I have had both norton and mcafee and they are with no dout in my mind the best anti virus systems on the market, the only soul little reason that keeps me from finding them as equal is that mcafee needs to restart the computer way more often and norton has more options as far as turning stuff on and off and function options.

I had mcafee on but it stopped updating because i had to pay for it :/, not a fan of payingxD. After that my computer started getting slower and slower. Adds starting popping out of no where (addware/spyware) and my Rams started decreasing(viruses), my power management was affected even. Anyways i formatted, added rams, fixed power and reinstalled Mcaffee and i can update for a while until i get that you need to pay to update again thing. Then it'd start over:D

So basicly if you keep updating Mcafe your computer will remain safe=)

I have been using Norton Security. I have been using Norton Security for a few years now, because that was installed when I was in college classes. I was able to get a good deal with my subscription through an education plan. When I was working on other students' computers, I would probably put AVG Antivirus on their computers because I was able to customize it and, oh yeah, it was free.

I was running Norton Security on my Acer laptop, but the subscription has run out. So it is just running updates, and I am really not doing much else. I will probably just load AVG again on this laptop... But I do a lot of reformatting, and then I find a deal on new antivirus subscriptions. That, and I have an old version of like Norton 2003 that I keep installing, and it is good for like a year or so.

I have used McAfee when it used to run on my PCs, but I don't right now. I just don't have it on any PCs, only what was defaulted, which was Norton. I guess it is not as vast as Norton Security, but it still does its' job well. If it were already installed, it would be in use.

So go with the free subscriptions, and then when they run out, either shell out a years worth of money, or go get free AVG, and there are others out there, but don't know how reliable.

- skedad -

I think Norton Internet Securety is a good Antivir programm.
I use it for 2 years and i never had a crash because of a virus, the virus search is very fast and it doesn't slow down your pc.
I have Norton IS 2008

Never tried mcafee but i currently have Norton Internet Security which is great. I guess everyone has a different opinion, they lean towards many things such: how simple it is to use, features, cost, system use etc. It's your choice.

Mcafee has to be the best because, norton takes "control" of your computer so you can't do what you want.. And I get Mcafee free with my cable service..