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  • quidsinquentin
    quidsinquentin Posts: 42,693 Forumite
    intel wrote:
    Thats what I said in post #5 If you have a AV Suite that has everything bundled you
    shouldnt run another AV (freebie or not) on the same PC but if you buy Just AV that isnt bundled with a firewall its ok to get a firewall aswell..

    :beer:

    And Norton should always be stripped out after its end of life.
    whys that???
    The atmosphere is currently filled with hypocrisy so thick that it could be sliced, wrapped, and sold in supermarkets for a decent price and labeled, 'Wholegrain Left-Wing, Middle-Class, Politically-Correct Organic Hypocrisy'.
  • intel
    intel Posts: 6,404 Forumite
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    quidsinquentin wrote:
    whys that???

    :wave: Er Why's what... :o
  • quidsinquentin
    quidsinquentin Posts: 42,693 Forumite
    intel wrote:
    :wave: Er Why's what... :o
    why does norton need to be stripped out - other than if you don't need it anymore??
    The atmosphere is currently filled with hypocrisy so thick that it could be sliced, wrapped, and sold in supermarkets for a decent price and labeled, 'Wholegrain Left-Wing, Middle-Class, Politically-Correct Organic Hypocrisy'.
  • intel
    intel Posts: 6,404 Forumite
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    Yep if it aint needed or you dont want to renew a subscription it
    will conflict with any new AV being installed. Disabling isnt enough.
  • quidsinquentin
    quidsinquentin Posts: 42,693 Forumite
    Ta. Removing it was a nightmare. the product was quite good (better than macafee) but I wouldn't buy it again just because of the trouble I had in removing it. They need to work on that bit...
    The atmosphere is currently filled with hypocrisy so thick that it could be sliced, wrapped, and sold in supermarkets for a decent price and labeled, 'Wholegrain Left-Wing, Middle-Class, Politically-Correct Organic Hypocrisy'.
  • kittykat
    kittykat Posts: 81 Forumite
    also Micrsoft Anti-Spyware - I recently had a virus that all of the others missed except this one..
    Now MORTGAGE FREE :o

    Mortgage at start of MFW Journey... £203,000
    Paid in full March 2011 - onto the next venture now which is 2nd home in a sunnier place
  • intel
    intel Posts: 6,404 Forumite
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    This may of helped>>> http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=1465479&postcount=31
  • intel
    intel Posts: 6,404 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    kittykat wrote:
    also Micrsoft Anti-Spyware - I recently had a virus that all of the others missed except this one..

    MS Antispyware doesnt remove Virus's only Spyware..... :beer:
  • MickKnipfler
    MickKnipfler Posts: 1,983 Forumite
    intel wrote:
    I use AVG thats Free

    Sygate Thats Free

    CCleaner Thats Free

    Spybot Thats Free

    AdAware Thats Free

    All in the above links. :beer:


    Are they all compatible?
  • theadore_2
    theadore_2 Posts: 132 Forumite
    MickKnipfler wrote:
    Are they all compatible?

    yes.

    i personally prefer to use avast instead of AVG... also use zonealarm (make sure you dl the free verion and not the anti virus version), spybot and adaware for clean up... and firefox ;)
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