Re Subscribing to Norton Anti Virus

[panicos70]

Hi Guys,

Wondering if you can help. My Norton AntiVirus software is about to run out of subscription. Should I re subscribe for another year? The reason I ask is that I am a broadband subscriber (plus.net) and am connected with a Netgear DG824M all in one router, moden and firewall. Therefore do I need to be giving my limited pool of funds to Norton as well?

Appreciate your help

[Jiff Lemon]

Grisoft's AVG - Completely free.

www.grisoft.com

[Moby-Dick]

A firewall does NOT protect you from Viruses as such. Get a copy of AVG - it wont cost you anything.

[floppybootstomp]

Another vote for AVG.

Friend of mine recently bought Nortons AV2004 - you have to activate it on line now, just like Windows XP. When said friend wiped his HDD and re-installed, he couldn't renew Nortons AV, he had to phone them, had a helluva job convincing them he had a legal copy.

Nortons is most definitely bloatware. I'm using AVG (free) on two machines & PC-Cillin on another. All networked, no firewall.

[nichomach]

AVG here too (at least for home use).

[panicos70]

Thanks Guys, will download that tonight. Should I uninstall Norton or does it not really matter?

[leon]

I'd uninstall Norton personally.

U can never be sure how happily the 2 programs will co-exist. If you dont unisntall it I'd at least change the Norton service to disabled so it doesnt run on start up.

[floppybootstomp]

I'd uninstall Nortons as well. Either use their online guide to uninstalling or search absolutely everywhere for Nortons/Symantec entries, including the registry.

That programme makes it's home in every nook and cranny you can think of. And in Folder Options >> View, enable 'view all files' and 'show all file extensions'.

I managed to uninstall Nortons AV, but one single file was left that I couldn't budge. In the end I re-started in safe mode (XP) renamed the file from a .dll extension to .dlx, and was then able to delete it.

[Butuz]

Uninstall norton, download and install AVG - and then youll be a happy chappy

Butuz

[Space Cowboy]

I like NOD32 - not free, but worth it. Tons lower disk I/O over norton.