Looking for the best AV/Firewall

Hi, I am running Win XP with Norton 2004 AV and Norton 2004 Firewall(seperate packages). My subscription is running our in early August and I understand that to upgrade to the 2005 editions I must go to Norton Internet Security. My limited research indicated this is a memory hog and can cause many potential conflicts, especially with Microsoft Updates. Is the Symantec AV Corporate edition any better, and does it have Firewall protection? I guess my rambling on can be summed up......can someone recommend a good Av/ Firewall. I am not wireless but am considering getting a wireless router. Is this more secure??
Thanks

 

SAV CE is a decent product and you can also get Client Security from Symantec. SAV 10.0 Licence + 1 yr support is $99.00 and Client Security 3.0 License + 1 yr support is $66.70.

Unless your looking for Corporate AV+Security solutions; I would recommend you check out these:

For Anti-Virus I recommend either one of these:
Avast! Home Edition
AVG Free Edition

For Firewall I recommend either one of these:
Sygate Personal Firewall Free
ZoneAlarm Free

I am running AVAST! and Sygate; and have been very pleased with the performance of both applications.

 

Avast and Zone Alarm free, both work for me. Some like AVG over Avast, some like Sygate over Zone Alarm. Your choice. All 4 are well recommended here, any combination of these 4 work well. Up to you, and what combo you are most comfortable with. Bazza

 

Thanks to all who have replied!!! I have never asked a question on this site that was not answered. I now have four good choices to choose and combine and hopefully protect this PC.
Thanks Again

 

My favourites are AVG AntiVirus, and Zone Alarm Firewall.

 

I used to use Avast and Sygate but just needed better protection. Then switched to a paid av and firewall. Now i use NOD32 and Outpost Firewall.

controlmind

 

Both paid programs also come highly recommended. Depend, I guess, whether you want free, or not. Bazza

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Also most paid av's do have better detection and protection againest viruses etc then a free av.

controlmind

 

I like Zone Alarm for firewall
for AV, i use computer associates one year subscription free (thanks to Bill Billionaire Gates)...im scared after one year though (and after liking this av) im gonna subscribe to it

 

They use the same scan engines, so I don't know how it would be better. You get support for paid versions, no support for unpaid versions. That's the difference.

 

Some paid av's also have more options to it ex: BitDefender Free which has demand scanning only and BitDefender Pro/Standard have demand/real time scanning. But then everything is mostly the same except support as you posted

controlmind