Right. This is for my mum's computer.

She bought a new one recently, and it came pre-installed with a 3 month version of Norton.

Now that free period is up and it wants her to pay a yearly subscription, which she is fine with.... but from what little I know about computers, I gather Norton isn't well liked.

One person has suggested NOD32 or something as a download. I just want something nice and easy that does a job. The computer is on Vista if that helps......

 

I've gone for AVG, Zonealarm, Adaware and CCleaner ..all free and do the job I want

 

Avast and Ad-Aware should see her ok for anti-virus and spyware.

 

avast.. completely free, just need to renew the licence (free) every 12 months.

 

i think spybot search and destroy and ad aware

 

If you want to pay for a decent one, then F-Secure Internet security - AV, firewall, spyware, email protection all in one. Kaspersky also gets good recommendations.

Just make sure you uninstall ALL of the Norton crap before putting something else on, whatever you choose.

 

nod32 you can download free some places awesome and doesnt fuck up your pc like norton fucking sack of shit.

 

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

this is what you want.

Get CCleaner too, keeps your computer free of crap

 

Agree.

Don't bother with anything else.. although I'd pay for it and get it all legit.

It's kept my PC running perfectly. The others seem to slow PC's up over time.

 

AVG and Windows Defender.

Both free and work a treat.

Defender is already in the Vista build. Just may not be running.

 

I have used all of the above over the last few years and are now using Bitdefender internet security...I rate this the best i have ever used and in recent back to back tests i carried out with this and Avg and kaspersky,it found virus's that the others did not find About £15 on Ebay and with you and working in half a hour through a download link and serial key

regards mark

 

So many replys to think about already so my 2 pence probably wont be worth jack but you DO NOT need to pay for anti virus, ive used AVG which is free for about 2 years and ive not had a virus.

People say spybot etc, they are not anti virus's they are for removing spyware

 

user interface is shocking for me AVG is so much easier

 

I have AVG on my laptop, and whilst it's simple, it's a royal pain!

When it runs a system check, which it does everyday, it slows down the computer something shocking!

Windows Defender is running on Vista.

 

how can the user interface be shocking? Install it, let it do its first scan, let it sort out its backup files, then leave it alone! Will automatically update itself too.

 

NOD is great without a doubt as is Bitdefender, which I would personally choose for a parent
Avast is ok if you want to go free.

The following Link downloads the software required to uninstall Norton correctly

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...05033108162039


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Dont run the check daily. I run every month/when I think it needs one.

If your mother is careful in what she open Rich then a daily scan wont be required.

 

yep you can easily set AVG to scan when YOU want and what type of scan.

If the scanning makes the pc slow then the pc/laptop must be old because it doesnt effect my pc

 

I prefer avast as a Free AV as it has a virus scanning screensaver which when your machines idle its doing something usefull.
It also scans during bootup, outside of windows which AVG does not

 

if you want to pay i would go for Kaspersky. best there is, combined with spyware nuker.

If you dont want to pay i would use Avast and ad-aware. as a AV and as a anti spyware.

they both work great

for a firewall i would recomend kaspersky again.
but if you have a spare computer i would recommend smoothwall or IPcop firewall, nothing comes true it. but as said, you need a computer for it + 2x network cards (as it runs it own firewall OS as you could config true a web interface)

 

AVG can be configured to run whenever the user wants, I set it to run at 5am every morning