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Posted by Mason C on July 1, 2008, 9:37 pm
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My Noton anti-virus is about to expire.
(By accident I got it free a year ago.)
Should I renew? I sense dislike for Norton here but don't know why.
Mason C running private PC politely
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Posted by Ernie B. on July 1, 2008, 11:34 pm
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On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:37:11 -0700 Mason C wrote:
> My Noton anti-virus is about to expire.
> (By accident I got it free a year ago.)
>
> Should I renew? I sense dislike for Norton here but don't know why.
>
> Mason C running private PC politely
>
IMHO if you like it then renew it. I had bad experience with Norton and tried
several other AV programs, finally settling on Avast.
--
Ernie B.
Communication: The art of moving an idea from one mind to another, hopefully
without distortion.
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Posted by Kayman on July 2, 2008, 5:24 am
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> My Noton anti-virus is about to expire.
Good!
> Should I renew?
No!
> I sense dislike for Norton here but don't know why.
Right, read other posts.
Then download and run the Norton Removal Tool
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
Choose one (1):
Avira AntiVir® Personal - FREE Antivirus
http://www.free-av.com/
You may wish to consider removing the 'AntiVir Nagscreen'
http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm
or
Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
It includes ANTI-SPYWARE protection, certified by the West Coast Labs
Checkmark process, and ANTI-ROOTKIT DETECTION based on the best-in class
GMER technology.
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
(Choose Custom Installation and under Resident
Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.)
or
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/
(Choose custom install and untick the email scanner plugin.)
or
ESET NOD32 Antivirus - Not Free
http://www.eset.com/
or
Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 7.0 - Not Free
http://www.kaspersky.com/homeuser
FYI
Why You Don't Need Your Anti-Virus Program to Scan Your E-Mail
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm
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Posted by Big_Al on July 2, 2008, 9:12 am
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> My Noton anti-virus is about to expire.
> (By accident I got it free a year ago.)
>
> Should I renew? I sense dislike for Norton here but don't know why.
>
> Mason C running private PC politely
Norton and McAfee had their heyday years ago. But seems lately the two
of them cause more issues than the solve. Or at least you read about
it. I got a next to free copy one year and just about choked the
computer. You seem to have no issue now, and if you are not getting a
new version of software, just extending the license, it may still
continue to work just as well. If you've had no viruses, then maybe its
doing its job, that or you practice safe surfing.
Some of the complaints may also be the combination of applications. So
its hard to say. I run AVG8.0 and like it, but others have complained.
So you see, there's no accounting for problems. Its a gamble. Yes,
you can take an educated guess, but that's about all it is.
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Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on July 2, 2008, 3:19 pm
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> All that stuff found it's way on to my machine while on Norton's
> watch.
Well, there's a great testimonial! <lol>
> I'm running, all at the same time:
> AntiVir, AVG free 8,
Hopefully, you aren't running two *resident* apps at the same time. They
will surely conflict with each other (same as two firewalls). It's ok to
keep several on hand for *on-demand* scanning, but not full-time
running.
> Spybot S&D, Super Antispyware, and they all get along so far and
> unlike others, I've had no speed problem from any of them.
..so long as they aren't running at the same time, there should be no
problems.
An alternative to needing all those tools is to switch to an impervious
operating system. <g>
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-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Windows
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