Changing from Norton to McAfee

Little_John

Colcoops wrote:

Thanks for all the advice. It all seemed to go very well. I was abit disapointed that the McAfee didn't come with a firewall but I'm happy with Zone Alarm.
Thanks again
Coops

If you wanted the firewall you needed to buy internet security suite, thefirewall isnt bad but Zone alarm is better I think. Kerio is even better but requires alot more work to get going.

I personally think Mcafee is a good peice of AV, and your desision to move away from Norton was a good one you should notice improved performance from your pc. AVG is ok, I am unsure about the speed and evectiveness of the updates to new threats but for free you cant really complain.

John_Gray

There are those who say that changing antivirus from Norton to McAfee are moving out of the frying pan into the fire, but (as always) 'your kilometreage may vary'.

John

Colcoops

Little_John wrote:

If you wanted the firewall you needed to buy internet security suite, thefirewall isnt bad but Zone alarm is better I think. Kerio is even better but requires alot more work to get going.

I personally think Mcafee is a good peice of AV, and your desision to move away from Norton was a good one you should notice improved performance from your pc. AVG is ok, I am unsure about the speed and evectiveness of the updates to new threats but for free you cant really complain.

The PC (home computer initiative) came with 3 months trial of Norton and then McAfee for 3 years (the duration of the hire) I thought it was a bit poor not getting the McAfee Firewall and having to rely on the microsoft firewall.

Anyway it all seems to be working fine and Norton has been banished.