Norton Security Renewal

delaad

Innocent abroad kinda question. Norton Security package is up for renewal today. False economy not to renew? I have an Inspiron. Thanks in advance for any advice.

RolandIRL

i find norton to be a resource hog. same with mcafee. go with one of the free one's like AVG or Avira. better than norton imo

Blazer

What you could do is check out Curry's etc for old versions of Norton security.
I bought the 2009 internet security version for a fiver and it will do me for 3 pcs only a few weeks ago. I'm only sorry I didn't buy the other remaining copy Once you install it it automatically updates to the latest version
So for the price of a fiver I'm covered for the next year or so.
The latest norton antivirus is excellent and has an extremely low footprint compared to previous versions which were brutal..

yoyo

Or even better get Microsofts Free Anti Virus which works well, is 100% free with no nags, and itsnt a resource hog either

Nick

Blazer

yoyo wrote: »

Or even better get Microsofts Free Anti Virus which works well, is 100% free with no nags, and itsnt a resource hog either

Nick

one problem with it...it doesn't pick up the facebook viruses currently going around...sick of telling my family...don't fúcking click on video links in facebook..who has to fix their pc? me of course :mad:
plus you have to update it via windows update..unless you sep AU to automatic updates.

PogMoThoin

There are better free antiviruses, this is what I'd recommend:
http://www.avast.com/en-eu/free-antivirus-download
But make sure You run this first


I'd also recommend You install this, update and run it once a month
And also this (be sure stop it installing the toolbar while installing), run it also once a month.

yoyo

Berkut wrote: »

one problem with it...it doesn't pick up the facebook viruses currently going around...sick of telling my family...don't fúcking click on video links in facebook..who has to fix their pc? me of course :mad:
plus you have to update it via windows update..unless you sep AU to automatic updates.

It updates independently without using windows update (WU will remind you if you havnt updated recently, however), ive used MSE for a while and am happy with it, used to use avira but the constant nagging and flase possitives got annoying, I think the facebook viruses may be malware related, so maybe try running an anti spyware program like super I think has realtime protection alongside your av, every little helps (Its safe to run a anti virus and anti spyware realtime protections together,

hth

Nick

Overheal

Ive only ever renewed norton when they email me one of those special offers, like renew for $10 or something. The normal $50 they ask is too exhorbitant.

Honestly the security offered (spam, firewall, reacharound defense network, etc.) is quite overkill for most people's needs. I dont think its a resource hog (i've ran a few tests, its fairly light), but still just unnecessary for the most part. I only ever seem to do something stupid 3 or 4 times a year that it actually finds something to block, etc. - If you can renew it cheap fine but if youre being asked to bay €30 or something I would simply not bother, get it removed and plug in Microsoft Security Essentials (I think I now prefer this to avast). In my experience though, the longer you wait till the renewal date, the more likely they are to drop the price

delaad

Many thanks everybody for all the advice.

Antar Bolaeisk

Berkut wrote: »

one problem with it...it doesn't pick up the facebook viruses currently going around...sick of telling my family...don't fúcking click on video links in facebook..who has to fix their pc? me of course :mad:
plus you have to update it via windows update..unless you sep AU to automatic updates.

Take admin privileges away from their account, I find this to be the single best way to combat viruses and other malware getting installed on the family computer simply because they can't install it.

It's not like they need admin privileges for day to day operations anyways.