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Alternatives to Norton 360

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  • Jacey53
    Jacey53 Posts: 292 Forumite
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    Thank you all for your replies. I will go through them and find the applications most suitable for me.

    Nice to know how much free stuff there is out there. I should have looked into this years ago, but I just carried on with the Norton out of laziness.

    Thanks again.
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  • [Deleted User]
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    toskdc wrote: »
    The only way to keep Windows entirely safe ;)

    Or any machine, as a matter of fact.
  • JasX
    JasX Posts: 3,996 Forumite
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    anewhope wrote: »
    Or any machine, as a matter of fact.



    ......not unless they also disable/stop using

    -USB sticks
    -USB hard drives
    -memory cards
    -MP3 players/digital cameras/any device with internal memory
    -CDs
    -DVDs
    -Floppy disks
  • gonzo127
    gonzo127 Posts: 4,482 Forumite
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    JasX i think you might be getting somewhat padantic :P

    although my person preference for security is to use Ubuntu and so not have to worry about virus's :D
    Drop a brand challenge
    on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
    10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
    20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
    30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)
  • *Scarlett
    *Scarlett Posts: 1,760 Forumite
    Hi all.

    After reading this thread I was checking my Windows firewall and it is switched off, I don't remember ever doing this or why I would have.

    I have Norton 360 installed at the minute - would this automatically disable the Windows firewall? Should I try to switch it on again?

    Sorry for being so clueless!
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    When you install a 3rd party firewall (eg norton), windows firewall is switched off. In these days of routers, software firewalls aren't that important, they just slow things down.
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    > . !!!! ----> .
  • gonzo127
    gonzo127 Posts: 4,482 Forumite
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    Norton 360 includes their own firewall so when you installed it it should have turned of the windows one, mainly because having more than one software firewall running at any one time is asking for conflicts and other problems
    Drop a brand challenge
    on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
    10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
    20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
    30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)
  • *Scarlett
    *Scarlett Posts: 1,760 Forumite
    Thanks folks. Just was having a mini panic attack that I should have windows switched on - thanks for explaining to a tech idiot!
  • Jacey53
    Jacey53 Posts: 292 Forumite
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    Thank you to all to took the time to answer my query. I now have a very good free replacement for Norton 360.
    I am not going to say which as I don't want to show favouritism ;), but I am very impressed with the increased speed of my computer.

    Thank you to everyone.

    Jacey
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