I've been watching and reading the replies to this post with some interest
as to what different people recommend. Yes I use Norton AV 2007 and before
that 2006, 2005, .... along with System Works 2006 and Ghost. Does it slow
down my PC, NO it does not and I'm using an old 933Mhz PIII with Windows XP,
512MB of ram and three hard drives. What do I do on this old PC: Word
processing, Scanning photos and documents, touch up using Photo Shop
Elements and other photo tools, Data Base development (MS Access) along with
CounterSpy, Zone Alarm and other AV Software. So the slow down everyone
mentions just does not happen on this PC.

Does Norton's Tech. Support stink, you bet as it has gone from bad to
useless over the past few years and their knowledge base is horribly
outdated. So while I have no complaints about NAV 2007 (except Live Update,
but that's another story) I am looking at other products. Why you ask, well
Tech. Support is important to me, I can get Sunbelt Software's CounterSpy
Tech. Support with a simple phone call and one call is all it takes.
Symantec took 9 months (many calls and emails) to tell me the product
(System Works 2006) doesn't do what the previous version did and their
standard answer for NAV is uninstall and reinstall.

JS

"John" wrote in message
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Hi

I need recommendation for an Antivirus for win xp. In the past I have
avoided Norton Internet Security as it seems to take too much system
resources and slows the pc down. I have always used Norton Antivirus,
while for firewall I use win xp built-in firewall and router firewall. For
spy ware I use Windows Defender. My question is can I move to the Norton
Antivirus 350 without putting too much strain on resources or is plain
Norton Antivirus still better for reasons I have described above?

Many Thanks

Regards