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This is very good to use if you are currently using windows vista rc2 as there is no antivirus or firewall available for it. Heck, it might even be better then other antivirus software out there.

dude,

Symantec Antivirus Corporate v10.2.0.199 is fully compatible with Vista, as is eTrust EZ Antivirus (and has been since about Beta 1), AVAST Home/Pro, and Trend Micro...

dude,

Symantec Antivirus Corporate v10.2.0.199 is fully compatible with Vista, as is eTrust EZ Antivirus (and has been since about Beta 1), AVAST Home/Pro, and Trend Micro...

Symantec: yes

eTrust: not fully

AVAST: yes

Trend: Beta 2 only

i'm debating if i should keep avast or switch to onecare.

Does it disable Windows Defender for anyone else, it does to me in both XP and Vista, previous versions of OneCare worked fine along with Windows Defender, so I wonder if it is a bug.

Lyon I would say it is extremely good, I can only compare it to NOD32 in terms of how nicely it runs, you don't even notice it's there, that's how easy it is resources wise; I'll most likely be buying it and it will be my default protection for Vista and XP. Just in case you didn't know Microsoft allows you to run the program in several computers, the license is valid for more than just one computer, unlike most other solutions where you can only run it in one PC.

Nice to hear!

Actually, I usually get 2-4 email with viruses attached (detected by Avast) in my office's computer (the one I'm using now)..

I'll let you guys know tomorrow morning if OneCare detects these or not :) (I've uninstalled my Avast for this)

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