Go with Norton. I had Mcjunk for 3 years before switching to Norton. Constant lockups with McAfee, especially after updating dat files. You can currently get Norton 2002 at WallyWorld for around 40.00 with rebate. A little more than Mcafee, but will worth it.

McAfee hosed my system the first time I tried to update the engine per their instructions, within the first month that I had this rig. Switched to Norton System Works, and haven't had a problem since, and I work this rascal hard. Same results on two other sets I have here.





"Annoy the boring."

Go with Norton.I have Norton Internet Security 2002 and have found that it is very simple to use.The support is also very good because you can go to there site and ask questions if you have any kind of problem and the support is free and doesnt cost a dime and you will always get a anwser 24 hrs. later from a Tech. However you will have to wait if its on the weekend.I like the product and the support you get.All by the way NIS has a firewall on it that you can configure before you get on line to make setting it up simple.The rest is just getting the updates and you can also go to there site and they have a tutorial to show how to configure your product so you are getting the best protection.Hope this helps on making your decision.

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You can use norton or mcafee bloatware or you can use Zone Alarm (free) and Avgvirus from Grisoft.com (also free).

Pentium 4 1.9 Gig / 478 pin 400Mhz FSB
Shuttle Motherboard
Via chipset P4x266 VT8233 DDRam Support
Windows XP (home edition - Clean Install!)
DDRam 768 Meg - WD 80 gig HD ATA 100
Gainward GF3 Powerpack Golden Sample/64 meg
LiteOn 24x10x40 CD-RW - Pioneer DVD 500m
Pinacle Firewire Card - Linksys Lan 10/100
Santa Cruz Sound Card (4127 beta drivers)
Dell 991 Monitor - Altec Lansing 885 Thx Speakers
Microtek 3700 Scanner - HP 1100 Printer
Altec Lansing 885 Thx Speakers

Other:
XPSB1000r ,XP home, Gforce 2 pro 64meg
384 megs PC700 Rdram - 60 gig maxtor HD
DVD-Rom - Sony CD-RW

Or you can choose another such as Panda which works very well. I agree however: Anything but McAfee.

Ralph Caddell

Dimension 4100 800 Mhz
384 MB PC133 RAM
Dell M781S Monitor
48X CD
Ricoh MP9120A CD-R/RW/DVD
20 g Maxtor HD 7200 RPM
30 g Maxtor HD 7200 RPM
ATI All-In-Wonder 32mb
Logitech Optical Mouse Man Wheel
SB Live Value
Altec Lansing ACS-340 Speakers w/Subwoofer
Windows ME/Windows XP Home Dual Boot/Thinking about Linux
Panda Titanium Antivirus
Zone Alarm Pro Firewall
No Real Player Junk

I use Norton System Works and Zone Alarm. Just a personal preference and both seem to work well on my system.

I notice that you use the same video card I do. Have you had any problems with "infinite loop" crashes? Whenever I play my games, after a while my system freezes and re-boots. Get a message that my Gforce drivers are the cause.



Dell XPS-R350 upgraded to Pentium III 1GHz
64MB upgraded to 384MB ECC Dell Certified Memory
Verto GeForce2 MX400 64MB SDRAM 2D/3D
Generic 8GB Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar 40GB 7200rpm Hard Drive
BUSlink 16X: 10X: 40X: CD-RW Drive
Iomega Zip 100
HP DeskJet 722C
Olympus D-460 Digital Camera
DirectTV DSL
Windows XP Professional
Office XP Professional

avg leaves some pretty interesting changes to the WIN98 registry even after removal.

