Pandella
My new computer comes next week and right now, because it is Dell, it just has the preinstalled
McAfee security software on it. I personally do not like McAfee and I think it does not do a good
job of protecting my computer, even if I am smart about what I do/click (my mother uses my
computer as well, and she on the other hand, is not).
Right now I am looking at the Norton total security or Bitdefender 2012..but I was wondering if
anyone had any recommendations on what is a good security protection suite that is efficient
and does not bog down a computer.
Don't get Norton or McAfee.
Microsoft Security Essentials is a great system that has live protection.
Spybot Search & Destroy is a RAM whore, but the Protection module of it is very useful. Don't have it running at all times, but run it periodically for the protection service (that will block access to known virus websites).
If you are insistent on paying for anti-virus, I would recommend Malwarebytes. It's upgraded/paid version has live protection that blocks entire virus servers. Very useful. A few false positives, but amazing service nonetheless. Very effective.
Besides those three, to Hell with any other anti-virus. The rest are mostly bloatware or don't achieve anything that these three don't already.