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What anti virus and firewall protection is better than norton anti virus and mozilla firefox?

I have norton anti virus and mozilla firefox but they seem to slow my pc down. I've already done a disk clean up and a defrag but it is still acting funny. Please help!

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2. Try panda internet security 2007 software. I had many problems with my laptop and this software completed rid my all my problems.
3. Please please get rid of Norton. It is resource hogging and useless. Avast Home editon from www.avast.com and Comodo firewall from www.personalfirewall.comodo.com will do the job much better. You made a good choice with Firefox though.
4. I like Macafee. I have had no problems with them in the years I have been using it. Costco tends to have a good price (if you are in the US). Just make sure that when and if you switch, you delete all files related to the old program you were using... a complete uninstall. Good luck!
5. Norton anti virus uninstall guidelines! http://forums.techguy.org/security/566663-norton-anti-virus-uninstall-guidelines.html Download and run the Norton Removal Tool http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039 Use the Norton Removal Tool to remove a failed installation or a damaged Norton product. ========================== In addition to a firewall you must have full time (active) virus protection and full time spyware protection. Use the following instead of Norton. All the following programs are free. --------------------------------------------- Windows XP Firewall uses the least resources ---------------------------------------------------------- Full Time (Active) Virus Protection If you do not have active virus protection, install only one. All are excellent. Try AVG first; If you do not like it uninstall and try another one. AVG Antivirus 7.5 Free Edition http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5 http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10669237.html?tag=lst-0-1 or Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html or AOL Active Virus Shield http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp --------------------------------------------------------- Full Time (Active) Spyware Protection Windows Defender http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx --------------------------------------------------------- Install the following five programs and run weekly or at least monthly. You need all five. They will greatly increase your protection. They are not a substitute for full time spyware and virus protection. Ad-Aware SE Personal (update + full scan) http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php Spybot Search & Destroy (update + immunize + scan) Do not enable Tea Timer and SDHelper After installation: update + scan + immunize http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html SpywareBlaster: Update then open and click “enable all protection”. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html SUPERAntiSpyware free version: (update + scan) http://www.superantispyware.com/ CCleaner: Do not install toolbar option Removes tracking cookies, unneeded files, history In options. Set to run when computer starts. Place cookies you want to keep in save list http://www.ccleaner.com/ ======================== Reviews of Purchased Active (full time) Virus Protection NOD32 is said to use the least system resources. http://reviews.cnet.com User Rating out of 10 Avast Antivirus 4.7 Home Edition....8.6 AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 Professional..... 9.1 BitDefender Antivirus 10 ...............5.2 CA Internet Security Suite 2007.......2.5 Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 ....................5.8 McAfee VirusScan 8.0...................... 5.0 NOD32 2.5...................................... 9.1 Norton Internet Security 2007.......... 3.8 Norton 360 ----------- 5.8 Sophos Anti-Virus 3.7...................... 8.6 Windows Live OneCare ..................8.0 http://reviews.cnet.com/Avast_Antivirus_4_7_Home_Edition/4505-3667_7-32425819.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/AVG_Anti_Virus_7_5_Professional_Single_Edition/4505-3681_7-32153594.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/BitDefender_Antivirus_10/4505-3667_7-32136371.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/Kaspersky_Anti_Virus_6/4505-3667_7-32004282.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/CA_Internet_Security_Suite_2007/4505-3667_7-32205024.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/McAfee_VirusScan_8_0/4505-3681_7-30519807.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/Norton_Internet_Security_2007/4852-3667_7-32069538.html?tag=uoavrg http://reviews.cnet.com/Sophos_Anti_Virus_3_7/4505-3513_7-21274729.html?tag=prod.txt.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/NOD32_2_5/4852-3513_7-32103849.html?tag=uoavrg http://reviews.cnet.com/Windows_Live_OneCare_v_1_5_complete_package/4505-3667_7-32204636.html?tag=prod.txt.4 http://reviews.cnet.com/Norton_360/4505-3667_7-32330411.html?tag=prod.txt.1
6. I recommend AVG Antivirus free edition. Also install a spyware programs. Again AVG Antispyware is great and also Spybot S&D, Ad Aware Personal Edition. They are all free and say goodbye to Norton. For firewall you can try Comodo Personal Firewall. Its again free.