Cheapest place for Norton security.
27 August 2007, 05:07 PM
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Cheapest place for Norton security.
Who is the cheapest for and trustworthy for, Norton protection, as mine is about to expire. I would prefer to download it, unless i could get it cheaper in a shop etc..
27 August 2007, 06:52 PM
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can I give you my 2 pence worth (well I'm going to anyway
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you'd be far better off with Kaspersky Internet security if it's a security package that you are after
Kaspersky Internet Security free trial download
)?you'd be far better off with Kaspersky Internet security if it's a security package that you are after
Kaspersky Internet Security free trial download
27 August 2007, 10:14 PM
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Yep, Norton's Sh!te it will bring your PC to a standstill.
I would also recommend Kaspersky Internet Security, I got it a few months back now. You can get a 3 user license version (handy if you have more than one PC) for £29.99.
Once installed you hardly even know it's there.
I would also recommend Kaspersky Internet Security, I got it a few months back now. You can get a 3 user license version (handy if you have more than one PC) for £29.99.
Once installed you hardly even know it's there.
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Its available as a free demo too.
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Ditto the torrent option, but even then I wouldn't touch it with a brage pole!
£0.00 is far too expensive for Norton, you're better off with a virus than installing that.
Google Nod32 - try it for free for 30 days.
£0.00 is far too expensive for Norton, you're better off with a virus than installing that.
Google Nod32 - try it for free for 30 days.
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Lol I was going to say someone else's bin but got beaten.
Kaspersky is the best package.
I got The 3 user license internet security from amazon for £15 a few months back.
NOD32 is the best anti virus by far but no firewall which put me off due to its price.
Kaspersky is the best package.
I got The 3 user license internet security from amazon for £15 a few months back.
NOD32 is the best anti virus by far but no firewall which put me off due to its price.
28 August 2007, 08:01 PM
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Another vote for the bin... 
NOD32 user here also and Windows firewall.... unless you go to some really dodgy sites (and I include P2P here...) and / or get loads of spam, then the above is more than adequate....
NOD32 user here also and Windows firewall.... unless you go to some really dodgy sites (and I include P2P here...) and / or get loads of spam, then the above is more than adequate....
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can I give you my 2 pence worth (well I'm going to anyway )?
you'd be far better off with Kaspersky Internet security if it's a security package that you are after
Kaspersky Internet Security free trial download
)?you'd be far better off with Kaspersky Internet security if it's a security package that you are after
Kaspersky Internet Security free trial download
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Anyone remember the thread on here a short while back regards antivirus softwares was in relation to a pc magazine multi review off different av packages ??
interestingly enough one off the free ones came pretty well near the top off the list.
buy yep sure you wont regrett getting shot off Norton, could not belive how slow it made my dads pc when he installed it, have now managed to convert him to another happy Nod32 user !!
if anyone does remember the link please do post the link back up, possibly pc pro magazine ??
interestingly enough one off the free ones came pretty well near the top off the list.
buy yep sure you wont regrett getting shot off Norton, could not belive how slow it made my dads pc when he installed it, have now managed to convert him to another happy Nod32 user !!
if anyone does remember the link please do post the link back up, possibly pc pro magazine ??
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PC Pro: Product Reviews: Labs: Antivirus software
Found it !!
Funny enough they dont seem to rate Nod32 too well and it actually comes well behind Norton ??!!
would have said it was a fix but surely not from such a respected computer magazine ??!!
from my own online research it would appear that its kaspersky that is normally rated as best followed by Nod32 then comes the rest.
Found it !!
Funny enough they dont seem to rate Nod32 too well and it actually comes well behind Norton ??!!
would have said it was a fix but surely not from such a respected computer magazine ??!!
from my own online research it would appear that its kaspersky that is normally rated as best followed by Nod32 then comes the rest.
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I do forensic work and regularly use AVG Free (alongside several other AV & Malware packages) as I've seen it detect stuff others have missed. This includes Platinum Enterprise installs.
These AV tests are very dependent upon the way it's been set up, the Virus / worms being detected, the systems it's being run on and the OS config. I've seen many independent tests of many packages and would say each reviewer has come up with a differing list every time.
I would never trust one package to the job. We have layers of AV on servers and desktops at my work to ensure we get a decent level of protection.
