James Oliver’s PC Guide & Tips

In my computer consulting business, I’ve had the opportunity to see many anti-virus products. I’ve seen free ones. I’ve seen paid ones. I’ve seen some that the customer thought was free, bit it wasn’t

For many years, I was a Norton Anti-Virus fan. It was used at every corporate office I worked at. I assumed that they were the top, and at the time, I believe they were. However, now, they’re simply a long time brand name that can produce a crappy product and set it out on the market and people will still buy it because it’s Norton. Don’t ever assume because something has a big name that it’s the best. Do your research!

For a couple years, I tried several anti-viruses before I found one I could settle on. I tried NOD32 and it was awesome! I could scan clients systems in less than 20 minutes. Found out that was because it over looked a lot. I switched to Dr. Web. It was slow and missed things. I tried Trend Micro. I tried a couple FREE anti-virus products.

So now, I believe the best anti-virus is Kaspersky products. This won’t be the only blog you read this one. This won’t be the only place you’ll find this information. Kaspersky is consistently rated #1 in comparison charts.

More information on the best anti-virus, Kaspersky, can be found by clicking right HERE.

Here’s also another one of my opinions.. If you simply can’t afford to purchase an anti-virus, a free AV is better than no AV (but just barely).  With all the risks on the Internet, why take chances?

Hope you enjoyed this post.

No, sorry guys. I’m not about to tell you how to steal Microsoft Office.

However, I will tell you about a great alternative! If you can’t afford to spend a bunch of cash on MS Office, there is a great alternative available for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. If you’ve not heard of it, check out Open Office.

It has a pretty much the same applications that MS Office has. And the kicker? It’s actually pretty compatible with MS Office! That’s right. You can open Word Documents, Excel SpreadSheets, and more in Open Office.

Open Office is absolutely FREE. No cost. You can donate to the project and I’m sure they appreciate that. It’s open source, but they work hard to bring a killer product to the market.

I’ve been using Open Office for a couple of years now. It’s a great product. I’ve found very little that I can’t do with it. Definitely a nice alternative.