Canceling Norton subscription

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What actually happens when you cancel your Norton subscription?
Does the current version just stay on your system but not get any more updates?

Browntoa

Stops updating .

But as a nasty resources hog i'd remove it 

Chino

Browntoa said:

But as a nasty resources hog i'd remove it 

But is it though? For example, according to this review:

Norton AntiVirus Plus was previously known as AntiVirus Basic, but was revamped to AntiVirus Plus back in 2019. It offers top-quality virus definitions, and a very light touch when it comes to resource usage. In fact, according to PassMark’s most recent rankings, Norton has the least impact on the performance of a PC compared to rival security suites.

Zellah

I think Browntoa might still be living in 2005. Around that time, Norton indeed was a memory hog. But its massively improved since then, one of the lightest AV suites out there at present, on a par with the likes of ESET/NOD32 for being very light. It frequently shares the top spots on AV-Comparatives &  AV-Test along with Kaspersky, NOD32 etc. 

OP, you can buy a genuine Norton licence on Amazon for around £15, a tiny fraction of what Symantec would charge you directly.

J_B

Zellah said:

OP, you can buy a genuine Norton licence on Amazon for around £15, a tiny fraction of what Symantec would charge you directly.

Or, use the built in W10 Defender which is more MSE ....

Zellah

J_B said:

Zellah said:

OP, you can buy a genuine Norton licence on Amazon for around £15, a tiny fraction of what Symantec would charge you directly.

Or, use the built in W10 Defender which is more MSE ....

It might be MSE but its certainly not better than Norton (or ESET or Kaspersky or Bitdefender) wrt protection.

https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-september-2020/

If the OP is happy paying for a AV Suite then Norton is an excellent choice. For paid AVs, the MSE thing is to pay a much lower price than inflated prices charged by software vendors directly.

grumpycrab

Zellah said:

It might be MSE but its certainly not better [Windows10 AV] than Norton (or ESET or Kaspersky or Bitdefender) wrt protection. 

There may be another view that says Windows 10 AV is no worse than Norton et al.  Perhaps Zellah is speaking with some knowledge from inside the AV industry?

Zellah

grumpycrab said:

Zellah said:

It might be MSE but its certainly not better [Windows10 AV] than Norton (or ESET or Kaspersky or Bitdefender) wrt protection. 

There may be another view that says Windows 10 AV is no worse than Norton et al.  Perhaps Zellah is speaking with some knowledge from inside the AV industry?

AV-comparatives and AV-Test are widely acknowledged as the best organizations for independent testing of AV suites - we're not talking about a Daily Mail 'Technology Expert' doing the testing here or last month's edition of Computer Weekly magazine. I suggest you read the link i posted earlier to educate yourself. Just blindly saying Windows AV is as good as X AV software without evidence means diddly squat. Also, I'm not saying the built in Windows 10 AV is poor - far from it, its more than adequate. But if someone is willing to pay, then there is better AV software out there wrt detection rates. Worth remembering that the likes of ESET and Symantec have been producing AV software for far, far longer than Microsoft.

dipsomaniac

I have never paid for av and have never suffered and financial loss or blue screen of death in the last 30 years

Zellah

dipsomaniac said:

I have never paid for av and have never suffered and financial loss or blue screen of death in the last 30 years

I think you'll find a BSOD is often nothing to do with a virus or malware infection....😄

Neil_Jones

Zellah said:

dipsomaniac said:

I have never paid for av and have never suffered and financial loss or blue screen of death in the last 30 years

I think you'll find a BSOD is often nothing to do with a virus or malware infection....😄

There did use to be a malware that faked a blue screen.  The "computer" would reboot and "reload" XP.  Except it didn't do anything of the sort.  Looked very convincing though.  Think it was functioning as a glorified screensaver.