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Norton 360 - a bargain at Currys!

I have just used Currys 'reserve and collect' service to buy a copy of Norton 360. This package is very well reviewed in most magazines and is really nothing like as intrusive as previous offerings from Norton. The standard product retails at £59.99 in PCWorld/Currys etc. BUT, if you search online at Currys you will find two 'versions' which are actually identical. One of these is a bargain at £29.99. Simply reserve this item for collection at your local store. On 'checkout' and only having gone through the reservation process the phrase WBW PC/Laptop. This item is supposed to be sold at half price ONLY when you buy it with a Laptop or PC. However, you are able to reserve this item on it's own for purchase. When I did it and then went to collect I was half expecting to be told there was a mistake and would obviously have fought my corner vehemently. Anyway, there was no such issue. This package is for THREE PC licences so works out at a mere £10 per PC for a whole year of updates and protection.
Well worth a look ... you won't get better value for £29.99!!
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  • tr3mor
    tr3mor Posts: 2,325 Forumite
    I would rather shoot myself than install Norton on my PC. :eek:
  • Jakejakejake
    Jakejakejake Posts: 6,324 Forumite
    tr3mor wrote: »
    I would rather shoot myself than install Norton on my PC. :eek:

    Same..... LOL!
  • Poppycat
    Poppycat Posts: 19,899 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Which is it to be

    gun.jpg
    or

    norton-360-old-dog-with-new-tricks_1.jpg

    I rather opt for something that doesnt take up so much resources myself
  • punamulta
    punamulta Posts: 193 Forumite
    get zone alarm it now has kaspersky antivirus, norton is a joke.
  • kenr
    kenr Posts: 251 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Must admit I would prefer a Norton Commander 750 to the 360 ;-)

    (bike joke!)
    Registered Linux user #497422 :beer:
  • Little_John
    Little_John Posts: 4,033 Forumite
    gun.jpg
    Please
  • kai666
    kai666 Posts: 1,431 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    you won't get better value for £29.99!!

    you can get better value, get something better!

    pcworld/curries/comet etc between them always seem to have this offer whenever i go into them.

    Wouldn't have it for free though
  • gaming_guy
    gaming_guy Posts: 6,128 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    pcpro recently proved that avira antivir has a higher detection rate than norton and its free........
  • Oh dear, listen to all the nay sayers :D

    Norton 360 is actually on the PCPRO A List: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/alist/

    If it's anti-virus only people are after I'd recommend NOD32.

    For an all round security suite though Norton 360 is extremely good.

    Norton has earned itself a bad reputation over the years for having bloated software. That certainly is not the case any more.

    This year I have tested several suites, Kapersky, F Secure, McAfee, Trend Micro and Bit Defender among others.

    Out of all of them I'd have no hesitation in recommending Norton 360 (especially at this price) or the Kapersky security suite.
  • I use Kaspersky Security Suite, would never go back to anything else, very good detection rates
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