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Norton anti-virus is an anti-virus program.

Spybot search and destroy is a spyware prevention/removal program.

Zone Alarm is a firewall.

So, as you see, they are all different, and do different things.

So, the short answer is "yes".
 
teri said:
I have norton anti-virus.
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Perhaps the worst possible chpice of an anti-virus program.

Do I need spybot and zone alarm also?
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Yes. *Any* anti-virus program doesn't protect yo against the things Spybot
Search and Destroy and ZoneAlarm do. You need all three types of protection.

As a matter of fact, when it comes to anti-spyware protection, you should
have multiple products, not just SS&D. Note what Eric Howes, who has done
extensive testing on Anti-Spyware products, states:

"No single anti-spyware scanner removes everything. Even the best-performing
anti-spyware scanner in these tests missed fully one quarter of the
"critical" files and Registry entries"

See http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm

So I recommend that you run several. Start with these

Spybot Search and Destroy

Adaware

Spyware Blaster

They are all free.
 
what is the best choice for an anti-virus program? when my subscription is
up, i want to change. norton charges $30 for a tech phone call. thanks for
your help.
 
You obviously aren't using trend micro.
They actually have a cash guarantee against an invasion. Plus FREE & GoodEmail support.
And trend handles firewall, virus, spy ware, MS security updates, Spam & Fraud filters, privacy protection, mail, web mail and web site filtering.

Their 2 year subscription is worth missing any single virus.
If you're using dshield you'll see you're being attacked daily at a minimum of 2 times daily by bots.
trend comes with it's own firewall as good or better than ZA.
I didn't even see trend represented.

Possibly because trend just started in 2005 adding interaction with MS update, your HOSTS file, and the different kinds of spy ware, and other crap thrown at you.
Though I've seen popup warnings of attacks, I can say I haven't seen a virus using trend over 7 years now.
And that's what it's all about anyway's.

This is just a FWIW: Check your OS install disks, the extras sections andsee if you don't already have a FREE 1 year paid Trend version on the disk.
That's where I found my 1st version. and I've had it arrive on other CD'ssince then.
Can't ever recall seeing a free mcaffee on any CD.
 
teri said:
what is the best choice for an anti-virus program? when my
subscription is up, i want to change. norton charges $30 for a tech
phone call. thanks for your help.
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You're welcome. Glad to help.

But questions about "best" get many different opinions. Every product has
its partisans and if enough people answer, you'll get recommendations for
all the contenders.

That said, I'll give you my opinion. I'm happy with Avast, but I've also
heard good things about AVG and others.
 
Yes, because it is NAV is not antispyware or a firewall.

If you had Norton Security Suite you'd get the firewall, antispam (probably)
and antispyware (most likely) as well bundled into one product. Of course
those products are also available as separately-purchaseable products.
 
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