Anti Virus renewal

GiJo

Not very techie-minded so might be a daft ? but my Norton AV will run out next month. I am going to try AVG as it's free - do I need to uninstall Norton before downloading the new AV

intel

Yes you will have to uninstall Norton First..

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http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=142348

nao_3

You can download AVG while you still have Norton, but don't install it (open and run the file you download) until you have uninstalled Norton.

Hope that helps.

nao

tigermatt

Computers won't work if you have more than one anti-virus product/package installed and running at the same time. You must uninstall Norton AV before you install AVG otherwise you might mess up your PC and have trouble fixing it :wall:

susi

Sorry to jump in here but mine is ready for renewal too, I had AVG on my last computer, did manage to get a couple of viruses though, am I better to pay the fee for norton or switch to AVG, I think the norton is around £35 for the year????

intel

susi wrote:

Sorry to jump in here but mine is ready for renewal too, I had AVG on my last computer, did manage to get a couple of viruses though, am I better to pay the fee for norton or switch to AVG, I think the norton is around £35 for the year????

I f you do go with a freebie you MUST get a firewall aswell
this is where it can all go a bit wrong as AVG doesnt have an
inbuilt firewall.. List Here. http://www.intels.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Rex_Mundi

Norton Antivirus doesn't contain a firewall. Norton Internet Security does. There is quite a difference between these packages.

cwoodham

There can be problems completely uninstalling Norton. Have a look at these two recent threads on this forum for help in completely removing it:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=120717

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=118616

Hope this helps.

mcwarre

tigermatt wrote:

Computers won't work if you have more than one anti-virus product/package installed and running at the same time. You must uninstall Norton AV before you install AVG otherwise you might mess up your PC and have trouble fixing it :wall:

That is pure misinformation. I have Norton and AVG working fine on 3 machines and have done so for 3 years. There *may* be some issues between certain av's but not those two.....................

intel

But I wouldnt reccomend it unless..

1, !!!!!! is major problem.

2, AVG isnt working Properly.

3, Norton isnt working Properly.

4, You like slowing up a PC.

HTH

GiJo

Thanks to all for replying, although there seem to be differing views
Will follow up the other links as recommended by intel and cwoodham.