Just had a reminder from Norton Antivirus that my prsent contract expires soon and to renew they are quoting a price of £40, is this reasonable?
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MrJay
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Symantec is considerably cheaper than anyone offering comparably bullet proof computer virus protection, but also considerably more than some of the perfectly respectable freebies like Grisoft's Anti Virus for home and non commercial usage. It's also possible to buy second hand copies of Norton on the eBay for slightly less than £40.
I don't use anti-virus on my home machine at all (though I do scan out going email on my mail server), I do however consider a firewall to be essential, but then I'm pretty confident that my PC is virus proof. £40 will buy you peace of mind (keep in your peaceful mind though that anti-virus on it's own won't help save you from trojans, spyware, scams and other nasties,)
I don't use anti-virus on my home machine at all (though I do scan out going email on my mail server), I do however consider a firewall to be essential, but then I'm pretty confident that my PC is virus proof. £40 will buy you peace of mind (keep in your peaceful mind though that anti-virus on it's own won't help save you from trojans, spyware, scams and other nasties,)
matt
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I use AVG. Used to use Norton but found it increasingly over-engineered.
Another vote for AVG - it works well, updates daily, doesn't hog resources and is free for non commercial use. Another freebie is Avast which also does what is says on the tin. . . .
Now you'll be wanting some suggestions on what you can spend your 40 quid on I guess :wink:
Steve
Now you'll be wanting some suggestions on what you can spend your 40 quid on I guess :wink:
Steve
If you do not run any anti-virus software how can you be sure that your PC is virus proof :?:MrJay":1nxgg0jc said:
After trying many antivirus have gone back to AVG - although still occasionally use the web for online scans.
Cheers
Tony
Russell
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I use Avast, Zone alarm. spybot and ad aware all free and keeps my computer clean and running fast
Colin C
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Russell":5jtg0i5n said:
This is almost the same as me but I use AVG for anti-virus.
The Zone alarm pro is a great package if you want to pay for one as I have used it but I am happy with the free ones
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Waka":1fdyvev4 said:
Nope. Extortionate - this is why I dumped Norton years ago
Mike.C
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Another one for AVG.
Cheers
Mike
Cheers
Mike
MrJay
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TonyW":ekyp1gmq said:
Prevention is better than cure. I'm somewhat fortunate in that respect in that I'm pretty much the only person using my PC; I know what I get up to, and it's not the sort of thing that puts me at risk. I also choose not to use software that's likely to be exploited, and of course I hide behind a hefty firewall. Also, I don't use Windows all that often, though it's perfectly possible to exist virus free on a windows PC with some due care and attention.
Norton is in no way extortionate. An annual charge of £40 is nothing given the level of virus protection it affords. Whether or not you need that level of protection on a home PC is another question.
The free edition of AVG has a non-commercial license; because I use my PC for work that wouldn't be appropriate; though I do have a soft spot for it. If you've got a fair bit of trust in the people using your PC then AVG is most probably sufficient. If you enjoy sending stupid emails ending with 'Please forward this to all your friends' back and forward and you've got kids muppeting around on the internet on the same machine that you've got important work stuff going on then Norton probably represents a very good deal.
Thanks for all the good advice, I think I'll take a look at AVG.
engineer one
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in my experience both mcafee and norton are resource hungry and often cause problems with the programmes you want to use.
avg seems to be a decent programme that has not attracted the anger of too many hackers who would wish to stuff it. whilst the big guys attract more hacking attacks.
maybe we all ought to be reminded that recently ukraine had all its government sites hacked by peed off russians, who were complaining about a statue being destroyed, so be ever vigilant.
paul :wink:
avg seems to be a decent programme that has not attracted the anger of too many hackers who would wish to stuff it. whilst the big guys attract more hacking attacks.
maybe we all ought to be reminded that recently ukraine had all its government sites hacked by peed off russians, who were complaining about a statue being destroyed, so be ever vigilant.
paul :wink:
