# The Official "I Need Computer Help!" Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 21, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-i-need-computer-help-thread/247770 "2009-10-21T20:13:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-i-need-computer-help-thread/247770/13 "2009-10-22T05:53:14Z")
> [@FS: 93 ford ranger](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-93-ford-ranger/24781/4): > > I hate AVG, have for a few years now… Its a hog, extremely intrusive when it doesnt need to be and has deffinatly deleted shit all on its own that it thought wasnt good for the system from peoples i knows computer > > Avast is a great AV… Over the past year or so Ive been fond of Avira Anti-Virus… its free, it works great the only issue some might find annoying that every once in awhile a window pops up telling you the beneifits of the full version and asks if youw ant to buy, all you have to do is click close and it goes away… > > Avast and Avira are the top 2 free ones on my last both are pretty low resource > > Anyone who pays for norton I suggest you get rid of it and get a free one, it updates more often most free ones have a better detection rate which i find extremely sad and isnt a resource > monster > > And as wayne said ive hear good things about microsofts suite, havent used it myself I use Symantec Endpoint Protection v11. I was going to say Avast after Kapersky but I forgot the name. I haven’t had many issues with AVG (even the recent builds), but it seems like you guys use these more so…listen to them Adam. Norton (NOT SYMANTEC) is a POS (although it’s pretty much the same company). --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-i-need-computer-help-thread/247770)._