PCLive.com provides a free security suite

PCLive.com, a service offered by SecurityCoverage, is attempting to upstage security giants Symantec and McAfee by offering a complete suite of security tools for your desktop--for free. Included within the basic PCLive Security package is a firewall, the open-source ClamAV antivirus product, antispyware capabilities and a pop-up blocker. What's more, PCLive will take out the trash (clean out old temp files) and check for the latest Microsoft Windows updates that haven't yet been applied to your PC. PCLive will also e-mail you a monthly report of any changes it has made on your computer.

SecurityCoverage offers users of their free PCLive service instant 24-7 technical support for a flat fee of $49.95 per session. That's less than what Symantec and McAfee charge. Short of that, there is a built-in forum link that allows users to surface questions and answers about the product. There's also a limited FAQ available online as well.

For a mere $4.95 a month, PCLive Premium Security includes all the basic PCLive Security along with Web content filtering, parental controls, disk maintenance and 24-7 live technical support.

How does it work? See our hands-on review on Webware.com

[wtfyme.com]

Security vs. Slowdown

It has been my experience to uninstall, Symantec or McAfee, the performance hit to my machines is just to much. I switched to using Avira AntiVir and I only use the free version as it seems to be less of a performance hit also. All-in-all I have a fast XPS laptop that could'nt play games like SL without serious problems, even with McAfee disabled. With 2gb of Ram and a fast processor I expect things to move fast....uninstall them and see how you can speed up. This one needs to be tested but is it worthy or just another problem.

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[gibbons47]

try NOD32

My machine is similar to yours, and I found that NOD32 from Eset will create less of a performance hit than Avira. Try it and you should be happy. They have a 30-day trial.