Windows 7 RC vs Anti Virus

After giving up on Norton’s NIS, I was protectionless for a few days.  It was nervewrecking enough that I just can’t do it any more.  So I resumed my search for the next temporary solution.  Here’s a brief summary:

Norton 360 is out.  Even the most current version is incompatible with Windows 7 and it doesn’t seem to have a beta or pre-release version available. (At least I can’t find one.)  Wasted 2 hours on it.  Save yourself some time.

Norton Internet Security 2010’s webpages are up but the beta/pre-release wasn’t available yet.  No go there.

McAfee has a beta version but repeated attempt to access it failed.  I’m not entirely certain what’s going on.  It could be that the site really is broken.  Or it could be that it detected Windows 7 RC (as oppose to Windows 7 Beta) and decided it wasn’t going to let me in.  Garbage.

4th try is Trend Micro Internet Security.  Took a good 30 minutes to get it downloaded and installed.  You can just tell this is not a polished product.  It talks the talk but if you are not verse in computer, you are going to need help.  The install-from-the-web process didn’t work.  I have to download the package, unpack it myself, and run the installer manually.  Even that it failed the first time.  Not to fault them or anything, they were freeware for quite a few years before turning commercial.  After a couple of attempts, it is working.  According to their webpage, it should work for at least a month.  We shall see.

…this is painful…