Terry4040

I used to use CC all the time, several years ago, but about 18 months ago, I ran CC using the default settings (I know, my fault) and it totally messed up my profile on Firefox to the point that it was unrecognizable, and was having trouble navigating anywhere inside the program. Anyway, I wound up creating a new profile, and discontinued the use of CC. The reason for this post is this: First, was the problem that I specified recognizable to any of the admins/regular forum members, and was it a one-time glitch type of thing? CC has an excellent reputation, and I would like to use it again, perhaps someone could furnish some caveats and cautions to use for a relatively new user. How aggressive is CC in cleaning the registry? I have heard from many that registry cleaning (by any program) should be approached carefully. Comments? And thanks...

Thanks for the link. I jumped over there and checked out the Certified AV programs... looked like they ALL "passed," on a pass/fail basis, but is there any URL which devotes time to actually making critical comparisons among commercial, shareware or freeware programs by testing each against certain criteria?

I am a newbie to this forum, as far as posting. I have lurked on and off for quite some time, but this is my first time to post. I have been using McAfee Anti-Virus for the last few years, and it seems to do the job, but I am thinking of trying one of the free AV programs. I know that AVG is supposed to be good, but these programs discussed in this thread, NOD32 and Kapersky - are they freeware? And how do they compare with AVG, or for that matter, with McAfee?