This seems to creep in in other threads, so have at it here in its own!
I used to be sold on Zone Alarm and it's included Kaspesrky Anti Virus, but too many bad screw-ups with Windows security update compatibility made me change after a few years
Next up, was ESET's Nod 32, which I loved, and has a reputation for having one of the smallest footprints.
After anotherr two or three years, I made the mistake of reading a PC World test that rated the dreaded Norton the best at...
actually catching viruses before the machine did!
A real nanny though, and has a lot of baggage like not letting one use system restore and even sometimes not letting folks visit web pages that we know damn well are safe!
Interestingly, this situation may be exacerbated by the use of Firefox as my browser, but that is another thread today as well.
I understand that it is going to be tricky to completely eradicate Norton from my machine, but I plan on changing in the near future.