Avira Antivir

[tomn66]

I had been using Symantec as my antivirus program. I didn't feel that it was working as well as it should as I would find junk that it missed when doing other scans so I uninstalled it. Last night I switched to McAfee which is free for Comcast subscribers. There must have been a conflict with another program because as soon as McAfee would start opening the computer would immediatly reboot. In desperation I found and installed Avira free edition. My question is:
Should I use Avira or use another program? When I go back to work I can get the license and reload Symantec or keep Avira. I am not going to try to solve the McAfee issue unless someone else has had this issue and may have a quick suggestion.

[shelf life]

Nothing wrong with keeping Avira as your AV.
You may want to run this tool (http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039) to completely remove your Symantec product. Note the information about saving your product key first in case you decide to reinstall it.
Its provided by Symantec.

A few other free AV:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/products/mse.aspx
http://www.free-av.com/en/download/index.html
http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage
http://www.avast.com/

[tomn66]

Thanks Shelf life. I like it so far better than Symantec.