Originally Posted by Beaverstate (Post 10270026)

I am wondering which provider has the best anti virus etc.. coverage? I use Norton, is that good enough?

Originally Posted by Beaverstate (Post 10270026)

I am wondering which provider has the best anti virus etc.. coverage? I use Norton, is that good enough?

Originally Posted by fatbrit (Post 10270459)

The best anti-virus is to not use Windows.

Originally Posted by markwm (Post 10270471)

Not quite true anymore:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...-for-Macs.html

Windows is only more susceptible to virii because more machines have it installed.

Besides, for most people, the only viable options are Windows or Apple - users have enough trouble turning computers on much less installing an unfamiliar OS.

Originally Posted by fatbrit (Post 10270487)

Install a major *nix distro with up-to-date but not cutting-edge hardware and it's no more difficult than installing Windows or OSX. The difference is that these are usually pre-installed, whereas *nix rarely is.

Your chances of getting malware on your system with a standard install of a major *nix distro are effectively zero. Sure you can pick something up if you do something really stupid, but really stupid people usually use a different operating system.

Originally Posted by markwm (Post 10270525)

Again, fine; but get the ordinary man in the street to do this: not going to happen. Most people will buy a machine and use as is: it's only geeks and techies that bother to do anything different.

Originally Posted by markwm (Post 10270525)

Again, fine; but get the ordinary man in the street to do this: not going to happen. Most people will buy a machine and use as is: it's only geeks and techies that bother to do anything different.

Originally Posted by Beaverstate (Post 10270026)

I use Norton, is that good enough?