I have read the sticky about Anti Virus programs and note that there are in effect five that are sort of 'recommended'.

The antivirus program I use is not on that list, and is almost forced upon me by work (they subscribe to a certain company and because I connect to work occasionally by VPN they ask me to use their choice).

I also note that whilst Norton is recommended by the likes of PC World (probably because they get a good profit as a result) it is not on the list of 'recommended'.

So the questions in my mind are:-

1. Should I worry that I am using other than one that is listed as 'recommended'.
2. What makes a good AV program, or are they really much of a muchness with no program being significantly better than the other for day to day protection, and only the reporting side when sorting problems being better?