Do I need Norton?

ormus

all i know is that ive seen no end of problems with peeps computers caused by norton. too many to count over the yrs.
and when ive removed norton, its cured em.

symy@nufc

u dont need the norton stuff with bt .i have bt/yahoo broadband with the online protection but i have not installed the av or there firewall use soming like comodo firewirewall. avg av. norton is a hogg on the pc but u can use noton spyware scan.

netdumdum

The best anti virus program I have come across is https://www.steganos.com/en/products/sav2007/

found more viruses than anyother during a recent independent test.

BillScarab

A recent test in Computer Shopper (I think) rated Norton and Mcafee very poorly. From memory Kasperksy and Steganos were the best, basically they are the same product but Steganos is cheaper. Avg cam out best fo the free products.

superscaper

BillScarab wrote:

A recent test in Computer Shopper (I think) rated Norton and Mcafee very poorly. From memory Kasperksy and Steganos were the best, basically they are the same product but Steganos is cheaper. Avg cam out best fo the free products.

Surprisingly (considering other tests and people's recommendations) NOD32 came out only average.

wakandem

No, you do not need Norton. You do however need anti-virus software on your pc. Get AVG free or if you want paid for protection get AVG pro

skiddy2k

PeteHerts wrote: »

From what i hear Norton makes viruses to sell their product!

There's no evidence what so ever backing this statement up and I'll disregard it if I was you until there is.

skiddy2k

BillScarab wrote: »

From memory Kasperksy and Steganos were the best

Kaspersky (and Steganos) still are the best IMO

oxters

Thank you all for the advice. Can someone please tell me how a program that you can download for free is better than one which millions? of people pay for. Who pays the cost of writing it, maintaining it and keeping it up to date with all the threats? If the freebie is better, why don't Norton/Mcafee just copy the software? I'm told that NASA use Norton so I'm thinking why don't they use the freebie? I don't know enough about anything to argue but a wee explanation would be very helpful?

judderman62

ormus wrote: »

norton would be the very last thing id ever put on my PC.

hell freezing over, rings a bell.

seconded :T :T