Norton 2009 looks pretty solid
fast, great protection.
download the 15 day trial from the symantec site.
installation takes less than a minute
clean interface.
Norton 2009 may be faster than the previous versions, but regarding detection and cleaning of malware, how do you know its any better than the previous norton versions? It could be that they compromised whatever protection Norton was providing, for speed. Unless a lot of people start recommending Norton 2009 based on real world experiences on how its really good at detecting, preventing and cleaning malware, I won't be going back to Norton.
I m currently using Kaspersky 7 with me and till now i wont face any problems with that like u've mentioned. If it suffocates u, then no harm in switching to some other thing..
Just give McAfee another try. coz earlier i use NOD, which detects each and every folder in my HDD as virus, and i lost all the datas when my bro accidentally click the Full Computer Scan button.
So, i suggest u to give McAfee a chance.
Personally, i prefer Kaspersky.....
You can use your current license with the new version. KAV 8 is better. You know that KAV 7 on high settings does affect system performance but KAV 8 even on the highest settings, is like having the strength of KAV v7 + speed of NOD32 v2! Don't waste time, definitely upgrade to KAV or KIS 8, whichever you are using.
Too bad though what happened to your data but if Nod32 deleted the folders then there must have been an infection otherwise there is just no reason for it to delete all your data folders. I have not used or trialed Mcafee 2008 but I have no doubt that Eset Nod32 Antivirus v3 is definitely better than Mcafee 2008.
But there can be no comparison between KAV/KIS 8 and EAV/ESS 3. Unless Eset pulls off something special, 2009 is going to be Kaspersky's year.
KIS 8 is even better than KAV 8. I especially liked its virtual keyboard. Check out the
feature comparison between KAV and KIS 2009.
hell_storm2006 you should definitely continue with KIS 2009. Dont even consider switching to Mcafee or Eset Nod32...or else!
As for updating KIS 2009, I assume its the first time you are updating it after installation, which is why the update is taking so long(even on a slow connection). You can try to update with the KIS firewall turned off, it might help. Unfortunately they still haven't released manual updates for KAV/KIS 2009. I'm not entirely sure if it will work, but if you want, I could zip and split the updates and upload it to rapidshare. You can unzip it to a local folder and update the databases from there. Assuming its the first update, the later updates will be smaller and there won't be a problem downloading it directly from Kaspersky's servers.