Unable to load norton disc

Snooze

Best thing you can do is this :

1. Get Norton disk
2. Find bin
3. Release disk
4. Fire up browser
5. Key in avast.com or avira.com or microsoft.com/security_essentials
6. Select free version
7. Click download button
8. Relax
9. Problem sorted

aardware

As much as I hate norton, I can't believe anyone would recommend throwing a paid license of it away and replacing it with free AV. It may be a resource hog and incapable of uninstalling itself, but its still better than a free anti-virus.

aliEnRIK

Nortons 'supposed' to be pretty good these days

I certainly wouldnt throw it away

Snooze

aardware wrote: »

As much as I hate norton, I can't believe anyone would recommend throwing a paid license of it away and replacing it with free AV. It may be a resource hog and incapable of uninstalling itself, but its still better than a free anti-virus.

Source?

I fear you are talking utter bollox.

aardware

Experience. Better than any magazine "test", which are generally just paid for adverts anyway.

IT support is my job, I'm very, very good at it (not wishing to sound arrogant). Virus removal is one of my strong points and I've spent more time removing viruses and malware from machines with supposedly good free anti-virus than I have from machines with norton on. My problem with norton is the problems you get when you try to uninstall it, and the performance issues that surround it, not its virus catching skills, although they are still crap in comparison to Kaspersky products.

You can fear I am talking utter bollox all you like, I know I'm right, and thats all that matters to me.

(Not that I condone anyone paying for Norton if they haven't already... Thats just daft. Lets get that one thing straight)

GT60

sorry to hi jack but who would you reconmend aardware? i have allways used norton.

Snooze

aardware wrote: »

Experience. Better than any magazine "test", which are generally just paid for adverts anyway.

IT support is my job, I'm very, very good at it (not wishing to sound arrogant). Virus removal is one of my strong points and I've spent more time removing viruses and malware from machines with supposedly good free anti-virus than I have from machines with norton on. My problem with norton is the problems you get when you try to uninstall it, and the performance issues that surround it, not its virus catching skills, although they are still crap in comparison to Kaspersky products.

You can fear I am talking utter bollox all you like, I know I'm right, and thats all that matters to me.

(Not that I condone anyone paying for Norton if they haven't already... Thats just daft. Lets get that one thing straight)

I agree with the bulk of what you've said here but you couldn't be more wrong in stating that paid for AV is better than free AV. That is just pure BS and I don't care what experience you claim to have (I also work in IT). There is plenty of evidence to back it up as well, which I am more than happy to provide should you ask for it.

JasX

Snooze wrote: »

Best thing you can do is this :

1. Get Norton disk
2. Find bin
3. Release disk

yup, get it in the bin it is about worth as much despite what they may have charged you, www.av-comparatives.com is an independant testing site, I'd go with one of the free ones recommended earlier and check the test results for yourself in in any doubt.

Or you can rely on a guy accused of talking bollox who's only evidence disputing it is that he considers himself 'very very good', but at least he's IT support so can help you with the viruses you're likely to get one of the good 'free' ones that actually works well would have prevented

go figure

aardware

I always use and recommend Kaspersky. It's always seen me right and everyone I've recommended it to as well.

You can question my expertise all you like, anti-virus is as good a talking point as windows vs osx. As Martin says, this is an open forum. You're entitled to your opinion, I'm entitled to mine. I don't care if you think I know my stuff or not, what's important to me is helping others fix their computers, not scoring points off other people with subjectively "superior" knowledge.

Snooze

aardware wrote: »

I always use and recommend Kaspersky. It's always seen me right and everyone I've recommended it to as well.

You can question my expertise all you like, anti-virus is as good a talking point as windows vs osx. As Martin says, this is an open forum. You're entitled to your opinion, I'm entitled to mine. I don't care if you think I know my stuff or not, what's important to me is helping others fix their computers, not scoring points off other people with subjectively "superior" knowledge.

There is nothing wrong with Kaspersky of course - it is indeed very good, but it tied with MS Security Essentials in the AV Comparatives benchmark tests on detection rates and overall score.

As Kaspersky is £30 per year and MS Security Essentials is free, then it's a no-brainer really and instantly blows your 'paid AV is better than free AV' non-argument clean out of the water. :rotfl: