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**rive0108** · 06-02-2009

Hmm
first, Mcafee with Artemis has been certified Advanced+, without it, it only recieves standard certification.

So my answer would be Symantec Norton 2009, or none of the above.

Norton 2009 is good, but has poor heuristic detection abilities

They are both better than AVG though (standard cert). The funny thing is if you want a AV that outperforms both Mcafee (without Artemis), and AVG, go with the free Avast! or Avira Antivir; both are Advanced certified.

As for the firewall leak test I can ace that with Vista firewall/and a hardware firewall- there really is no need for a "security" package, and if you dont feel like configuring it yourself, try the Sphinx free firewall control. See post #286 http://www.vistax64.com/system-security/139503-whats-best-antivirus-security-suite-29.html

for source, and more information regarding certification labs and testing, see:Whats the Best Antivirus/ Security Suite??

06-02-2009	#10 (permalink)
rive0108 Vista Ultimate X64 SP2 2,073 posts	Re: Norton 2009, McAfee, AVG, or None of the Above Hmm first, Mcafee with Artemis has been certified Advanced+, without it, it only recieves standard certification. So my answer would be Symantec Norton 2009, or none of the above. Norton 2009 is good, but has poor heuristic detection abilities They are both better than AVG though (standard cert). The funny thing is if you want a AV that outperforms both Mcafee (without Artemis), and AVG, go with the free Avast! or Avira Antivir; both are Advanced certified. As for the firewall leak test I can ace that with Vista firewall/and a hardware firewall- there really is no need for a "security" package, and if you dont feel like configuring it yourself, try the Sphinx free firewall control. See post #286 http://www.vistax64.com/system-security/139503-whats-best-antivirus-security-suite-29.html for source, and more information regarding certification labs and testing, see:Whats the Best Antivirus/ Security Suite?? Last edited by rive0108; 06-02-2009 at 07:01 PM..
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