How to get rid of the expired anti virus software pop-ups (I have other anti virus)

jumpycheese1

I had Norton anti-virus and now i'm using McAfee (sp). Both been running together for about 6 weeks, since I had BB.

Now, the Norton one expired when I was away, I keep getting pop ups saying its expired.

How do I get rid of this?

alanwjones

You need to run the norton removal tool for your product see-

http://www.symantec.com/en/uk/norton/support/kb/web_view.jsp?wv_type=public_web&docurl=20080710133834EN

robt_2

Well you should NOT have two anti-virus running on the same PC.

It sounds obvious... but why didn't you uninstall the expired one?

RussJK

robt wrote: »

Well you should NOT have two anti-virus running on the same PC. It sounds obvious... but why didn't you uninstall the expired one?

Same reason he's using McAfee probably, obviously new to computers.

To OT - as others have said, you are best to only have one AV running at a time, as it can cause conflicts and you actually will end up with less protection rather than more. Even if Norton is expired, it'll still slow down your computer if it is loading up each time you start your computer. Norton is a superior antivirus than McAfee, although both are system resource hogs - I wouldn't use McAfee even if they payed me the cost of it. Avira is superior to both, and there is a free version available.