who the heck are all these new people and some of the things suggested here are not the ones you want please be careful we have had some trolls here lately trying to sell their junk. You can not run 2 antivirus programs at the same time if they are both running full time it will cause a conflict that is very well known and documented and will be told to you at any of the support forums you go to so you need to fully remove Norton since you now have AVG. go here and use app remove and the norton removal tool from the security garden link Antivirus Product Removal Tools Using AppRemover it is free spybot search and destroy was at one time very good but today there are some that are much preferred so I suggest replacing spybot and adaware with these free products, update them each time you use them and scan weekly with full scan. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (Win) - Detecting and Removing Malware SUPERAntiSpyware.com : Remove Malware : Remove Spyware - AntiMalware, AntiSpyware, AntiAdware! get the free version and add WOT to your browser to help protect you from bad websites also add sypwareblaster update it weekly hit enable all protection to turn shield green, no scans to do. SpywareBlaster WOT use a good firewall as recommended like zonealarm free

It's been quite some time since I have bothered to even mention the "L" word here at GW Apparently it's not a very popular suggestion here amongst the GardenWeb'ers, but none the less, the most reasonable, safe, secure, oh yeah,and free too answer to: >>> Should I renew my membership or should I use something else. I would like good protection without having to download 5 different things. Is to get yourself a good user friendly, and after personally installing and trialing over 30 something versions of the Linux OS, I think it safe to say that they're just about all a much smoother and easier and quicker install than any MS OS......And I have been connected to "the web" for as long as 8 months continuously 24/7 and have NEVER had any security/crack/intrusion ever I would suggest Vector or SimplyMepis or Mint or Pardus for newbies....but then again there are lots more to choose from.... Feel free however to follow the rest of the herd. Using and understanding Linux OS's is certainly no harder, and IMHO based on what friends and associates are always saying about how much better MSWin OS's are while they spend lots of time and money and goodwill attempting to fix issues and stay "secure",much easier and simple to have around.... And while you might be inclined to yada yada yada on about how wonderful MSwin OS's are, run 5 browsers 21 windows 123 tabs and 19 programs all at the same time for days on end, stay online 24/7 for 8 months and run the same didtro for 1.5 years w.o. ever an issue/reboot/registry-error/intrusion/anything under any MSWin OS and then I'll listen to whatever yada yada yada you might have to say.....Until then.... I remain absolutely correct Here is a link that might be useful: the

I have installed, used and recommended the following programs. Uninstall all other Anti-virus programs, spyware hunters etc. Download and install the following (all free, by the way) 1. AVG Free Antivirus 2. Lavasoft Adaware (Personal edition-free) 3. Spybot Search and Destroy 4. Spyware Blaster (that name only..no variations) 5. Crap Cleaner 6. A-squared 7. System Security Suite (that name only..no variations) 8. Index.dat suite Use these..you will have no problems. Hope this helps.. txKen

You can get information about protecting your computer with free programs on this page. AVG free will do the job well but it sounds like you got the paid version. If you download from the page I linked you will get the free version. The others work well also. They can be download from the link also. Check out the other recommended protection on the page.