Is Norton worth renewing?

alstemp

Hi everyone - my motter has a Windows 7 PC and it was packaged with Norton anti-virus when she bought it 3 years ago and which she has been renewing each year. It's up for renewal again and she showed me the email notification and they say it will cost £64.99 for another year. This seemed quite high to me but there again I have been an Apple user for years and not had to bother with anti-virus products as it's built in and I'm not really up on anti-virus products or costs.

Is Norton good and it is worth the £64.99 - what is the alternative? The complacement side of me says just renew as it's easier but the cost is niggling me a bit.

thanks for any advice

Bollotom

No, alstemp, and I think you'll find the general consensus is that Norton should be removed and replaced with one of the free anti-virus programs. I use Avast, the free version, and have done for a number of years. £64 is a lot of money to splash out for something that may be had for free. :cool:

grumpycrab

alstemp wrote: »

Is Norton good and it is worth the £64.99

May be and certainly not respectively.
Download Avast; uninstall Norton (fully), install Avast.

Direct download here
http://www.avast.com/en-gb/download-thank-you.php?product=FA-AVAST&locale=en-gb

UK review here to show we're not lying
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/387166/avast-free-antivirus-2014

Avast currently provides an annoying "you have been updated" message and annual renewal is a pain. (make sure the free version is selected). However, using it is a no-brainer.

RumRat

grumpycrab wrote: »

May be and certainly not respectively.
Download Avast; uninstall Norton (fully), install Avast.

Direct download here
http://www.avast.com/en-gb/download-thank-you.php?product=FA-AVAST&locale=en-gb

UK review here to show we're not lying
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/387166/avast-free-antivirus-2014

Avast currently provides an annoying "you have been updated" message and annual renewal is a pain. (make sure the free version is selected). However, using it is a no-brainer.

Turn the update messages off if they are annoying you...;)

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avast renewal is a couple of clicks, once per year, painfree and free.


just untick the bundled chrome during installation.

£65 for norton is ridiculous, it's 29.99 on their own site (and cheaper elsewhere), which is still 29.99 more than avast free which is the easiest/cheapest/simplest option.

John_Gray

You could get Norton Internet Security 2013 for £16 from Amazon. This will be upgradeable to whatever the newest version is called.

Renewing Norton AV online has always been the most staggering rip-off.

[Deleted User]

My Norton renewal cost £30 online (Norton 360).

penrhyn

Indeed it is, Norton Internet Security costs £19.99 ish, 3 computers 1 year licence.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Norton-Internet-Security-2013-Subscription/dp/B008RS1OMK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395490918&sr=8-1&keywords=norton+internet+security

JJ_Egan

Just renewed my Kaspersky Internet Security at £4.99 via purchasing an unused older licence that upgrades to current versions .

Dont believe that the current Norton is worth more than £20 .
Good i would put it below Avast .

Is a change of security product going to complicate matters for the user would be my starting point .

[Deleted User]

My PC has AVG Free installed.

My new Notebook came with Kaspersky, but I've installed AVG Free instead.

I've been using AVG free for years, and find it excellent. :cool:

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you might want to do a malwarebytes scan, to see if it's missed anything. kaspersky usually beats avg by a long way in AV tests.

http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php