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Free Google Pack including Norton Anti-vrus

macgyver
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Download free Google pack including free Norton antivirus with free updates for 6 months and Picassa, Google earth and many other features

Click here
I wanted to thankyou a million times but its a shame that I can press the button just once :T
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  • skiddy2k
    skiddy2k Posts: 1,627 Forumite
    macgyver wrote:
    Download free Google pack including free Norton antivirus with free updates for 6 months and Picassa, Google earth and many other features

    Click here
    dammit! i was just gonna post this as well! u beat me to it! thankz neway!
  • Spikey_2
    Spikey_2 Posts: 14,119 Forumite
    nice find... what happens after 6 months?
    Use your judgement, and above all, be honest with yourself. :)
    I walk with the world & the world walks with me!
    I don't make bad choices!!! Other people just fail to see my GENIUS !!!! :D
  • intel
    intel Posts: 6,404 Forumite
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    Spikey wrote:
    nice find... what happens after 6 months?

    Norton blows yer PC Up :rolleyes: :rotfl:

    Only Kiddin :beer:
  • Spikey_2
    Spikey_2 Posts: 14,119 Forumite
    intel wrote:
    Norton blows yer PC Up :rolleyes: :rotfl:

    Only Kiddin :beer:

    lol.... I wouldn't be surprised ....lmao
    Use your judgement, and above all, be honest with yourself. :)
    I walk with the world & the world walks with me!
    I don't make bad choices!!! Other people just fail to see my GENIUS !!!! :D
  • nilocmac
    nilocmac Posts: 514 Forumite
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    Spikey wrote:
    nice find... what happens after 6 months?

    I think Norton offers you the chance to continue with them but i think they expect a little remuneration for that privilege. :rolleyes:
  • rogue_element
    rogue_element Posts: 594 Forumite
    This has benn discussed before- its actually better to use the free AV programs... but as its free for 6 months, thats pretty good I guess :-D - you used to be able to turn the clock back on your PC to get more updates...dont know if that still works!
  • thefirs
    thefirs Posts: 705 Forumite
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    Norton has long been regarded as a Rolls-Royce product in the security arena, and I have no reason not to think that it offers good protection. However a Roller is very heavy, takes a lot of stopping once it's moving, consumes lots of fuel, and the maintenance bills are not reputed to be on the minimalist agenda. RR used to be famously vague about the mpg, with such phrases as "..if you have to ask how much to run, you couldn't afford it.."

    Such tradition carries on, and if you take at look at Symantec's own page that it's had to construct in response to the natural question "what if I can't afford it?" then you'll see that there's a bit of uphill running to do before you're allowed to jump off the wagon.

    After six months, I think that they're betting you can't be bothered to find all this out for yourself again, and will just go on paying the subscription fee. You should install this stuff only with your eyes wide open.
  • jamiepearson
    jamiepearson Posts: 22 Forumite
    Norton was the best a couple of years ago. However, there are a number of good freeware/shareware anti virus programmes out there. I recommend AVG, which is free and currently performs better than most:

    https://www.computeractive.co.uk/vnunet/downloads/2129071/avg-antivirus-free-edition

    It is probably best if you run a number of programmes together because one alone can never be 100% effective - I also run 'Spybot Search and Destroy' and 'Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition', amoungst others, which are also free and can be downloaded from https://www.computeractive.co.uk/downloads (all computer active downloads have been virus scanned and are safe to download)
  • rdwarr
    rdwarr Posts: 6,159 Forumite
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    I remember when Norton was just Peter Norton. Things seemed somewhat simpler then. :)
    Can I help?
  • digitalhen
    digitalhen Posts: 85 Forumite
    jamiepearson wrote:
    Norton was the best a couple of years ago. However, there are a number of good freeware/shareware anti virus programmes out there. I recommend AVG, which is free and currently performs better than most:

    Just to echo what you're saying, AVG is VERY good, and I've used Norton for years. Options are limited in the free version, but it does a daily virus scan, and to be honest, I feel more secure than I did with Nav... less stuff going on in the background, AVG is very up front about what it does.
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