Norton anti virus...............
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mines just ran out on my new laptop. Is it worth renewing or is there something out there free that does the same??
It recons its stopped 75000 virusus recently!
It recons its stopped 75000 virusus recently!
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Originally Posted by Brasso
It recons its stopped 75000 virusus recently!
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Well, I'd run AVG Anti Virus as well, www.grisoft.com. Up to you naturally if you want to pay for it, i personally wouldn't
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Originally Posted by Redkop
AVG isn't free now.... you can only have free for a trial period of 30 days.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti.../lng/us/tpl/v5
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Originally Posted by Lee_R21Turbo
Originally Posted by Redkop
AVG isn't free now.... you can only have free for a trial period of 30 days.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti.../lng/us/tpl/v5
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Originally Posted by PT
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Originally Posted by Smit
Originally Posted by Brasso
Norton anti virus...............
Originally Posted by Brasso
Is it worth renewing
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McAfee AVD Enterprise all the way for me
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I binned Norton and have been using Avast aswell as my comp geek bro recommended it.. been running much faster and much better now
The little update voices are funny aswell
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The little update voices are funny aswell
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Hi Mate,
Norton isn’t worth renewing
1) It’s a drain on systems resources
2) Doesn’t stop as many viruses as it claims, it flags everything up as a virus.
3) Tons of viruses bypass Norton
My suggestion is to download NOD32. It has won tons of industry awards and works like a dream. There is even a 30 day free trail on the website:
http://www.eset.com/
With Norton I had to rebuild my PC every two months, ever since installing NOD my PC has run faultless for 7 months.
NOD is highly recommended.
Hope this helps
Kind regards
Pete
Norton isn’t worth renewing
1) It’s a drain on systems resources
2) Doesn’t stop as many viruses as it claims, it flags everything up as a virus.
3) Tons of viruses bypass Norton
My suggestion is to download NOD32. It has won tons of industry awards and works like a dream. There is even a 30 day free trail on the website:
http://www.eset.com/
With Norton I had to rebuild my PC every two months, ever since installing NOD my PC has run faultless for 7 months.
NOD is highly recommended.
Hope this helps
Kind regards
Pete
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Originally Posted by Redkop
AVG isn't free now.... you can only have free for a trial period of 30 days.
I use AVAST, thats very good and free.
I use AVAST, thats very good and free.
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Ditched Norton today as it's auto-protect feature intermittently refused to automatically turn on at startup, even after a re-install.
Now on Avast! and much better for it. cheers.
Now on Avast! and much better for it. cheers.
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