What is the best antivirus / computer protection software for a gaming computer?

What I mean is what software gives good protection, but doesn't suck up too much processor and memory power...

For example, I have heard that Norton is very bad for gaming computers. Is this true?

I have Windows XP Media Center.

I have a Gateway Desktop featuring an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ if it matters.

What is the best antivirus / computer protection software for a gaming computer?bmw

Don't try to lower the water instead of raising the bridge.....

I would just invest in having enough RAM rather than compromise security.

If you have 2GB of Ram you will be fine ... no matter which AV you choose.

regards,

philip T

What is the best antivirus / computer protection software for a gaming computer?free adware remover

norton is good but yes the system resources are large for a computer....

you can try the AVG free home version. that has virus,spam,key filters and the like and did a great job on the laptop that i have.
Ya know what it might slow you down a bit because of the heavy network protection it has but with that computer your hard drive is still going to be the slowest problem, with a duel core 64 bit processor I'm guessing 1.8 gig processor speed that's 2 processors going full bore at 1.8 trillion process at a time on a 124 bus 0r double 3.6 trillion computations a second it does not matter that much, my next guess is your connection speed, lets say you have a satellite connection with an upload speed of 1.5 mmegabits per seconds and 900 egabits upload, the satellite is 28,800 miles out in space that in itself will defeat you long before the virus protection would, for that information to travel to the satellite thru the NOC system will cut more response time that the software, and unless you are running a dedicated T1 or T2 T3 line it ain't gonna matter one bit. even if you are connected with a LAN card at lets say a t100 your still not going to slow it down that much, and if you have a T1 or T2 you have too much money and too much time on your hands, send me a check so I can catch up.
try AVAST free edition
Norton is a huge resource hog. Uninstall it and get Avast. It is what i use and it works fine. Infact it found virus that norton had been missing. ''PEACE'' http://www.avast.com/eng/programs.html
The free antivirus software is the best.

Choose between AVG and AntiVir at www.majorgeeks.com

Both are good but keep them updated, and stay away from the porn sites, music sharing, and casino sites or you will get a virus no matter what you do unless you dump Microsoft and get Kubuntu, which is, by the way, also free.