Re: Avast or Norton. Who should I trust?

From: Bill <blevins@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:06:59 -0700 (PDT)

On Oct 18, 1:19 pm, fatsteve <inter...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Since seeing many people recommend Avast I decided to check it out. It
said I had a virus, Norton 2009 finds no such virus. Which program
should I believe?

Neither would be your best choice. Avast has poor detection rates and
Norton is bloatware.
.

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