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    Re: protection

    Quote Originally Posted by Robin View Post
    Agree - but thats rubbish marketing isn't it ?

    Why would you buy it again if it was completely silent and doing its job properly ?

    if i program is not annoying enough then people will forget thats its doing its job ? i think you have a good point

    Personally I have always been of the opinion that ever since OS's came with their own tcp/ip stack, it is their responsibility to secure it with a decent firewall (otherwise why not continue letting a 3rd party handle it?). For viruses/trojans , it should be part of the OS to consider the execution of malicious code. None of this should be 3rd party in a commercial OS

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    Re: protection

    Quote Originally Posted by Missy D View Post
    Today my subscription for Norton has expired which I have found not billiant at all. What protection have you got on your pc. I have no idea which one to choose. Need to get something installed soon before I land up with lots of viruses.
    I have 20 days left on my Norton Subscription, have to say it has been great and the support was very helpful too, however, I can't beleive how expensive it is to renew it

    As this thread was started over 2 years ago - can you confirm that the FREE AVG is still a good bet (please)

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    Re: protection

    Quote Originally Posted by Minnie M View Post
    I have 20 days left on my Norton Subscription, ..., I can't believe how expensive it is to renew it
    like you I am very impressed with Norton
    My freind swears by a free program (he gets about 3 crashes a week and is is allways swearing )

    PC world have a half price Norton offer

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    Re: protection

    Quote Originally Posted by philsmove View Post
    ......PC world have a half price Norton offer
    thanks Phil - I would rather stay with Norton


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    Re: protection

    Quote Originally Posted by philsmove View Post
    like you I am very impressed with Norton
    My freind swears by a free program (he gets about 3 crashes a week and is is allways swearing )

    PC world have a half price Norton offer
    If you only need one user and you're happy to get an OEM version (which basically means you'll just get a disk - no manual etc) you should be able to do better than that.

    E.g. http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/prod...ISEC101O&af=50 is around half the PC World price.

    Alternatively, if you use Barclays Online Banking, they'll give you Kaspersky Internet Security free (3 machine license too!). Most comparitive reviews rate Kaspersky above Norton as well.

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    Re: protection

    Quote Originally Posted by David Franklin View Post
    Most comparitive reviews rate Kaspersky above Norton as well.
    I've been a Kapersky User for a few years now and it's great. Really easy to use, unobtrusive and pretty sturdy. I used to be a mcAfee man.. But I don't know, I started having "issues" with it.. random crashes etc.

    Used Norton WAAAAAY back.. seemed ok at the time, but as stated above, the retail version.. nags you to hell and back !!!

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    Re: protection

    Quote Originally Posted by Minnie M View Post
    I have 20 days left on my Norton Subscription, have to say it has been great and the support was very helpful too, however, I can't beleive how expensive it is to renew it

    As this thread was started over 2 years ago - can you confirm that the FREE AVG is still a good bet (please)

    Thanks
    Never take the renewal option from the software vendor - you can always get a far better deal elsewhere.

    When I replaced my software last August I had a quote for renewal of around £55 and eventually managed to find the same software for less than half of that on the Internet. The software vendors take advantage of the fact that it is easy to click the renew button to update so many people end up paying over the odds. It's not just Symantec, all the vendors (except the free one of course) do the same.

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    Re: protection

    I started using Microsoft Security Essentials a few months ago, and have been very happy with it. It doesn't have all the bells & whistles of some of the other packages. but it is very simple and unobtrusive. And it is free.

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    Re: protection

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidB View Post
    I started using Microsoft Security Essentials a few months ago, and have been very happy with it. It doesn't have all the bells & whistles of some of the other packages. but it is very simple and unobtrusive. And it is free.
    This the one the IT guy at work recommended - would be OK for me though ? Also, do I need another fire wall ??

    The beauty of Norton is, any problems their 'on-line' support is so good


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    Re: protection

    The Windows Firewall is fine.

    If you don't need any of the bells and whistles (such a the ability to control which sites your adolescent family can browse to) then as David says the combination of one of the free anti-malware packages and a free firewall is more than enough (and your broadband router probably has another firewall anyway). I work in IT security and a couple of the guys I work with use AVG and Zonelabs for their home desktops. and I'm sure that the Microsoft products are just as commendable.

    If you do want to renew the Symantec product you might want to look at Amazon this week!

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/r...SIN=B002M787XG

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    Re: protection

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidB View Post
    I started using Microsoft Security Essentials a few months ago, and have been very happy with it. It doesn't have all the bells & whistles of some of the other packages. but it is very simple and unobtrusive. And it is free.
    I've seen some other good write ups of this.

    Quote Originally Posted by Agente Secreto View Post
    The Windows Firewall is fine.
    My understanding is that the Microsoft Security Essentials product adds more than the Firewall (which is built into recent versions of Windows) - in particular it has an anti-virus component.
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    Re: protection

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidY View Post
    I've seen some other good write ups of this.


    My understanding is that the Microsoft Security Essentials product adds more than the Firewall (which is built into recent versions of Windows) - in particular it has an anti-virus component.
    It does, and it gets good write ups as well. What I was trying to say was that the combination of Microsoft free products are fine as long as you don't need parental controls and other such functionality. If I didn't have adolescent kids with their innate sense of curiosity for 'colourful' web sites I'd probably stop buying AV and firewall software and go for the freebies.

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