which AntiVirus sw for T23?

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which AntiVirus sw for T23?

#1 Post by ac12 » Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:06 pm

I just dumped Norton and Constant Guard off my T23, they were just pigging down the old computer to the point of almost being useless.
Are there any decent AV sw that won't pig down an old computer like the T23?

I am loading MS Security Essentials as a stop gap.

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Re: which AntiVirus sw for T23?

#2 Post by Neil » Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:00 pm

MSE or Avast! have performed fairly well for me, but I don't usually use my "classic" ThinkPads for critical stuff, so generally go without AV software if I have Windows installed at all. If you think before you click, you can avoid almost all mal-ware.
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Re: which AntiVirus sw for T23?

#3 Post by craigmontHunter » Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:22 pm

I've used MSE for several years now and never had a problem with it, and I find it to be among the least resource intensive AV programs I've found; while I wouldn't recommend running without AV software, I agree that if you are smart about what you click you shouldn't have issues - I would recommend sticking with MSE unless you have a specific requirement that it doesn't fit.
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Re: which AntiVirus sw for T23?

#4 Post by robert213 » Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:19 am

I am running current version of Avast! with ver 9.2.102 of ZoneAlarm.

Google File Hippo for older versions of anti-virus and firewall software.
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