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Get rid of Norton?
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Redrum_2
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I've been running Norton Internet Security and AV for a couple of years now and have just about come to the end of my tether with it. I find it really slow, unresponsive, blocks what I want to do, and really impractical.
Have been scouring the web for replacements, and it seems like ZoneAlarm Firewall and AVG Anti-Virus are going to be more than adequate replacements
Anyone got any thoughts?
Have been scouring the web for replacements, and it seems like ZoneAlarm Firewall and AVG Anti-Virus are going to be more than adequate replacements
Anyone got any thoughts?
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AVG is fine as Anti-virus get rid of Norton though, as soon as i got rid of it off my system it ran sssooooooooooooooooooooo much faster it was unrealSavings Total so far for 2023: £8,062.580
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Same here, found norton to be a pain the in !!!!!!, though have had to use it on my company pc (policy) and find they now both run like dogsThe futures bright the future is Ginger0
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Kerio Personal Firewall is nice and light. It's free too. Personally, I prefer it to ZoneAlarm.
Nod32 is one of the better av apps out there, and one of the lightest. It costs about £25 though, but is very good. Very much the gamer's or enthusiast's choice.
AVG is a good free av alternative and easily adequate enough for the average user."Boonowa tweepi, ha, ha."0 -
I recently ditched Norton and began using AVG Free Edition and can only echo previous postings regarding a jump in overall PC performance.This space has been intentionally left blank0
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if you get rid of norton you have to be abit careful the cheeky program wouldnt clean uninstall from my pc and i had to search the norton website for instruction on removing some offending files that refused to leave my pc quietly.what is the plural of moose?
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Yep....the tool to rid your PC of EVERYTHING Norton is SymNRT. It's here.........brummybloke wrote:if you get rid of norton you have to be abit careful the cheeky program wouldnt clean uninstall from my pc and i had to search the norton website for instruction on removing some offending files that refused to leave my pc quietly.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039?Open&src=&docid=2001092114452606&nsf=nav.nsf&view=pfdocs&dtype=&prod=&ver=&osv=&osv_lvl=
I, too, have found the AVG/ZA combination works well together.
[By the way Kerio is also going to die by the end of December.]0 -
Brilliant, thanks all
Deleted Norton, run the above program and installed AVG/ZoneAlarm. All going swimmingly so far...0 -
I also got rid of Norton, opting for AVG and Sygate firewell, both free systems.
Also noticed a good improvement in performance.
Good luck0 -
Is sygate freeware for sure?0
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