New Netbook - What Protection

retenzo12 wrote: »

ive read the sticky however can someone suggest the best from the list which would suit a 1 gig 160hd netbook. cheers

-Linux -> Bazinga!!!

Sorry, couldn't help myself. But seriously. Installing a linux distro like ubuntu or mint would be convenient, because you don't need a virus scanner and saves all that churning of your harddrive, slowing down your machine. Especially if your just using the netbook for music/movies/internet.

I haven't ever come across a virus scanner that I would consider to be "lightweight", except perhaps Clamwin. Its open source and the bit I like best about it is that it will absolutely NEVER do a scan unless you specifically ask it to. Now I know that this doesn't suit every user, but it does suit me. It doesn't even have to start on start-up. You'll only need to do a scan if you suspect a virus or use windows schedular to run one once a week or month or what not.