But for home use, you could pick one from the top 10 and you'd get something very reasonable that will protect you most of the time.. but not guaranteed all of the time.... The amount of NOD users here reflect what's being mentioned in the industry, with Norman AV coming up real fast as a great contender (not even mentioned on that list alongside Bitdefender and others).
My comment would be to listen to the positives here, try some of the free samples on that list and use that alongside the various other summaries to choose a product that suits your system and personal tastes..
These AV tests are very dependent upon the way it's been set up, the Virus / worms being detected, the systems it's being run on and the OS config. I've seen many independent tests of many packages and would say each reviewer has come up with a differing list every time.
I would never trust one package to the job. We have layers of AV on servers and desktops at my work to ensure we get a decent level of protection.
But for home use, you could pick one from the top 10 and you'd get something very reasonable that will protect you most of the time.. but not guaranteed all of the time.... The amount of NOD users here reflect what's being mentioned in the industry, with Norman AV coming up real fast as a great contender (not even mentioned on that list alongside Bitdefender and others).
My comment would be to listen to the positives here, try some of the free samples on that list and use that alongside the various other summaries to choose a product that suits your system and personal tastes..
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I USED to reccomend Kaspersky, but the software has gone a bit bloaty and the engine was starting to hog system resources (its used on 256meg PIII 1gig machines with XP, so that's very important to us as they ended up grinding to a halt when scanning).
They also didn't pull their finger out with sorting X64 OS compatible software, so when some system were renewed (we still had valid licenses for their business workstation AV ) they told us to use the home edition, but our license keys wouldn't work with it, and when asked we we told we had to upgrade at extra cost when the new version was released....even though there was 5months of subscription left
To put that into perspective Norton was orginally the OE antivirus, that was awful from day one - bloated, resource hungry and unstable and thus binned very quickly. Also used McAfee on another system and it let through some nasty viruses with up to date definitions, plus it was almost as resource hungry, bloaty and as slow as Norton.
Consequently now swtiched to NOD32 and thus far:
Its cheaper (we have a 2 year 10 computer site license...works out at a tad over £10 per computer per year )
The software isn't bloaty (i.e no fancy interface, or thingamgigs you never use)
And most importantly it doesn't hog too many resources, so even the lowely PIIIs with 256meg are still useable whilst scanning.
They also didn't pull their finger out with sorting X64 OS compatible software, so when some system were renewed (we still had valid licenses for their business workstation AV ) they told us to use the home edition, but our license keys wouldn't work with it, and when asked we we told we had to upgrade at extra cost when the new version was released....even though there was 5months of subscription left
To put that into perspective Norton was orginally the OE antivirus, that was awful from day one - bloated, resource hungry and unstable and thus binned very quickly. Also used McAfee on another system and it let through some nasty viruses with up to date definitions, plus it was almost as resource hungry, bloaty and as slow as Norton.
Consequently now swtiched to NOD32 and thus far:
Its cheaper (we have a 2 year 10 computer site license...works out at a tad over £10 per computer per year )
The software isn't bloaty (i.e no fancy interface, or thingamgigs you never use)
And most importantly it doesn't hog too many resources, so even the lowely PIIIs with 256meg are still useable whilst scanning.
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I wouldn't recommend that at all. I've had a nightmare of a job at times trying to rescue machines that had been infected with stuff because AVG had missed it completely...
I've tried most of the available various offerings out there, (Norton, avg, mcafee, kapersky and Panda etc) and Nod32 has been the best by a large margin. That's what I use now
I've tried most of the available various offerings out there, (Norton, avg, mcafee, kapersky and Panda etc) and Nod32 has been the best by a large margin. That's what I use now
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I wouldn't recommend that at all. I've had a nightmare of a job at times trying to rescue machines that had been infected with stuff because AVG had missed it completely...
I've tried most of the available various offerings out there, (Norton, avg, mcafee, kapersky and Panda etc) and Nod32 has been the best by a large margin. That's what I use now
I've tried most of the available various offerings out there, (Norton, avg, mcafee, kapersky and Panda etc) and Nod32 has been the best by a large margin. That's what I use now
Originally Posted by Alan C
I do forensic work and regularly use AVG Free (alongside several other AV & Malware packages) as I've seen it detect stuff others have missed.
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