OT - Computer Security Needed, McAfee or Norton? Options

[Scott Carlberg]

My Norton AntiVirus program tells me I now have a
Trojan Horse on my Home computer,
(I'm NOT at home right now)

However, Norton says it can Not remove the Virus.

It's possible that I am not using a Legit version of XP,
possible! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

My one-year subscription of the Norton A.V. expires in
about 3 weeks.
My question for you: should I just re-up with Norton, or
switch to someone else, like McAfee?

Also, I noticed quite a few Bundles of software for sale over the weekend, like a McAfee 'Personal Fire Wall'.

Is that something that would help me, a great deal, in the future?

Thanks in advance for your Opinions & Advice!

[computers4kids]

Forget all the antivirus software out there--you don't need them!!! They all slow your machine down and can't keep-up with all the new viruses that come out daily. For a one time $29 you can install a program called "Deep Freeze" (Internet download) by Faronics that will solve all your problems. We have been using it religiously for years in the Middle and High Schools that I work in. If a computer can withstand hundereds of teenagers using them daily and be good as new every single day...that's testimony you can take to the bank.
This is how it works:
The program freezes the hard drive in your machine which you can turn on or off at will. To install new programs or make setting changes, you turn it off, make your changes and then re-freeze it.

When your computer is frozen you can download every virus that is on the Internet, delete files, programs, etc and when you restart your computer it is ALL EXACTLY back to where it was when you first started it.

If you spend any amount of time on the Internet, as many of all of you do, it's not if but when your virus protection will fall short. Nobody wants to spend their precious time trying to clean a virus or reinstallg an operating system--that's crazy!