-XPS-R450 to XPS-R1000 (Intel P3 1GHz)
-A13 BIOS
-384MB RAM (2 Crucial and 1 Dell TI OEM)
-Triple Boot W98 1st Ed/ W2K/ WXP Pro
-Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM HD on Promise (Maxtor branded) ATA100 Controller Card
-Maxtor 17GB 5200 RPM HD
-Hercules GeForce2 MX-400 32MB (14.41 drivers on W98/21.83 on W2K and WXP) with DX8.1
-Dell P991 Monitor
-Toshiba CDR/DVD
-WinDVD
-Turtle Beach Montego 2 Sound Card
-U.S. Robotics 56K v.90 Hardware Modem
-Netgear FA310TX NIC for DSL with Westell Modem
-Altec Lansing ACS495 Speaker Set
-Intel Create and Share Camera
-Logitech Mouseman Wheel
-Iomega Zip Plus 100 (external)
-HP LaserJet4L (purchased in '93 and still kicks a)
-CyberPower1250AVR (670 watt) UPS/Line Conditioner
Favorite Game: MSFT NBA Inside Drive 2000

**NEW YORKERS AND AMERICANS WILL NEVER FORGET. I THINK BIN LADEN IS A DEAD MAN SOON**

Definitely get Zone Alarm, notwithstanding the fact it is free. Regarding McAfee, I have tried serveral versions over the years and can say it will eventually lead to a host of conflicts, resource issues and other maladies that will waste a considerable amount of your leisure time. Dont know about Norton but IMO online virus scan is the way to go and make sure you download all the MSFT security updates for your OS.

Try Housecall:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

-XPS-R450 to XPS-R1000 (Intel P3 1GHz)
-A13 BIOS
-384MB RAM (2 Crucial and 1 Dell TI OEM)
-Triple Boot W98 1st Ed/ W2K/ WXP Pro
-Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM HD on Promise (Maxtor branded) ATA100 Controller Card
-Maxtor 17GB 5200 RPM HD
-Hercules GeForce2 MX-400 32MB (14.41 drivers on W98/21.83 on W2K and WXP) with DX8.1
-Dell P991 Monitor
-Toshiba CDR/DVD
-WinDVD
-Turtle Beach Montego 2 Sound Card
-U.S. Robotics 56K v.90 Hardware Modem
-Netgear FA310TX NIC for DSL with Westell Modem
-Altec Lansing ACS495 Speaker Set
-Intel Create and Share Camera
-Logitech Mouseman Wheel
-Iomega Zip Plus 100 (external)
-HP LaserJet4L (purchased in '93 and still kicks a)
-CyberPower1250AVR (670 watt) UPS/Line Conditioner
Favorite Game: MSFT NBA Inside Drive 2000



**NEW YORKERS AND AMERICANS WILL NEVER FORGET. I THINK BIN LADEN IS A DEAD MAN SOON**

-XPS-R450 to XPS-R1000 (Intel P3 1GHz)
-A13 BIOS
-384MB RAM (2 Crucial and 1 Dell TI OEM)
-Triple Boot W98 1st Ed/ W2K/ WXP Pro
-Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM HD on Promise (Maxtor branded) ATA100 Controller Card
-Maxtor 17GB 5200 RPM HD
-Hercules GeForce2 MX-400 32MB (14.41 drivers on W98/21.83 on W2K and WXP) with DX8.1
-Dell P991 Monitor
-Toshiba CDR/DVD
-WinDVD
-Turtle Beach Montego 2 Sound Card
-U.S. Robotics 56K v.90 Hardware Modem
-Netgear FA310TX NIC for DSL with Westell Modem
-Altec Lansing ACS495 Speaker Set
-Intel Create and Share Camera
-Logitech Mouseman Wheel
-Iomega Zip Plus 100 (external)
-HP LaserJet4L (purchased in '93 and still kicks a)
-CyberPower1250AVR (670 watt) UPS/Line Conditioner
Favorite Game: MSFT NBA Inside Drive 2000



**NEW YORKERS AND AMERICANS WILL NEVER FORGET. I THINK BIN LADEN IS A DEAD MAN SOON**

Message Edited on 12/28/01 01:07PM by LakersWinAgain

Yes I am having a problem. I got one (thats 1) kids game to play. I can't get Sierra Aliens 2 vs Predator to run at all. It just locks up and gives me the same sound over and over. I got further into the game start up video clips after downloading the latest wp updates.

Any suggestions?