after 5 or 6 years of satisfactory use
i was ready to get rid of norton
because of increasing frustration with the last years or so's
'improved' updated versions..


i actually like norton, and the way its options are laid out..

but not the recent increasingly slower performance & PC resource hogging..

though after trying a few alternatives i decided to stick with it
for the time being
because my UK ISP offered it free as an incentive to stay with them..

[some incentive.. yeah right !!??.. but then again its free !!]


of the potential replacements i trialed

AVG free just didn't feel right..

however, the one i did find to be a positive alternative

is F-secure

from the developers of the great F-prot free DOS antivirus utility

http://www.f-secure.com/home_user/products_a-z/fsav2007.html