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norton security renewal
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needing to upgrade the norton version of security to the 2012 one.£60 automatic renewal but found a website to download new version for £23. SAVER POINT.COM. anyone ever used this company and is it legit??? thank you.
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I'd stay away from them...
£60 is stupidly expensive though, if you really insist on paying (you can get perfectly good security software for free) then it's available from much more reputable places for a lot less than that.
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Even pcworld are half that price.
http://www.pcworld.co...012-11290872-pdt.html
Or alternatively ditch Norton and go for Microsoft security essentials which is just as good for free.
http://windows.micros...s/security-essentials
(and cue all the people saying norton is rubbish.... if anyone says that they clearly don't follow recent IT news)
£60 is stupidly expensive though, if you really insist on paying (you can get perfectly good security software for free) then it's available from much more reputable places for a lot less than that.
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation
Even pcworld are half that price.
http://www.pcworld.co...012-11290872-pdt.html
Or alternatively ditch Norton and go for Microsoft security essentials which is just as good for free.
http://windows.micros...s/security-essentials
(and cue all the people saying norton is rubbish.... if anyone says that they clearly don't follow recent IT news)
When my Norton was due for renewal I removed it and put on Microsoft security essentials , does everything Norton did and it is free does auto updates and all.Two years ago now and never had as much as a hint problem with it. I just do not see why anyone pays for something when you can get the same for nothing.
"As good as any other"
Hmm - well I think that's obviously not true - any mre than saying a Ford is as good as any other - but it may be good enough.
Remember there is moe than one way to measure "Good"
Is it detection rates that is most important, or how fast it runs or how quickly new threats are covered or how easy it is to use or how good it is at removing infections from a machine that's already got something on it?
Once I would have said that a key consideration is how risky your usage patter is - whether you download programs or visit adult sites but malware authors seem to have become pretty good at exploiting vulnerabilities to the point that something like 6% of home PCs are infected.
In terms of raw infection sites like av comparitives tell you how good some of the software is
http://www.av-compara...et/avc_od_aug2011.pdf
Avast and AVG are middle of the pack - Microsoft further down
If you're paying for one you want to make sure you're getting support - the ability to ring someone up and say "Help!!!"
Hmm - well I think that's obviously not true - any mre than saying a Ford is as good as any other - but it may be good enough.
Remember there is moe than one way to measure "Good"
Is it detection rates that is most important, or how fast it runs or how quickly new threats are covered or how easy it is to use or how good it is at removing infections from a machine that's already got something on it?
Once I would have said that a key consideration is how risky your usage patter is - whether you download programs or visit adult sites but malware authors seem to have become pretty good at exploiting vulnerabilities to the point that something like 6% of home PCs are infected.
In terms of raw infection sites like av comparitives tell you how good some of the software is
http://www.av-compara...et/avc_od_aug2011.pdf
Avast and AVG are middle of the pack - Microsoft further down
If you're paying for one you want to make sure you're getting support - the ability to ring someone up and say "Help!!!"
AVG is one of the worst anti virus applications around in my opinion. Not because it doesn't detect virus but because it slows down boot up and browsing to an unacceptable level.
Norton is pretty good these days though and I would happily have it on any of my 3 PCs, I prefer MSE though because it's free :)
Norton is pretty good these days though and I would happily have it on any of my 3 PCs, I prefer MSE though because it's free :)
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