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norton 360 subscription about to end

Hi,

I purchased a PC last year and got Norton 360 as part of the deal, the 1 year licence runs out in 30 days and Norton want the better part of £70 to extend the licence for 1 year (!!! not a chance!!).
Does anyone know where I can get a better deal? or something as user friendly and reliable as I have found Norton.

Many thanks
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  • Irie87
    Irie87 Posts: 13 Forumite
    I personally use AVG (Free) at home and we also have the Commercial version at work. I found AVG to be great, but others also recommend Avast. I have had friends phone me for help cleaning machines of viruses with McAfee and Norton, I put them on to AVG and no problems yet.
  • busenbust
    busenbust Posts: 4,782 Forumite
    No need to pay for anything in this regard: My setup:

    Originally Posted by busenbust viewpost.gif
    erm , IMO, I would not touch IE with a 500ft bargepole!:rotfl:Go with FF or Chrome or Opera or anything other than IE. Security? this is what I use: Avast+Windows Defender+ MBAM + NoScript (the latter makes browsing bomb-proof, but not idiot-proof :rotfl:)

    HTH.

    :cool: as a cucumber :D
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,128 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    As 'reliable as Norton'!? Well, that would be AVG Free then...
    Seriously, Avira, Avast or MSE will all do the job for nothing, and much better.
    Or Kaspersky for a paid AV program (but it's free with Barclays online banking).
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Dont install AVG
    :idea:
  • Do install Avg. At least try it.

    I have run it for many years on various systems and it has always been reliable. Also, it doesn't hog resources like many bought software av programs.

    I'm sure there are many other good products that are also free, but I've never had cause to use them. So try it and if you don't like it try another.
    I don't like morning people. Or mornings. Or people.
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Sam_Fallow wrote: »
    . Also, it doesn't hog resources like many bought software av programs.

    Im stunned
    :idea:
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 25 October 2010 pm31 12:15PM
    Just yesterday I had to fix yet another computer that had AVG on. I removed trojans and a ton of malware

    AVG is a resource hog
    The poorest of the 4 top free av programs for finding threats
    Its 'link scanner' is useless
    VERY poor with malware
    etc etc etc

    OP - use AVAST or AVIRA
    Use MALWAREBYTES as a secondary scanner
    FIREFOX with NOSCRIPT if you want browsing to be bomb proof
    COMODO if you 'must' use a 3rd party firewall (Windows is fine for most people)


    ***EDIT***
    Use the Norton removal tool before doing anything else
    http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
    :idea:
  • busenbust
    busenbust Posts: 4,782 Forumite
    busenbust wrote: »
    No need to pay for anything in this regard: My setup:

    Originally Posted by busenbust viewpost.gif
    erm , IMO, I would not touch IE with a 500ft bargepole!:rotfl:Go with FF or Chrome or Opera or anything other than IE. Security? this is what I use: Avast+Windows Defender+ MBAM + NoScript (the latter makes browsing bomb-proof, but not idiot-proof :rotfl:)

    HTH.

    :cool: as a cucumber :D

    I wouldn't use avg even if u paid me to!
  • busenbust
    busenbust Posts: 4,782 Forumite
    OP: thread about AVG here.
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