[stomachmonkey]

Go to Staples and get CA's Internet Security Suite. Smallest footprint in the industry.

With instant off and rebates you'll get it for free so if you don't like it you don't care.

They are in "gain market share/customer acquisition" mode and have deep enough pockets to give the product away for years. The division breaks even giving it away so the suits understand how profitable it can be once they have larger market share and more renewals.

I did a year contract in the Consumer Security group. CA religously honor their rebates.

Friend I have known for 15 years manages the rebate fulfillment company so on the slim chance you did have a problem we can deal with it with one phone call.

Just don't install the firewall portion. It's really aggresive and can be annoying until it's "trained". But then again when I left they were working on improving the AI and it may already be in the current release.

One nice thing is CA release Virus signatures daily, (except Sunday) where Norton and McAfee do it once maybe twice a week. They have this thing they call "Follow the Sun" Wherever the sun is shining they have a crew evaluationg threats.