible with Windows 7 RC. I have Norton on my XP machine, but I did not try installing on Windows 7 as I could not get confirmation it was Win7 ready. AVG Free was actually linked via MS as being ready. It has worked fine and I may switch to it completely as I upgrade all of my computers to Win7.
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    Avira works just fine.
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  6. July 24th, 2009, 06:28 AM #5
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    avast! Home Edition (free) also works.
    http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
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  7. July 24th, 2009, 08:57 AM #6
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    Excellent. Thanks guys for all your input.

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  8. July 25th, 2009, 05:07 AM #7
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