Firewall/Antivirus

where2save

I am coming to the end of my year-long subscription of upgrades with Norton.

Last year I bought an Norton antivirus/firewall combo CD off Ebay which included a year-long subscription. I bought the 2004 version which I assumed that once connected to Norton it would download the latest protection as if I had bought the 2005 version.

Is this true? Is there a better way than buying a 2005 CD now cheaply which includes a year's worth of updates or can I do better than this?

intel

You will need to get the updates from Norton and thats that.

Why not go for a freebie.

gigif30

why not check this out
http://pack.google.com/pack/pack_installer_all.html
with google you are getting norton free for 6 months
not bad for a freebie just fill the box for the ones you want

intel

gigif30 wrote:

why not check this out
http://pack.google.com/pack/pack_installer_all.html
with google you are getting norton free for 6 months
not bad for a freebie just fill the box for the ones you want

I know its free but IMHO Norton is a really bad idea.

As its a swine to remove.

Updates are sporadic at times.

Its a resource hogger (thats the biggie) for me.

The Firewall inadvertantly blocks secure sites.

Edit: Its got a habit of stopping you sending emails :mad:

Browntoa

and you forgot its got a habit of stopping you sending emails

tomstickland

I run Zonealarm free + AVG Anti Virus freeware. Seems to be really good.

intel

AdAware, Sygate, AVG for me. :beer:

Browntoa

Sygate + AVG here as well

(swapped Zonealarm for Sygate as it did not support Networking on the free version)

intel

Browntoa wrote:

Sygate + AVG here as well

(swapped Zonealarm for Sygate as it did not support Networking on the free version)

Hey BT do you know how to stop the notification for Sygate (I do) :beer:

tomstickland

swapped Zonealarm for Sygate as it did not support Networking on the free version

Is this why the file sharing doesn't work on our network then (all 3 machines run ZA)?

Browntoa

probably, I also had to do this

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318030

it was only step 1 in my case but you may need to do step 2 as well