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norton av

hi when i bought my computer it came with 3 free months of norton av.this is now coming to an end and i want to completly remove it and install avg free as i had this on my old computer.do i simply go to add and remove and uninstall or do i have to do anything else?also should i download avg and save it then disconnect from the internet before removing norton then install avg?thanks in advance.:beer:
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  • Run the above linked Norton Removal Tool twice because once will rarely get rid of everything.

    Once youve done that, restart, then download and install AVG Free. A word of advice though, if you have any children or teenagers that will be using the PC, buy yourself a proper antivirus because in my experience AVG won't be enough.

    Russ
    - Google is your friend, use it :rolleyes:
  • spud17
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    Once youve done that, restart, then download and install AVG Free.

    And leave the computer with no protection?

    wayne
    I'd do what you thought, download, save, then install when disconnected, and having removed Norton.
    (Don't forget to update immediately, for maximum protection).
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • spud17 wrote: »
    And leave the computer with no protection?

    Yes there's no problem with that. A PC won't just get infected with a virus by being online, it doesn't work that way.

    Russ
    - Google is your friend, use it :rolleyes:
  • spud17
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    Hope you don't mind me using your post as a quote, if you do, sorry, if you don't, then thanks.
    Well I managed to get one not so long ago (maybe a year or so), I was reinstalling windows from scratch and couldn't get my slipstreamed cd working so I'd only installed XP sp1. I thought I'd be safe downloading the latest security software freeware and windows patched etc without a software firewall (had a hardware firewall in router enabled) etc until I'd got them installed. No more than half an hour for the entire process and I never visited any other sites than the security downloads. I ended up getting a virus within that short period of time being online. It was some nasty lsass.exe type that completely ate up all the bandwidth of the entire LAN preventing all the other pcs from connecting online.
    Also, thanks to weegie.geek
    The only time I can remember getting a virus is when I intentionally left a pre-sp1 winxp open on the net to see how long it took.

    Minutes was the answer. :)
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • Are you trying to tell me that a 3 month old PC wouldn't come preinstalled with XP SP2?
    - Google is your friend, use it :rolleyes:
  • spud17
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    A PC won't just get infected with a virus by being online,

    No mention of XP SP2.
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • wayne
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    hi and thanks for the advice.have now deleted norton and installed avg.many thanks again.:beer:
  • Spud17. If you insist on taking other peoples comments out of context you'll find yourself in this kind of petty argument a lot.

    I posted in this thread, so why would my comment not be related to this thread? I looked at the information posted and made a statement.

    If you cannot read other peoples posts in relation to the thread they are in then you arn't going to get very far.


    Glad you got it sorted Wayne :)

    Russ
    - Google is your friend, use it :rolleyes:
  • Browntoa
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    yep,nothing wrong with AVG free, 8 years now, 2 teenagers and NO problems ever
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