[Atrocities]

I have noticed that NORTAN is a major resource hog and that it really slows my system down during start up.

I like nortan for a few reasons, it has cought many worm intrusion attempts over MSN, Trillan, and other IM programs. It automatically scans my incoming emails and runs checks in the back ground on port activity and blocks other intrusion attempts that the fire wall might not catch.

Will any of these alternate AV programs do all of this? Can they be trusted not to sell out or be exploited by hackers?

How will say AVG interact with my firewall software? Things like that concern me.